11-18-08

Elder Jason Allred
Brazil São Paulo South Mission
Rua Dr Luiz da Richa Miranda, 159
8 Andar, Parque Jabaquara
04344-010 - São Paulo - SP
Brazil

Subject: 2 elephants? Check. 2 tigers? Check. 2 mosquitos? Check. Wait? Is this one male or female?

Hello Everybody!

João and Marilda were confirmed! João is already helping us teach other investigators. When he bears his testimony during the lessons, one can tell that they really feel the spirit. We took Iraci to their house last night to teach her about tithing. They helped us a lot. Marilda told her how she too struggled with coffee for a few weeks before succeeding.

We started teaching a great family. A family of 11! The wife (Ivone) had one child and the husband (Ivonir) had 3 before they got married. Then they decided to adopt 5 more. This is really hard to find here in Brazil. Most people don´t believe in large families. They don´t know what they´re missing. They live really close to the chapel. When we passed by their house on Sunday morning to get them to church, they were already ready and ended up getting to church about 20 minutes early. At least they were able to get to know some members before the meetings started.

We had zone conference on Friday. It´s always such a neat experience. We always come back home invigorated, inspired, and excited to do the work. It´s amazing how much revelation we can receive when we are taught by our leaders.

Sunday night, President and Sister Richardson spoke at a fireside in one of the wards in our stake. We took Edvaldo there to watch. He ended up getting to meet them and was all excited to tell them that he was going to be baptized in 3 weeks. He´s come a long way.

Last night before going to bed I started studying Genesis chapter 6 quite thoroughly. With all the rain we´ve got the last 2 days, I´m sure it´ll come in handy to know the details of ark construction.

Thanks for everything!
Love, Elder Allred

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Christmas wish:
-Two mini english hymnals
-Two mini english primary children´s songbooks
-One mini portuguese primary children´s songbook
-Face Wash
-Short sleeve white shirt (Not too fat - Brazilians don´t feed us enough ice cream.)