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| The First Thursday of every month we have leadership council with the Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders. It is always such a wonderful meeting that we all look forward too. |
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| I love these Sister Training Leaders! I am so impressed with their leadership, they are all amazing missionaries and disciples of Christ. |
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| First day of School |
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| Cute card from Jordan |
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| Norma and Angela came extra early this morning and made crepes and decorated the house |
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| Fun to have the first day of school and my birthday on the same day |
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| For my Birthday the kids game me tickets to the Sao Paulo soccer game the stadium is just down the street from where we live |
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| Norma came with us. She loves going to soccer games |
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| Beautiful night and beautiful stadium |
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| Jordan and Jordan. Jordan met Jordan at the Ward Party. |
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| Elder Mathews and Elder Costa. The Assistants when we arrived. We will love these Elders forever for helping us get through our first couple of months in Sao Paulo |
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| Ashlyn having a great time as she went out with the Sister Missionaries. |
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| Going on the Bus through the streets of Sao Paulo reminded all of us of a roller coaster! |
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| Sweet Angela, our first Brasilian friend took us out on the town. We went to a "sheeky" mall in Sao Paulo |
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| Fun times on the bus |
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| These darling Young Women made us all feel so loved and welcomed today as we visited a ward in Itapetinchinga. So fun to be with 4 of our sweet Sister Missionaries also. |
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| We love these amazing Sister Missionaries! |
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| We travelled about 3 hours to get to an area in our mission called Capao Bonito, which means beautiful valley. While President Farnes interviewed the Elders here I took the kids for a beautiful afternoon horseback ride. It was so beautiful and it felt so wonderful to get out of the city and breath the fresh air. |
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| P-day adventures. Our kids live for P-days. It's one day a week where they have Dads attention for the whole day. On this P-day we went hiking. Our first hike was through a cave. |
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| Here we go! The kids had a blast in the cave. Me, not so much as soon as I saw the HUGE spider on the cave wall I was ready to be done. They all want to go again, but I think I will sit out :) |
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| Next stop on our hike was this waterfall. We were all hoping to see monkeys, but they all must have been taking a nap when we went. Maybe another time. |
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| Tired kids! |
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| We attended our first Baptism since arriving in Brasil. This is the 2nd Saturday evening since our arrival. Sweetest lady and daughter. The service was very tender and beautiful. Annelise gave the opening prayer in Portuguese and did a great job. It was so great to be with our awesome Elders. Elder Dallto and Elder Emmanuel |
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| So exciting to be in Sao Paulo during the World Cup |
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| Dreams really do come true. President Farnes put on his Dad hat and took Ashlyn to the Semi-Final Argentine vs Germany game. They had the BEST time. Ashlyn has always dreamed of going to a World Cup game. |
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| Celebrating after Brasil won a game |
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| Our first group of Missionaries. These amazing missionaries made our morning when they ran to us with open arms. They are So excited to start their missions! |
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| We didn't get enough time with this group. This is our first group of departing missionaries. We had a wonderful farewell lunch with them and they each shared their favorite mission miracle. |
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| Some of our sweet sisters |
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| Missionaries from the Interior |
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| President taking a selfie with the missionaries |
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| We checked out the famous Ibirapuera Park (Sao Paulos Central Park) |
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| We had so much fun renting bikes for the afternoon |
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| Happy Birthday President Farnes! We brought ingredients from home to make him his favorite Birthday cake! |
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| Lexi wanted to go with her dad when he went to do a second interview for baptism. She met this darling 13 year old that had just been baptized the week before. |
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| We arrived on Friday morning and President called a Leadership council for Saturday. Elder Ballard counseled us to call the leaders of the mission as soon as possible after arriving. It was a great meeting. We loved getting to know the Assistants, Zone leaders and Sister Training Leaders. |
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| Beautiful Sister Training Leaders They welcomed me with open arms and made me feel so loved. They are such beautiful disciples of Christ. I feel so blessed to call them friends. |
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| Goals of the Mission |
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| The Martins passed over the cell phones and the keys to the car and apartment! He who has the cell phone is the President. We are so thankful for the leadership of President and Sister Martins. They have been so wonderful in helping us prepare for this mission. They are wonderful people and we will blessed beyond measure to know them They have been such a blessing to the Missionaries and the members here in the Sao Paulo North Mission, we hope that we will be able to follow in their footsteps and do the same. |
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| We arrived on Friday morning, Saturday afternoon President called his first Leardership Council with the Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders |
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| Darling Sister Training Leaders! Love them! |
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| We met these wonderful couples in the MTC. They are from a city in our mission Sorocaba and will be spending the next 3 years presiding over different missions in Brasil |
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| More Brasilian friends from the MTC |
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| All Mission Presidents and spouses that will be serving in Brazil |
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| On the same flight as the Dunns, Skylers future Mission Presidents We are so grateful that he will have such wonderful leaders |
