Week 5 in Brazil: Pictures

Week 4 In Brazil

Oi Familia!

 

My heart and prayers go out to the Ward family. It's hard to believe that only a few weeks ago I was talking to Elder Ward in the MTC laundry room. I distinctly remember being impressed at how much he had grown and I told my companion, Elder Andersen, that Taylor was going to be a powerful missionary. I'm certain that is exactly what he is doing right now. His enthusiasm  and testimony will continue to be examples to me. Honestly, I am just at a loss for words right now. God be with you till we meet again Taylor.

Everything else that I have to say now seems frivolous, but I'll try to answer your questions.

Pictures: It turns out that my SD card picked up a virus at the MTC (of all places!) and the computers here have been rejecting any attempt to send pictures because of security settings, but I had someone clean my card so hopefully they'll work this week.

The zone leaders meeting last week got cancelled, but President Martins happened to be giving a training in our chapel yesterday and he left my letters and package with the branch president, so I was able to get them yesterday! On my actual birthday, Elder Ahmed treated me to Subway for lunch and when we came home that night, the other set of elders surprised me with some homemade chocolate chip cookies, which don't really exist here. I'll try to attach some pictures now, but just know that I know that the plan of salvation really is a plan of happiness, and that I know that families can be sealed together for eternity. That is why I am here!

Love, Elder Carr

 

 

Week 3 In Brazil

Another week here in Brazil!

This week was full of walking and teaching. I've never walked so much in my life. Because we showed up here with next to no investigators, our teaching pool was kind of small, but this week we put in a lot of work and were blessed with 27 new investigators! We have 2 with baptismal dates set that are solid, and several more people that are progressing, but for the most part we just teach the first lesson, the restoration. We've never knocked doors/ tracked, it has been all old investigators or random people that we talk to. Well, I guess not random, they've been prepared to hear the gospel!

 

The other set of missionaries that live with us are the zone leaders, Elders Hendrixson and Almeida. They cover the west half of the city and we have the east.

 

This week was my first testimony meeting in Brazil! It was pretty similar to testimony meeting in the states, except for it was all in Portuguese. And I bore my testimony in Portuguese! I hope they understood any of it! For the most part, I can follow a conversation, but I feel like a caveman whenever I speak. But I attempt to speak anyways, and for the most part people understand. As always Elder Ahmed has been helping a lot. I'll try to send pictures again, but no guarantees. For sure next week though.

I didn't get the package or letters yet because nobody has been out to Sao Paulo yet, because it's a 3+ hr bus ride. But the Zone Leaders are going out on the 4th this week so I should get it then.

Love you lots!

Elder Carr