Book of Mormon July 2025

Song of the week-  Get This Far by Fiji... RIP

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Weekly updates!!!!  

Leonardo 

I JUST love every visit we have with them. Leonardo and his mom Maria are just the sweetest, everytime we should up to there house with a table full of food...  However, was a little disappointed we visited Leonardo to comfirm a DATE to be baptized... but he doesnt feel ready and doesnt have a testimony in the word of wisdom and just wants to continue learning. We try to help him see that he was ready, we had a very honest and straight forward conversation with him. Explaing the blessings this will bring into his life, but  Unfortunately in the end he did not accept a date and said " You know one of the members told me it took him 5 years to get baptized.. so I think I have time "  We will still be working with him off and on, everyone please keep praying for him! He truly wants it, he just cant take the step of faith forward to get there..

Morro de Presidente clarke 

The sisters of Jardim América Started a tradition here where the last Saturday of every transfer they run up the HUGGEE hill that leads to President and sister clarke's house. When you get to the hill it honestly doesnt look too bad, The first 3-5 mintues feels ok and you think " oh yeah light work ". Then you slowly start to feel your legs stop working and you cant breath.  when we got to the top. I was gassed. Very humbling to say the least. Imma come home and be a even bigger gym rat. Lol. But it was so nice president and sister clarke were waiting at the top cheering us on and they gave us juice  Then they invited us over for breakfest ( today monday)  Ate some yummy pancakes.. with SRYUP and PB  

Toover 4ever ‍

The HIGHLIGHT of this week was seeing all my lovely people, Rocha, lowe, paget, young and certainly not least... HOOVER . They come to Juiz de Fora, for leadership counsel about once a month so I always get to see them! Makes me so happy. Seeing hoover was literally my answered prayer.. I have been really struggling as of lately with feeling joy on the mission. I am honestly just so sick and tried of doing the same thing everyday (feels very robotic)  and having no one care/listen/get yelled at. Been having some strong feelings as of late. And just really wanna be home most days and have my life back.  Been doing lots of prayer and fasting, and trying to excerise lots of humility and faith to really just overcome myself. 

Me and sister hoover had SUCH a good rant / deep talk about all of this and just how the mission it is just hard, spiritually, emotionally, physically.. but sister hoover talked about how she draws strength in the atonement of christ. His mission was to come and be the savior of the world. Which Im sure wasnt easy. How he didnt want to die for us, but he did, he went to gesameni suffered every physical and mental pain in exsitance, then got beaten, then hung on a cross and suffered while people were laughing and spitting upon him. " I can stay on my mission and serve him. I can look past my personal needs and my discomforts and do it for him, because he did it for me "- Hoover 

We both ended the conversion in tears, hugging each other. Then contuined to sobb because we missed being huged and just miss our families and eachother, and this is just hard. But we both I think left that conversion feeling more light and full of gratitude about the mission. She definitely helped me resolve some of my feelings. I am so thankful for her, and her christlike, selfless example to me. I feel so blessed to know her and to have such an amazing friend. I love you hoover 

see you next year 2026 #Callmeeldertebbs24-26 

I always had planned and in my head to come home a transfer early for school and ect...  my president reach out to me and said I need to make the final decision. He gave me the choice to decided what I wanted to do. I had the thought to pray about it before I just told him but I was like " why need to pray I already have my mind made up, I want to be home for Christmas, family trips, my school/program/scholarship, ect... I dont wanna miss out anymore, I am tried, I have worked hard like my time has come its all good I feel at peace. " 

But I still ended up praying about it and asked god if it was right.  I unfortunately got the answer I needed to stay........ I cried 

 It honestly wasn't the answer I wanted to hear AT ALL, and I had to really be humble and swallow my pride to accept it with faith. I told president I will be staying. I now feel at peace about it now, still pretty sad, I am really trying hard to just trust gods plan is better then mine and not worrying about how it will all workout. Just continuing forward with faith. See you all January 2026 

 TRANSFERR NEWS 

We got transfer news on Sunday night. I will be starting my 9th transfer in the mission which means I only have 3 more left..  I will be Staying here in Juiz de fora and my new companion will be Sister May!! BEST NEWS EVER I WILL BE LIVING WITH SISTER ROCHA SHE WAS MADE THE NEW SLT here  AND SISTER HOOVER IS NOW IN MY ZONE WHOOOTT!! Sister sandin will be leaving for rio and be training!! I am so beyond proud of her, she will do amazing 

Love you all hope you all have an amazing week! Send me an email if yall have time! Love hearing from all of you! 

Love Sister, Hal, Tebbs