11/24/25 - Temple P-Day!

I didn't send an email last week cause we went to the Temple on Friday!

Highlights:

The Temple! I love every time that I've been able to go to the temple.

Stake Conference that we were able to bring 4 people to and we sang in the stake choir.

We went on a hike today for the last P-Day of the transfer! It was so cool!

Service project helping a member move!

We're cooking a lot so were learning how to cook better.

Lowlights:

Not having P-Day on Monday. We were dying on Tuesday with 3 more days till Friday (Temple p-day)

There was a parade/protest that made us late to the service project 

We're not having many lunch with members so we're having to cook to ourselves.

Have a great week!

Elder Bliss 

Google photos:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/EQG3K68BLWXZWLEz8

11/10/25 - Contatos na rua e Coral

Happy Monday! 

This week also was also pretty normal.

This week we focused a lot on finding people, a lot of time trying to do street contacts. Most of the time there was no one on the street, so we were walking around to find we're the people were. We spent pretty much all of Saturday on empty streets. 

This next week we're singing in the stake choir so we've been rehearsing for the last couple weeks. The choir's sounding pretty good! This Saturday and Sunday we'll be singing during the stake conference. 

Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you. And they want the best for you. You just have to want to do your best and they will bless you! 

Have a great week!

Elder Bliss

11/10/25 - Contatos na rua e Coral

Happy Monday! 

This week also was also pretty normal.

This week we focused a lot on finding people, a lot of time trying to do street contacts. Most of the time there was no one on the street, so we were walking around to find we're the people were. We spent pretty much all of Saturday on empty streets. 

This next week we're singing in the stake choir so we've been rehearsing for the last couple weeks. The choir's sounding pretty good! This Saturday and Sunday we'll be singing during the stake conference. 

Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you. And they want the best for you. You just have to want to do your best and they will bless you! 

Have a great week!

Elder Bliss

11/3/25 - Rope climb

This week was pretty normal. 

During this week we passed by a gym that had ropes to the ceiling. So we stopped and I asked if I could try climbing one. The worker said, "go for it." So, I found out that I can climb a rope with pretty much just my arms. Exercising on the mission's going pretty well 💪

I'm still getting to know the people here, especially the members, the works going pretty well!

Just like muscles you can exercise your testimony by bearing it and using it, and your testimony will grow and become super strong!  

Have a good week!

Elder Bliss

10/27/25 - Opa

Happy Monday!

Since it was a short week, it'll be a short email.  

Things are going well here, im getting to know the area and the people. There's a bunch of work to do here!

My new companion, Elder Gaspar, is pretty awesome, it's gonna be a fun transfer!

We've taken 2 trips so far out to the other side of our zone, a city called Ribeirão Pires, for zone council and p-day. It's the smallest city I've been to since the start of my mission and it's so cool! It's pretty clean and there's not as many people on the streets as in the bigger city's here. 

Also, mission is getting split next July!🤯 São Paulo South mission, which is already the smallest proselytizing mission in the world is getting cut down by more than half it's size! They're opening Brazil São Bernardo Mission. I'll only get to be here for a month or two after the division, but we'll see what happens when we get closer. 

Being on a mission is such an amazing experience! I'm loving every part of it! I have learned so much and my testimony of Jesus Christ has grown so much! I'm grateful for all the experiences I've had and am excited to see everything I will experience!

Have a great week!

Elder Bliss

Google photos:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/EQG3K68BLWXZWLEz8

10/22/25 - Transfers

Boa noite! 

This week was super good! We got a bunch of work done and got our area ready for transfers. We did some visits with some of our recent converts. They're some super great people, I'll miss them. 

Transfers happened today and I have left Assunção. :( I was hoping that the day wouldn't come but it came. Assunção is the best area that I've had yet on my mission. Spending over 4 months there, I got to get to know and make friends with the members. Which makes it hard to leave. I loved the time I had in Assunção with Elder Ramildo. I learned a lot and made a lot of friends and I'm really sad I had to leave but it part of the work.

Our last night in the area we had dinner with a super amazing family in the ward! Shout-out to the Costa family. 

I'm now back in zone Mauá, but in a different area this time. My new companion is Elder Gasper from Fortaleza Brasil. And in am living with an Equadorian and 2 Brazilians. It'll be cool to get to know more of the Brazilian culture. 

So for little spiritual thought, take advantage of all the little moments in your lives. Every little moment with a friend and a loved one, cause one day the times will move. One od the only constants in life is change. Trust God that he'll lead you to where you need to be. 

Have a great week!

Elder Bliss 

Google fotos

https://photos.app.goo.gl/EQG3K68BLWXZWLEz8

10/13/25 - Zone conference

Hello again!

We had Zone Conferance this week, which was super good! I was a little discouraged before just going through the motions, then the trainings during the zone conference really helped me get excited again about the work, there really is nothing better that I could be doing with my life than God's work! The zone conference was exactly what I was needing. I was having some doubts and some questions, during the talks it was *bam!* answer, *blam!* another answer, and so forth.

After the zone conference, when I got more excited about the work, we started seeing success again. We had some great lessons and the members helped a lot! It still wasn't easy, but I was able to be excited about what we're doing. I think it comes down to a teaching from Presendent Nelson, "Joy is not about the circumstances of our life, but the focus" (not exact quote) looking at the little successes instead of what's going wrong helps us find joy.

Have a great week!

Elder Bliss