He was sunshine, I was midnight rain

 (Elder Mackrory)

Boa tarde Amigos e famíliares!

Essa semana foi muito boa. Vi 26 fuscas, e teria sido mais, só que tenho quase todas as placas de licença memorizadas. Então vi mais do que isso, mas eles não contam porque já os vi. O total chegou aos 1181.

Hey you all, this week was a blast. It flew by, and I can't believe it's the end of the transfer already. Last pday we went back to the beach in Cavaleiros again, and this time we got Calebito's, my favorite ice cream place. But this time I did vary the flavors instead of three balls of Frutas Vermelhas. I did still get frutas vermelhas however.

This week had too many things happening, so I won't go day by day.

We almost got stampeded. Walking home from the farthest area we watched some cows on the side of the road get kinda spooked and walk kinda fast away from us. Some seconds later they returned with two or three bulls getting up on their hind legs and snorting loudly. So naturally I made myself look real big, yelled and approached them. Just kidding. We just avoided eye contact and kept walking (slightly faster). They herd followed us along the fence line until we got beyond their pasture and then it was all clear. Tip: Running can encourage chasing, don't run from bulls. You'll lose every time.

I got really wet because I forgot my umbrella on a rainy day. The next day I was looking for my umbrella, and found that it had been in my bag the whole time. Good one Elder Mackrory. Elder Hernandez stayed dry though.

We had a movie night at the chapel as an activity and it was a super success! We had turmeric seasoned popcorn (so bomb) that a sister in the ward made. We're bringing her cookies tonight to thank her.

We played the primary program on Sunday and Elder Hernandez and I switched turns playing. It went really well.

On Saturday there was supposed to be another activity at 7, for which they needed us to open the chapel. Due to bad planning and a lack of communication, the activity actually started at 8:45. So the activity was basically talking about what the activity was supposed to be about and eating cake.

My phone updated finally and I got Meta AI on messenger. My Language studies have been insane lately because all my weird and specific language nuance questions are all answered really thoroughly.

We had a family night with an inactive member who said I sounded like I was from Rio. So that was a big win.

When walking back from a really far neighborhood In our area at night, we were a little worried about which path we should take because the neighborhood is a little dangerous and so we wanted to make sure were taking the safest route. We asked some people who pointed us to take the main road. We were already going to do that, but she gave us a good tip of when we should get off the main road to get where we were going. As we took the safer route, there was a car then stopped a bit ahead of us and let out two guys who walked into the forest. The car then took off. We witnessed all of this. As we passed the spot where they were, I glanced over (without turning my head) and they were both crouched over in the grass staring at us. So anyway we just continued on and didn't look back.

We got transfer news today! But you all won't find about that until next week.

Tender Mercy: During that encounter with the two guys who I solemnly swear were up to no good, I wasn't scared. I knew the Lord would protect us because we had done our part in choosing the safest path, even if the options weren't great. We kept our course and safely ended up at home. The Lord provides us with all we need when we provide Him with all He needs. And all He needs is our best.

Spiritual Thought:

I think a lot about the future. I don't swell on it, but instead, I let it shape my present. How do I want to be by next transfer? OK, let's work towards that this transfer. I think a lot about what I will say in my coming-home talk in church. In a way, it's sort of like a last hurrah. What I say has to encompass my learning and experience on the mission. I imagine the same is true for all people. President Monson, shortly before passing away, gave a talk that has really left an impact on me. Being the prophet, he may have had some notion that it was his last talk. Who knows. But what he chose to speak about was something so simple. His talk reflected well the Come Follow Me lesson this week about Charity. I'll attach the link below and I Invite all of you to watch, listen, or read the short talk and ponder on the importance of such important principles. They certainly have impacted and changed me. I hope they do the same for you.

Kindness, Charity, and Love

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2017/04/kindness-charity-and-love?lang=eng