Week 42 -- July 27, 2020

So like the mission is pretty cool


Hey hey hey everyone!!

Just wanna start out with a little reminder I think every person in the world could benefit from hearing!
You are a child of God who loves you, you have divine potential, and God's with you every step of the way, if you are struggling to know how to overcome trials in your life right now, just ask Christ how He did it, I know He'll answer and He'll give you better advice than anyone. He's been through your trials and overcame them, He knows a thing or two!

We had a pretty fun week this week! We went to Vic, the other area we are covering now, and bought a bunch of treats and dropped them off at member's house to introduce ourselves and say hi! It was pretty cool! The only problem was that there was this insane flash flood, the craziest rain storm I have ever been in! I literally thought we were going to float away in our car😂 

We are also the Facebook leaders in our zone, which I didn't know what that entitled, but it's a lot more work than I thought,  super fun though!! Also, in Europe we are doing a new program titled, "Rise and Reach" and we are focusing on raising up the rising generation! So 3 days a week for the next month, we are basically EFY counselors and will be doing activities with a group of 9 youth! We have our first meeting tonight, and I am pretty excited!!! We've been pretty busy over here!

Here's a pretty freaking awesome, unexpected miracle from this week! We have an amiga who has known about the church for many years, she literally married (and divorced) a member of the church! She is incredibly intelligent and loves learning about the gospel. We had an appointment last week and talked about the incredible importance that women have in God's plan, and also explained our divine potential and the fact that we have Heavenly Parents who love us more than we can imagine. Well we had another appointment this week, and like halfway through our simple message, she was like, "sooo I did a lot of Study this week and talked with God and realised that it's my turn to do my part so I'm going to be baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!" We were literally straight up shocked! She wants to wait a little for some things to clear up in her life, but she's pretty set on it, and she's so faithful! God has prepared people so perfectly!(:

Well I hope you all have a good week!!! Keep on keeping on!

-Élder Boden 

Pictures
1-3. We went on the coolest Bike Ride ever!



4. Needs no explanation. 

5. My attempt at a new logo for the mission 

6-7. Some of our amazing amigas!


8. Brigaderos, a Brazilian treat!

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