Merry Christmas or Feliz Natal from Sao Paulo Brasil!!!!

                                                                                December 25, 2016            

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS or FELIZ NATAL from the Sao Paulo, Brasil Mission!!!!! 

  

 

We had a wonderful Christmas celebration as we came together as a Mission to rejoice in the

blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

We had a mixture of fun and spiritual activities. Here are a few pictures from our celebration...

All the missionaries in the mission had the opportunity to participate in a fun white elephant gift exchange. Here is Sis. Salles and me with our gifts.

We also had a white elephant gift exchange with just our District. 

Here we are showing off our gifts.   

Sis. Salles and I got chocolate and were very excited about it!! 

 

We also got to decorate gingerbread cookies.

 

Here are our yummy Christmas creations.  

 

We got to eat wonderful food! 

Also we had a fun activity where we changed into sport clothes and played human foosball. It was really fun!!

 

 We had the opportunity to watch another district perform a wonderful Christmas skit.

 

 

One of the biggest highlights was being able to be re-acquainted with so many wonderful missionaries that I have had the opportunity to serve with.

 

 I was able to reconnect with Sister Oldroyd, one of my past companions, who has almost completed her mission and will soon be going home. 

 

 I was also excited to see Sister Caleira, one of my daughters as we call it in the mission. She is a wonderful missionary that I had the opportunity to train and work with early on in my mission.

 

 

It was great to run into Elder Adao, who was in our District in Case Verde.
We had to get a picture of an inside joke of us being goofy.

 

 
 
 
 

I loved seeing and visiting with Sis. Cellurale, who was also one of my dearest friends and companions. She has also nearly completed her mission and is going home soon.

On Christmas Eve we were invited to dinner with Irma Alessandra and her family. 

She is a great cook and we enjoyed a beautiful meal! 

 

Lastly, is a picture of our district missionary group who we eat with each day in Vargem Grande.

On Christmas afternoon we were all invited over for lunch by a wonderful Irma (Sister) and her son, who also served a mission in Brasil. They were so generous and spoiled us by giving us each a gift.

 

 

 

I am so grateful for this Christmas Season and for the wonderful people here in Sao Paulo.

I love being a missionary and have felt so much love from those around us! 

 

 

I want to close by sharing my testimony...

    

I know that Jesus Christ lives! He is our Savior and our best friend. He descended below everything so that we could ascend to the Father and be like Him. As a firstborn lamb submits itself to its shepherd, He submitted himself to the will of His Heavenly Father. He was humble enough to accept all of the suffering, pains, infirmities, temptations, and sins of the world of each one of us--because it was the will of His Father, and He knew that the will of His Father was greater than His.

This Christmas, may we remember that He is the greatest gift!