Week of thanks
Song of the week- Hate The New You by DC the Don
Photos 
Happy Thanksgiving you filthy animals 
( 5 points if you know what movie im quoteing)
Ill be so honest I forgot it was Thanksgiving until the night before when the other sisters in the house were talking about what time they were gonna call there families and thats when I realized Ive been out of the country for too long. 
Jumping into it I am thankful for My mission, as crazy as it sounds. I won't lie, majority of the time I very much do not like it, but it has humbled me so much... like so much and been one of the most refining experiences of my life. I have learn so much about myself and what matters most. I am learning to put my wants and needs aside and serve as the lord would have served. I have learned to be super grateful for literally the smallest everyday things where before It wouldn't have even been a thought in my mind. I am learning to love more and to rely on my savoir more. I have learned the importance of the gospel in our lives. Im so thankful and blessed for the amazing, wonderful people I have met and the new lifelong friendships I have created on my mission. Know that I love you all so much 
Jumping into it I am thankful for My mission, as crazy as it sounds. I won't lie, majority of the time I very much do not like it, but it has humbled me so much... like so much and been one of the most refining experiences of my life. I have learn so much about myself and what matters most. I am learning to put my wants and needs aside and serve as the lord would have served. I have learned to be super grateful for literally the smallest everyday things where before It wouldn't have even been a thought in my mind. I am learning to love more and to rely on my savoir more. I have learned the importance of the gospel in our lives. Im so thankful and blessed for the amazing, wonderful people I have met and the new lifelong friendships I have created on my mission. Know that I love you all so much Im also so so so so thankful for Pdays. 
Oh can't forget my incredible perfect family and friends that have loved and supported me so much threw this process I love you guys dearly!!
Weekly 
Again nothing crazy cool happened this week or really any updates with investigators! Biggest update is Our elect person Dulcie moved away last week, to a city that is not in our zone or even has missionaries or a church....which was actually heartbreaking because she was on date for baptism and was keeping every commitment and then some. Mas TUDO BEM we keep pushing on. same old, work is VERY slow. It gets very disappointing and exhausting at times but dont worry we keep harassing people with the gospel 
️ . It is gonna pay off, a saying my trainer taught me is " for every hard thing or disappointment we have, that just means there is a Bigger blessing waiting around the corner ". So get ready for the email that says " baptized 10 people and met 12 new familys to teach 
". So im staying positive ️
️ . It is gonna pay off, a saying my trainer taught me is " for every hard thing or disappointment we have, that just means there is a Bigger blessing waiting around the corner ". So get ready for the email that says " baptized 10 people and met 12 new familys to teach ". So im staying positive ️ But in all honestly its been a really hard two weeks.. 
my comp and I are fine just a big adjustment, we are complete opposites but im learning to love her and making the best of it!! the work is incredible slow, and my language is terrible and I feel like there is little to no progress that im just stuck. The mission is very hard, im struggling to find joy in it most times. Just been having some really hard feelings lately and just wanting to be home, which I think is normal to feel as a missionary! But I decided to pray and I had the thought to listened to this talk by elder holland that my friend sent me in the MTC called " Don't you dare go home ". He gave a devotional a few years back to the missionaries..... lets just say I was laughing, sobbing, smiling all at once. It was exactly what I needed to hear. A prayer truly answered. After listening to it all my negative feelings didn't feel so extreme, and I had an overwhelming sense of pride. I am a missionary for the highest almighty god, I was called here in brazil, in juiz de fora , to do a great and marvelous work.. I can do this, because chirst did it for me.. for all of us!!!!
my comp and I are fine just a big adjustment, we are complete opposites but im learning to love her and making the best of it!! the work is incredible slow, and my language is terrible and I feel like there is little to no progress that im just stuck. The mission is very hard, im struggling to find joy in it most times. Just been having some really hard feelings lately and just wanting to be home, which I think is normal to feel as a missionary! But I decided to pray and I had the thought to listened to this talk by elder holland that my friend sent me in the MTC called " Don't you dare go home ". He gave a devotional a few years back to the missionaries..... lets just say I was laughing, sobbing, smiling all at once. It was exactly what I needed to hear. A prayer truly answered. After listening to it all my negative feelings didn't feel so extreme, and I had an overwhelming sense of pride. I am a missionary for the highest almighty god, I was called here in brazil, in juiz de fora , to do a great and marvelous work.. I can do this, because chirst did it for me.. for all of us!!!!" salvation was never supposed to be cheap" - Jeffery R. Holland
To all my friends reading this that are having a hard time on there mission, LISTEN TO THIS TALK, like seriously listen to it. One of THE best talks Ive ever read in my life, not onky can it apply to missionaries it can apply to being a true deciple of chirst. Imma attach it to a separate email because the file size is too big to send all at once.... so sorry not sorry you will all be getting 2 emails from me. How lucky you are!!!!
Love you all, and WE GOT THIS!!! 
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️Highlights 
♡ calling my family
♡ The praça is fully decorated for Christmas 
♡ eating açai for Thanksgiving dinner
♡ watching the choosen on sunday with the members. Seriously so mad that I didnt watch it before the mission. Its INCREDIBLE and im only understanding bits and peices bc its only in Português 
♡ receiving some amazing messages from my friends on Thanksgiving/ threwout the week! Love you guys
♡ having the costas feed us dinner, they are my fav love them SO MUCH ( they my brazilian parents) also professional chefs so yk 
♡ learned how to make coxenhas, chicken stroganoff, baeão, carne e batatas and rice and beans the brazil way
( basically pro brazilian house wife now )
♡ been making my house wake up earlier in the mornings to go running with me. Has actually made me so incredibly happy. Me and sister Paget run 
while the other two sisters walk
while the other two sisters walk♡ having this guy chase me down the street yelling " OI GRINGA LINDA " ( hello beautiful white gril) then stop to look at my eyes and asked me if they were real and then proceed to ask me out on a date then instead we gave him a prayer, then he shook my hand goodbye and kissed it... men here are simply insane. I have no words for them.
♡ kinda sad but also so happy we were there to help! we saw this old lady threw the window of this SUPER nice house we were walking past, alone decorating her chirstmas tree and we had the feeling to ask her if she needed help, and it honestly was so humbling and cool because she was really rich, had the nicest of everything, has every reason to be happy right?? Well she cried to us and said " I have everything I need and more, and I thought I would be happy but here I am decorating my house for Christmas alone.." was actually so sad. But just a another reminder to me that I am so thankful my parents teaching me the important things of this life/ world , and that I also have that understanding too. Not saying being rich is a sin, but was a good reminder to me that nothing we have in this life we are gonna take with us. Only thing we are gonna have is our relationships and our experiences. Super blessed to have my family and the relationships I have in my life along with all the amazing experiences/ opportunities I've had.
Less is more 
LOVE YOU ALL LIKE ALWAYS PLEASE PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME
- Sister (hallee) tebbs
( miss getting called hallee )
So don't be lame and read my group email then when you have time listen to this talk!!! ️
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