Brazil backwards starts with Liza!

Well, technically June 19 was the day I got to the CTM in São Paulo, and it has been an entire year since then. So crazy to think about all the places I have been this year (that I literally never knew existed) and all of the amazing people I have met. Also learning Portuguese and having a 2 month surf break were definitely highlights.  This week I also finished reading the Book of Mormon em portugues for the first time! It is so cool to read it in a different language and understand things in a slightly different way because of the translation.  Last p day we went to a really pretty island called Newport. It just has a bunch of mansions by the beach and we did this really pretty walk between mansions and the ocean. It looks so different than CA but in this mission you are allowed to put your feet in the water and walk on the sand so that was awesome. Driving around here is so nice and everything is super green right now.  A member of the English ward invited ...

"I love my family Plz dont let them die and when they do make them survive it Please make them make a lot of money and then they'll be rich"  AMEN we are teaching an awesome lady named Cici and jay jay is her son (5yrs old)! She is the best ever and she totally wants to get baptized but has to get married. We are working on that; we called the city hall and my companion had the funniest conversation ever:  Sis L- Hi, what do I do to get married? Worker- um, have either of you been married before? Sis L- *looks at me, um, I'm not sure...? Worker- *starts laughing, thanks hun I've been needing a good laugh, well anyways...  Gratitude list: O LIVRO DE MORMON!!!!!!, Zumba to the most upbeat church music our stake pres's wife can find, Having a car, Trees, Nice warm weather, Funny members who answer our calls, Watermelon - jay jay himself! - pday in this place! - the reason I'm probably in this area  - other sisters i...

^we had a devotional with Elder Bassett (some church leader) this week and he said this, which everyone thought was pretty funny. But also so true it kinda hurts. Hah.  Ok. So last time I emailed I think I was either in Brasil (rip) or home. Now I am in Rhode Island (!!!!!) , have a phone, use FB and we have a car. NEVER could have guessed that.  We are in a portuguese branch! Lots of people in this town are from cape verde and there are some Brazilians <3 too.  My new comp is named Sis. Lawlor and she is from Arizona. She has been here for 7 months and she has got the technology thing dialed which is nice for me.  We have to make FB vids every week which is pretty crazy. our first one we filmed in the rain and it was almost a train wreck but it worked out and we got to be outside so, worth it!   Quotes I liked:  "Keep your focus on Jesus Christ and don't do tasks simply to complete them, but remember your purpose" -mission p...