Feliz Natal in Brazil

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So our mission president blessed us with a Pday today so that is why im emailing! Earlier this week we had our mission Christmas Conference. It was a really awesome start to my Christmas week and a good reminder of the meaning of Christmas, especially as a missionary! At the end all of us walked into the streets and sang Christmas hymns. Lots of people stopped to listen to us and everyone was able to go out and talk to those people about our church. It was an awesome experience and so cool to see all the missionaries together so motivated. 

The best part of the week was getting able to talk to my family yesterday! They are my biggest supporters and I was soooo happy to see all them and talk about everything. I am truly blessed with my family and am so grateful for each one of them. I love them more than I can say!

We were able to skype at this family's house in our ward. They are truly awesome. My first sunday lunch was there and I knew right away I would love them. They treated me and Elder Lima da Silva so well. They hooked us up with two hugeeeee bags of food and treats with letters and stuff. I'm sure they will always be one of the families I remember about Brazil. I'll attach a pic of them below. 

The past week or two have been a little different with Christmas and everything so I'm excited to get back in the swing of things this week. Know I love you and miss you all so much. Hope yall had a Merry Christmas!
Elder G

pics- my zone right now!
23 stories up
Christmas day lunch
the family we spent Christmas with!
a random crazy guy hopped in my pic with Santa
my buddy elder Costa is a soccer announcer and talks faster than anyone I know, its even funnier in Portuguese









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