Send me back to the boonies - please
Song of the week - Roll Up by Wiz Khalifa
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Weekly points 
Congonhas 
Me and Hancock had a moment in our empty apartment and cried. Ahaha it was a very sad goodbye. Piece of my heart will always be in Congonhas ,MG, Brasil 
Travel / MIRACLE 
We almost missed our bus because Imrão Antônio was an hour late from picking us up ( Brasileiro time... ) And we had to drive 30 minutes to lafaiete to catch our bus to Juiz de fora, welp as we were pulling out of Congonhas there was a huge traffic line.... we sat there for like 20 minutes. We Definitely weren't making our scheduled bus as planned. But we got to the bus port, and the bus we were supposed to get on was running late so we were still able to make it somewhat on time !!! 
so thank heaven everyone in brasil is late for everything!
I said the official goodbye to sister Hancock and that was sad.... but good things she's from the " Factory" ( utah) so I will be seeing her post mission! 
No bags and No ID....
got my ID and Visa, and all my bags stollen by a angry Brazilian man that was taking his bus driver job WAY to seriously. somehow by the grace of god was able to find him, have a full STERN conversation with him, explain the situation and managed to convince him to give me my stuff back. 
#jesussaves
Nova Era 
New area I won't lie is rough... not my favorite. 
I opened the area book, and it was straight up just red dots, warnings signs saying don't go down this road and full on neighborhoods in all red with the label DO NOT ENTER pass 6... 
so it was a good welcome to the big city life. I'm really trying hard to stay hopeful/positive about this area, everyone always says good things about this area so just trying to trust. But i wont lie, I don't like it. There is a HUGE push on numbers here to the point where I feel like the focus is not on actually helping people, which leads to a bad teaching group, which leaded me to doing alot of cutting this week. Please send prayers I will be able to not feel so stressed 
and that we can find some solid people to teach, and that I start liking the area... 
Some positives!! Its kinda cool because you go from walking in HUGE (ugly) city to the middle of the forest/jungle. Its also a 30 minute bus ride from the mission home/office/ HQ of the mission. So no more having to travel 10 hours for zone conference!! THERE IS NO HILLS... we are def walking way more here but i don't even care because its flat ground. Haven't had a chance to get to know the members super well yet but the ones I have met have been awesome@
Sister Naveros 
My new comp is AMAZING! genuinely just the sweetest soul to have walked this planet earth. She is from the amazons, city Manaus, so her accent is crazy cool! and the stories she has told me from there.. 
different world. They be eating everything that moves. Best part about her is she is so effortlessly HILARIOUS. We will be walking and she will just randomly say or sing the most random English phrases in this super thick accent and I fight for my life to just not laugh. She's so cute. She is a very hard worker, teaches super good, very spiritual, and she's still pretty new in the mission so she's very excited about everything! Been so fun to be her comp, excited for the rest of the transfer!!!!
I have to learn Spanish.... 
In my New area I now have to learn a little Espanhol 
there is a bunch of people from Venezuela here in this area and lots of members that speak Spanish. So I carry my El Libro De Mormon and O Livro De Mormon. Its honestly been ok! With knowing Portuguese first now, I can basically understand Spanish few words here and there where I get stuck but I get the message. Thankfully I just have to learn greetings, small talk, baring my testimony, and just practice reading the book of Mormon. My comp can speak decent Spanish so she's been carrying! Which not gonna lie gift of TOUNGES IS CRAZY real. I had my first lesson in Spanish .... little rough but honestly For not learning Spanish and only been practicing for 4 days INSANE. I just come home everyday and lay in bed like.. i now "know" Spanish and Portuguese and truly its all from god because 8-9th grade Spanish class Hallee was a lost cause lol. Still am at times. I still get really discouraged because I won't lie I still struggle really bad, but god truly does make the most out of our efforts. Thankful for the blessings I have seen this week with my language!!
Random 
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☆ Lost my duolingo streak of 297 days.... actually soo emo about that. 
☆ walked 23,852 steps. New Record in the mission 
☆ finally got the batman action figure from the kinder joy egg. Me and my comp screamed and jumped around in the kitchen 
♡ Spiritual moment ♡
The Dots Will Connect
First off thank you so much Marcy for sending this talk to me... 
was inspired! ( quick shoutout to my ward family, and my dear neighbors.. you guys have helped me grow into the person I am today and im thankful for all the love and support!!! )
Everyone go read this talk 
I wont blab to much about it because I genuinely want you all to listen to it because its so good but I will share two things that really stuck out to me!!
First - " don’t get overwhelmed as you walk the path of discipleship. Just do the best you can with the small things, and the big things will fall into place " - Uchtdorf
Everyday since I have started my mission ( real note, life in general at times ) I have felt behind or my efforts aren't good enough. But I truly just need to trust god and make sure I keep doing the small things as best as I possibly can.
" Do these things even when you don’t want to, even when they require sacrifice. It’s the sacrifice that makes them sacred, and “sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven.”- Uchtdorf
Second- " When you ask God for guidance about decisions in your life—including some important decisions—He may not give you a detailed answer. The truth is that sometimes it just doesn’t matter to the Lord what you decide as long as you stay within the fundamental covenants and principles of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. " - Uchtdorf
Never thought about this before and thought it was super good!!! ^^
LOVE YOU ALL HAVE AN AMAZING WEEK
Sister Tebbs 
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