This week has been one of the longest weeks of my life. So much has happened this week. This week has felt like at least 3 weeks for me. So get ready for a long email.
So, this week started off with Elder Christensen going home to serve a service mission. So on Tuesday me, Elder Wright, and Elder Spencer got to be in a trio and take care of 2 areas. It was pretty fun actually and we got a bunch of work done.
Wednesday morning we had a lesson in Elder Spencer's area about the restoration. In the middle of the lesson we got a call, so I just ignored it cause we were in a lesson. But they just kept calling. Elder Wright checked the phone and it was the APs. So, I excused myself to answer the call, stepped outside side, leaving the other two to continue the lesson(perks of being in a tro😄). They called us to say, "Pack your bags you're all getting emergency transferred. Head home after the lesson, pack, go to your lunch then head back to your house and wait for our call." I had to ask, "All 3 of us?" Just to make sure. So after the lesson we headed home to start packing. And the APs texted and said to be ready by 2:30. So we packed as much as we could before lunch then headed to our last lunch in Jabaquara. We ate some really good Venezuelian food with a Venezuelian family, said sorry we had to go so soon and headed home to finish packing. We finished just after 2:30 and just sat there waiting for the APs till 4 when they showed up. It was then when we finally learned where we our going. I headed to São Caetano A (in zone Rudge Ramos) with Elder Atkinson. Elder Wright and Elder Spencer are staying together heading to my old area of Planalto A (which is also in Rudge Ramos so I still get to see them). Also, regular transfers are in Monday, so there's a chance that I'll move to another area next week again, but we'll see.
So now I'm in São Caetano A, one of the richest areas in the mission. We have seen a bunch of really cool cars, A bunch of Porsches, some Camaros, some Mustangs and some other really cool ones.
There is no poor area in our area. There's an area where all the crosswalks have lights in the ground for pedestrians to show if the light to walk is red or green. It's a really nice area. Also all the busses here are free.
Also, I really like my new comp. He was in the zone Mauá while I was there so, I've talked to him before and know him a little bit, so it'll be nice to get to know him better! He's also one of the new LZs in our zone. I'm definitely going to learn a lot from him. We are also living with Elder Hild and Elder Phillips who are in São Caetano B.
On Saturday our day was pretty much spent completely in other areas. We did some street contacts in the morning, then after lunch we went to one of the sisters area to give a blessing to one of their friends. Then we went back to our area visited 2 people, then went to another are so my comp could do a baptismal interview.
Our ward is really big and nice so we used our suits on Sunday, but it's nice that the weather has cooled off so we weren't dying in our suits. Our ward had a special class specifically for new converts and visitors which is really nice to get to know the new converts and people who are visiting.
After church one of the ward missionaries grabbed us and took us to give a blessing of health to one of the members. And then he took us to the house of the member who we were eating lunch. During lunch the member brought out a Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants that he got on his mission. They were some of the first editions in Portuguese the BofM was from 1939 and the D&C 1950. It was really cool.
Today we did a churrasco(barbecue) as a zone at the Planalto chapel. It was really cool to hang out with the new zone today in a familiar chapel. Also some members showed up and it was amazing to hang out with some amazing members (especially now that I can actually talk to them).
Spiritual thought:
I've been reading the Book of Mormon all the way through and this verse stuck out to me.
2 Nephi 10:23 Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.
The one thing that we have control over in our life is our agency. It is a God given gift and it cannot be taken away. Use your agency to do good things. It is already written that we have two choices when it all comes down to it. There are a lot of choices on the way, so we need to make the right small choices so we can be in the right place to choose Eternal life and not everlasting death. It's your choice. Make sure to choose the right one. It's already written who will win, you just have to choose the right side so you can have eternal happiness.
Thank you to all who made it through the email. This week may have been long but, it wasn't a bad week there was a lot of really good things that has happened and a lot of work done.
Untill next week
Elder Bliss
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