Food Section: A member invited us over for a family home evening last week, and we got to eat some of the best carrot cake we've ever had, it was so good.
New Elder: We're not in a trio anymore, Elder Bento got a new companion from Mexico on Tuesday, so now we have 4 Elders in the area again. His name is Elder Santamaria, he's from Mexico City, he played American Football in high school, and he can play the piano, he's totally chill and excited to work.
Carnaval: So, Carnaval is the biggest party Brazil has, over the whole country. It started on Friday and it will end on Wednesday. We were going to try and work through it, but we received a call from the mission president on Thursday night that the police were going on strike for better wages, and that we had to be in our house by six o'clock every night because it was going to be dangerous. So basically, we're super excited for Carnaval to be over so we can get out of the house more haha.
We had our Zone Conference this last week, and the message I want to share with everybody today is the training that we received about goals. With the time that we have here on our Earth, we need to practice and exercise our control of mind and spirit over body. If we want to do something, whether it be to learn Portuguese or pass the math test, we need to be prepared to make sacrifices right now to have a bigger reward later. Something I really liked was what one Elder said, which was "Don't let anyone work harder than you." And it's so true, if you're working the hardest you will receive blessings for your effort. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Have an awesome week everybody! Work on your goals!
-Elder Jensen
1) Elder Santamaria and us 2) Zona Litoral, Missão Brasil Fortaleza💪
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