12/5/16
Hey everybody!! This week was
great! We found a lot of cool people and like three families with a lot of
potencial. My favorite visit was with Eduardo, Marcia, and Izadora! They were
so excited to here that we have a living prophet! Dad, you made me start
thinking about gratitude and I dont have a story from my mission that i can
think of right now but i am will start to try and share more stories about my
life here haha. I am so grateful for my family. So the Confraternização de
Natal (probably the longest word in the world for Christmas party) of the
mission will be a talent show. Our zone (Campo Limpo) is putting together a
show about Christmas and missionary work for our mission. I am acting as an
investigator that will be baptized. It is so much fun organizing this thing. We
work on it the mornings of p-day! It is making me miss my days as Troy Bolton
under the bright lights in the Oconee county Civic Center haha! But really i am
so excited for Christmas. I have been sharing the christmas video of the church
in almost all of our visits recently! It brings the spirit so strongly. I am
learning so much on my mission how i am very imperfect but i love to be
imperfect because it gives me the opportunity to grow! Jesus Christ is our
savior. He was born, lived, suffered and died for each one of us. He knows us
and loves us and He lives! Lets commemorate this Christmas by helping others
feel His love and light. If you haven´t seen it yet, its not too late! Go to
Mormon.org and watch the video! One day this week it rained alot and i saw a
transformer blow up! It was pretty cool. reminded me of welding! You all have a
wonderful week! I love you all!
Com amor,
Elder Sanchez
12/13/16
Hey guys i dont have much
time today. I got to go to the temple today and it took up my p-day. Sorry to
not warn about p-day being tuesday this week (mom and dad). Mom, the box was
rejected, thank you for putting in the money. I had to pay 239 reais and i paid
with cash, I will take out the money in the account to buy food for this week.
Thank you so much for the box, i havent recieved it yet, because the secratary
will get it for me this week from the mail service here. But it is paid off. I
hit my six month mark, it feels like i arrived yesterday. I am sick again
today. I have been sick so many times on my mission. I dont know if it is the
climate here or just because i interact with so many people but i´ll figure it
out. We are teaching a lot of families. It is cool to see fathers find more
purpose in their family role as they learn about the restored gospel. We had a
mission tour by the Area President of Brazil. It was amazing. My whole mission
has been doing weekly planning wrong and so now we learned how to plan and
utilize the area book better. It was an amazing training and we started
applying the principles the day we were instructed and we are already having
results. Less appointments are falling through and we are able to follow up
with people way more effectively. We got a new smoke detector because ours
broke and wouldnt stop beeping. Two days ago it rained so much during weekly
planning. We were planning in front of the window where the map is and the
transformer just outside exploded. It was the first time i have been that close
to an exploding transformer. My whole body shaked and it scared me i almost
fell out of my chair haha. And the thing about a transformer is that its not
just once, the thing keeps exploding until they shut it down. It was booming
and sparking for about 15 minutes! I had seen it from a distance a few weeks
ago and i thought ot myself "wow! thats so cool!" but now that it happened
right outside of my window, i never want to be that close again haha. Sorry i
dont have any pics for the christmas card mom! I didnt have time this week to
take any pictures.
I love Christmas. I
love how everybody is thinking more about Jesus Christ and his example. I know
that He lives and loves each on of us. He is the Christ and recieves his
commands directly from our Father. Lets obey Him and rejoice in His joy and
liberty!
Com amor,
Elder Sanchez
12/19/16
Hello, I dont have much time. We got a box from the Relief Society, it was awesome. I finally got my box from home, thank you. Just to let you know the cock roaches are not winning. I've been out for a little over 6 months, 18 left to go. It's starting to get hot here. I love you all!!
Merry Christmas!!
Com amor,
Elder Sanchez
