Lance's Mission, Curitiba Brazil Oct 2023-2025

Mission week 47. (08/26/2024) Chaaammaaaaaaa meu povo! This week was a banger!!! I have been grinding my butt off working and it has been awesome! Little side note... don't worry bout the venting in the last letter, I am all good and just threw it off my chest to move forward and hop on the grind. This week I was able to throw down some mental walls or barriers I had because of being in an area for soo long. i have been in this area for about or 6 months and sometimes it feels like i have already talked to most people, even though i know there are more and so the wall is that mentally i feel like "oh i already tried that door, or that person" but i did a did receive a miracle wrecking ball that crushed these walls! I had a litt division with my DL and we went to his area to let my trainee be a senior and work in our area for a day. i was soo hyped cuz my DL Elder Ortiz is litttt! We are good friends and love joking around but also we love the work. I have been with a hung...

Mission week 46. (08/19/2024) Opening weekend of the archery Elk and Deer Hunt in Utah!!! That's like a big holiday! This week has had a lot of ups and downs, including goin to Curitiba to start it off, got burned by President, marked dates, dates fell and all that fun stuff, got sick and felt like a truck hit me, but I hit the road anyways. random stuff this week: -Burned by President -I hit the Gym for the first time on the mish cuz we had a private gym in the secretaries apartment, so i was hyped about that, of course i maxed out all the machines... i had to... maybe a pride thing... but it felt good haha. -Division with AP's Elder Lizana -marked lots of dates and lots of dates fell. lots of super flakey moley people. -I got sick the last 3 days and felt like a truck hit me, body aches, crazy headaches, throat hurting, couldn't think or focus. Then Sunday when I was doin really crappy I received a Priesthood blessing by my comp. after that i literally received strength, ...

(08/12/2024) This week has been epic! We started out with fishing and a division with the ZL's and I got to work with my buddy Elder Amerall which was hype! This week I have given the Restoration Lesson many times, super powerfully. testifying that this is the Only church with Gods power, Prophets, and Apostles. super strong spiritual moments. i was bouta invite someone to Baptism and then their brother showed up who likes to bible bash cuz he's a critic. he said that he had many doubts, and tried many churches already. he said that he would join a church when Jesus tells him that this is the church he needs to serve in. I looked at him dead in the eyes, and said.  " That is really good that you want to truly serve the Church he tells you is his. but you need to be careful. because you are right now trusting more in your own knowledge and less trust in God. with you criticizing, you are relying on your understanding and you need to trust in God." Then I said, "Lo...

Mission week 44 (08/05/2024)  10 Months!!! Alrighty yall, I'm back. We survived the first week training. The new guy Elder Benjamim got here! Funny thing is he is from Recife like my old comp which is dope. It has actually been a good week tho! went super well! When he first got here to the house he sat down and looked around... then wanted to deep clean the house soo took everything outside and deep cleaned the whole house. but ngl needed it. We have normally just sweep it and mop occasionally, clean the kitchen and bathroom. but he went all out. i just get to enjoy the props of having another clean comp which is dope. My comp is a pretty cool guy. Here are a few things about him; He prepped a lot before the mission so he already knows all the lessons, and scriptures... makes my job easy lol, he teaches well and has a unique gift to really follow the spirit, he is good with people and conversing maybe that is a Recife thing, he has that beginner fire, excitement and energy to work...