Lows and Highs of this week

hey my beautiful family!

Pictures from P-day

Well it was transfer week and so you know what that means!

I had lots of early days and late nights this week. But it was a great week.

Low

I waited at the bus station for a long time helping with tickets and documents of the missionaries

High

I passed by a tourist shop and bought a toucan mating call whistle (cool right)

Low

Lots of the American Elders had to stay to start their Brazilian I.D.s.

HighI got to talk with people in the street with the novinhos (brand new missionaries). They got here from Provo MTC or from other state side missions so it was their first time in the streets of Brasil. I talked a lot with them and a few are more open than others, a few speak better than others ,but there was one elder who was so positive. He knew he didn't speak the best or knew everything about the scriptures but he just did his best and was so positive about getting better and improving.  That’s a huge missionary quality.

I love seeing the mission help people AND trying make themselves better people.

I was studying a lot about the empowering of the atonement of Christ. “In the Strength of the Lord”- DAVID A. BEDNAR.  It was a talk at BYU and is such a good talk that I found in my study.  I love how the Lord helps others in the trials and doesn't  just take the trials away. That is such great gospel advice and parenting advice and just great life advice.

To be strengthened to help ourselves through the hard way and not just make it through the easy way.

It’s good to hear about cousing Hunter on his mission. His work seems a lot different than mine is here, but I love hearing about him and his companion down under in Austrailia.

I love you all so much

I LOVE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST

-Elder Sheffield

Here's the juiz de fora flag i think its real perty