Lance's Mission, Curitiba Brazil Oct 2023-2025

Happy New Year, Ya'll!!!  Crazy that it is the year 2024. like it still felt like 2023 was just the other day and still new. Usually, on New Years Eve, my Parents would have their college friends over for dinner and games tll midnight to celibrate, and other years, i would go with my friends to celibrate. Good times and good memories. this time me and my comp worked the day but had to be home by 6:00 for safty reasons. (Cuz here in Brazil, it gets pretty litt... they just throw down the party like crazy).  Before we went back at 6, we were door knocking and contacting. I met this super cool dude, and he ended up inviting us to fly kites with him for New Years! it was soo cool! there actually is a technique to control and steer the kite, and he taught us! the kite in potugues is called a (Pipa). then he gave us a Pipa as a present for New Years! i was super hyped cuz i have been meaning to buy one, too! then we gave him a present too.... A Book Of Mormon! haha. and we gave one ...

Feliz Natal!! Feliz Navidad!! Merry Chritsmas!! I hope yall all have an awesome Christmas! Here in Brazil, the people celebrate for 2 days! they start on Christmas Eve and go to the next day, so 24-25! They prepare a huge feast and wait to eat at midnight.  It's been a W  week . from Ballin up on the court to stealin deals in the Nike Store! we have been ballin with this new member who is dope and he loves Lebron and NBA basketball. beleive it or not, NBA is huge here! everyone loves the American cultures and basketball, but they dont have proffetional teams here. But in the Nike store, we were buying sick T-shirts for like 13 bucks! and... The Brazil Team Jerseys!! they are dopeee! these Jesrseys are the ones that were used last year in the World Cup, so it is huge. The Yellow Jersey of Brazil.  Divisions with the APs. So you already know it was bouta be lit! I worked with Elder Child, and we packed 6 Book Of Mormons each, so we had a total of 12. we came back at the end...

 AM AN AVENGER! JKJK. But fr at the same time, this  week  i have been called Captain America, Spiderman, and Thor! At different times during the  week , people have said i look like these people, and i feel awesome! haha. I am currently a different kind of Avenger/ Superhero; a representative of Jesus Christ, our Savior! A Fishermen of Souls to bring them closer to Jesus Christ. But they got it partialy right haha! One slight downer of the  week  is i got some bug bite on my ankle. i get bug bites and mosquito bites all the time, so I didn't think much of it. It just itched a bit. but the next few days it began to itch but even moreso it becgan to hurt! and then my ankle has swollen up all around the bite and hurts a lot more. it got pretty stiff and is difficult to walk sometimes because it hurts. I think it is a spider bite cuz i dont know what else could do that, but it ain't fun. But ya, that is part of the reason why i got called Spiderman this  ...

Ok, guys, I did it. I bought some creatine and protein powder. Working out is pretty big here, so i get to talk to lots of people about it, and it's great!... I just dont get to do it... But that's ok! We buildin spiritual muscles out here, not physicle. I was able to make a contact by talking to a guy in between his pull-up sets at the park and talk about working out asking him questions about that first, and it went super well! Speaking of contacts and contacting... I know how and can make my own contacts now! In portugues! It's hype! I still don't know most of what anybody says back to me. I can just tell them a few simple words about how great Jesus is, and i can share more, then i grab those digits(Number). Christmas is coming up, and now my comp and I put up some lights and a christmas tree. Brightens up the room and brings the christmas spirit in, and i'm learning some Christmas hymns and songs on the guitar. I love that thing! We had our meetings with the pr...

Christmas season is right around the corner! there are many decorations up here in Brazil and Santa Claus going around The city in a big bus full of lights blasting music and Santa driving firetrucks with a train of motercycles of cars honking. Super happy people and its funny to see Santa Parading the streets.  BIG NEWS! I Bought a Guitar!! Super hyped about that and hope to play Christmas songs with people. I love playing the Guitar. Music has a Power to it that can corralate directly and work with the spirit. We finished teaching Pastor all the Lessons and He was Baptised on sunday!! He was a new man in the meetings prior to his baptism. He was Beaming with a smile that could be seen for miles. He was soo happy. A changed man who had a change of heart and found The one thing that brings true joy. He now could enjoy the true joy of the gosple. Very happy day and he even brought his mom who we had never been able to reach! She had seen her son change for the better. She wanted to ...