Elder Joshua Sheffield

Oct 19 19 Happy Saturday! So every once in a while the general authorities of the church comes to the mission for a mission tour, to give training, help the missionaries and see are the work of the lord is going.   This week Elder Adilson P. Parrella, who is the first counselor of the area presidency of Brasil came to visit.   So Monday and Tuesday were busyyyy planning everything and getting it all ready. Wednesday and Thursday we had the whole mission here in Juiz de Fora. We had training, heard advice and did lots of practices. It was a little intimidating, you can tell he is a man that calls for respect. Cool story. I got to sit down with him and talk. Also I got to ask for advice and ask questions and he saw my name and said "You don’t have anyone in your family that works in the church office in Salt Lake do you?" I told him about dad and how dad attends humanitarian meetings at the church offices, and he said “Oh yeah, I know him...

Oct 12 2019 RAIN A picture of me so you know I’m still alive a card Emily sent me (that just happened to match my tie :) Editor's note: Since Joshua has been in the mission office, he has had a chance to call us a little more frequently. And this day he called us through google chat. So we didn't get a letter this week. view of the rain from his window

Sept 28 2019 Monday I found out that my companion would leave! He’s been dreaming, for 4 months, to go to the area of Teresopolis in Rio de Dinheiro.  And guess where he got called to go?! Teresopoli! It was an emergency transfer and he is going to be the new Zone leader there. How cool for him! So this week I jumped around a lot with other companions until transfers officially happen on Tuesday. We get to know the transfers a little early so we can organize all the travelling, details and everything. So my new companion is drum roooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllll ELDER COELHO!!!! He’s from the northeast area of Brasil, famously known for literally their big heads hahah and their sense of humor! It wasn’t exactly a surprise but I’m excited we´ll probably have a lot of time together He’s always telling jokes and e works great too. Working in the mission office, these are the craziest days - the transfer days. The old missionaries leaving, an the new ones gett...