Bom Pastor - Week 2

  So last week was a bit crazy and I got to learn my new area a bit more! It rained a whole bunch so ALL of my shoes are wet still. We saw a wicked spider in our house. As we got home after a long work day the other elders in our house were like " DID YOU SEE IT?" lol I will send you all a video of this... needless to say we all screamed like little girls!! I also found out that Elder Ferreira looks like frozen from the Incredibles "honey, where is my super suit?" 

  We started teaching Kauã which is Maicom´s friend that is learning about the church. Kauã told us yesterday that he has an answer. He told us that he knows the Book of Mormon is true and he is set to be baptized on the 16 of March! Also, Jaque told us that she is excited for her baptism in March too! Even though I was not expecting to be in a new area just for 6 weeks I know that I had to be here for a reason. I am loving the Bom Pastor Ward and all the members and people we are teaching. Yesterday we went to the Temple to bring people we are teaching to see it for the first time. They all loved it and want to go again!

  I am excited for this week! I will have my last conference in my mission tomorrow and that means my last testimony before I go home. I am very anxious but also very scared. Maybe that is normal? But I am super happy here!

Love you all!

Élder Bryson D. Hammond

Missão Brasil Curitiba Sul

2017-2019

Bom Pastor- Week 1

Bom Dia Y'all!!

So now I am in an area where the Bishop is from Houston Texas so we just speak English and he lives 3 doors down and has an English company where he teaches English so that is pretty cool! Also, my area is the airport so every 10 minutes we see an airplane going off which is the plane I will take lol. I will take a picture one day with the plane taking off over my head. Also, we got into a bus today that had all the flight attendants so not only am I always seeing airplanes I see the attendants too! Lol the area is super cool as of now and we have some really cool people that we are teaching already!

 Besides of all that, our area is actually pretty small but there is a lot of room to see growth. We are teaching Edinea and she will be going to get a date marked to get married this next month so she is super excited! Also, there is Jaque that is about 22 years old and she is preparing to be baptized soon. She already has gone to church two times from only being taught for 2 weeks. She is loving the church and has some friends there already. She has a daughter so we are focusing a lot on eternal families and she understands it all. 

 As of now its been a rush to see how the new zone is going and already next week is my last Zone conference so I am getting really nervous with everything happening all at once and so quick! I have not been home literally all day so I don't have pictures to send because I don't have my camera but I will have lots next week! Love you all and talk to you all on the next week!

Elder Bryson D Hammond

Missão Brasil Curitiba Sul

2017-2019

Jardim Do Sol - Week 13

 Transfers were today and i was transferred to my last area for just one transfer. I kind of had an idea that this would happen but i was not sure of how or where i would be going. I was transferred to the Bom Pastor area with a prior companion Elder Zanni from Argentina. We served for a transfer together last year and now again this year so i am super excited to be werving with him again.

  Mara is progresing a whole lot this last week! She has gone 3 days without smoking as of yesterday and is preparing to be baptised. She is not feeling to great due to not smoking anymore but that feeling will go away soon. We went to the temple with her on Wednesday and on friday she stopped smoking with a plan that we have for her. She is very determined to stop smoking and follow Christ. She already got rid of the coffee and soon she will be free from smoking too! 

  Friday we did splits in my second area so i got to see more of the recent conversos from when i served there. It was so great to be able to see them continue to grow in the gospel and see their son that is having his 1 year old birthday today! Time flies so fast and sooner then they know it he will be going on a mission! 

  I will miss the area Jardim Do Sol so much but i know that the lord has a plan for me to be here in Bom Pastor for 6 weeks so I am glad that i can be here for this time that i have left! Its such an opportunity to serve! 

Elder Bryson D Hammond

Missão Brasil Curitiba Sul

2017-2019