September 1, 2018 -- Salvador (Ondina)

monday we had a nice meeting with president to plan out his week and some stuff for the zone conference. We also taught lessons to Alex/ Val and then Mateus and Geisa. I also got to do a little bit more in depth studying on the visa process so i dont leave president and elder gray in the dark once i leave the office haha. 

tuesday we picked up elder sousa from the airport. he was a temporary missionary then went to the MTC and came back to our mission! I got my brazilian ID card at the airport, a cool little souvenior for me! then we had training from Sao Paolo (headquarters for the Church in Brazil) in the afternoon, made a spreadsheet to organize our visa progress hahah. and taught a lesson to a lady we contacted last week, Eunice. it was a nice lesson. 

wednesday we had a dope district meeting. we also had to visit the notary to get some divorce papers for investigators in another city who will be getting married and baptized! and taught some nice lessons. We were able to visit with Luciana and Antonio and teach them about the law of chastity, always a risky one, but they really loved it and understood. Its been so nice to teach such a cool family and see how they truly feel about our standards and their excitement to live them. then we taught Augusto, haziels stepgrandpa. the first time we tried to teach him like 4 months ago he kinda ran away.. like 5 times.. but this time he came up to us and asked us to teach him. we had a really nice lesson and were able to feel the Spirit testify to all those present. it was awesome considering that their family has been having some troubles lately and we were able to help them understand the importance of families and the gospel.  

thursday was rather normal in the office, we had to scan some passports and update some visa applications. then at night we had a nice lesson with dominique and Cristovão and dominique told us all about her family problems and asked us advice on how she could be a good Christian but deal with some of these problems the way they need to be dealt. it was cool to be able to use some stories from Christ's life to help her. as we were teaching about the Plan of Salvation, they loved the idea of a forever family (who doesnt?) and it gave a sweet end to the message. 

today we played soccer this morning and had fun!

Elder Prince

                                                     Elder Gray and Elder Sorocaba

Exposition with ward missionaries (Diana's cousin, Diana, Ryan, Elder Alves, Elder Sena, Vinicius)