What's up! What an awesome week here in Brazil. This week was the last of the transfer, and we just got news yesterday that I will be changing areas and training a new American! I'm pretty pumped to train for the first time and want to help him out in the best way possible. I, also, had my first taste of the World Cup here in Brazil and let me tell you, it's the real deal. People live and die by the team, and it's amazing to see the passion they have in supporting Brazil. The whole city shuts down and everyone watches. It's pretty cool to experience this firsthand!
Early in the week on Tuesday, we had lunch with a counselor in our mission presidency and it was incredible. He shared all about the different callings and all about his mission experience. He relied a lot on the Spirit and let the prompting from the Lord guide everything. After lunch, we had absolutely nothing planned and no one to help, but we decided to pray and after the prayer we both had a feeling we needed to visit a neighborhood that's close to the church. We went straight there and had a goal to talk to everyone we saw. Before we knew it, we started inviting every kid we saw to our soccer activity that night. We spent all day there and talked to basically every kid that lived there lol, and that night we brought 28 kids to our activity. Everyone was kinda shocked at the result and it was hilarious to see people's reactions. We then passed by there every day and brought each kid a Book of Mormon. We started teaching them whenever we could and in the short week, I knew them, and I became best friends with them. We brought them to various activities throughout the week, and each time they felt more and more welcome! These are some of the most fun times in the mission when you get to just be yourself and meet people who are some of the most happy people to be around.
