Jaren Dawg in Brazil

  Whats good everybody Went ghost again for a while ik  so im back rq to let you guys know what's up Basically Im in the middle of nowhere, been here for about a week and its kind of lit. Im serving in a branch for the first time in my mission. had 21 people at church yesterday in total. Looking to triple that this transfer  But lemme hit you with a story rq. So this branch could really use some families right, and its always better to have a whole family interested in the gospel together, so this week i been on the hunt for elect families in this tiny town.  Yesterday after church as we were leaving the house again we kneeled down and prayed and i asked God to help us find 2 families that we can start preparing for baptism to strengthen this branch. Then we went and worked like crazy but nothing was really working all afternoon. Finally we had 2 more houses to visit before calling it night. They were two middle aged brothas i had talked to a couple nights before. Th...

  Whats good everybody   Im still here in Brazil, sorry for being so terrible at emailing   These first 2 months of 2026 have not been easy, but I have learned so much. Im in inner city Maceio, and my ward hasn't had a baptism in at least 7 months. Ive also spent my 2 transfers here training new missionaries and its so fun but has its challenges. With all of that being said, heres a story rq.   During the week of Christmas, me and my comp started praying to find a family to teach. That week we made a contact in the park with a straight chiller named Pedro. He pointed to where his house was and told us come back the next day, and we left a plan of salvation pamphlet with him. The next day we come back to the house he pointed to, but the people that lived there was not the family of Pedro. Brodie capped, but it happens, we keep it pushing     2 days later were in the same area, we start talking to this older dude and his buddys. Brodies hyped cuz im Amer...

  Good morning family and friends Its december now so thats cool Except here in Sergipe, Decembers supposed to be like the hottest month of the year and its already mad hot so woohoo Anyways this is pretty cool too This is Ketily and yesterday she got baptized. She is a media reference, which means she found us we didn't find her and shes been elect from the beginning. Shes also 13 and has a interesting situation at home, but we introduced her to another member her age and now they walk to church together every Sunday. It's been so cool to watch her testimony grow during the time we've been teaching her. And crazy that from one Instagram ad about the Book of Mormon, Ketily now has a new group of friends, a relationship with Jesus Christ, and the gift of the Holy Ghost in her life.  We also have my DAWGS Erick and Dudu that got dunked yesterday  When we invited these kids to be baptized they were literally jumping up and down on the couch they were so excited. This week we...

  Another week down.  Hope everybodys chillin Let a brotha know what's new Biggest thing that happened in my week was another baptism This is Jennifer and she has the spirit as her constant companion now.  She pulled up to our ward solzhino last Sunday and watched the baptisms. Then we started talking to her, ended up teaching her everything this week and it worked out that she was able to get dunked yesterday My favorite part of this process tho was on Friday when we finished teaching her everything and I asked if she had any questions. Her only question was if girls could be missionaries too. When we told her yes theres sister missionaries, she asked if after her baptism she could become a missionary. I was blown away. After basically 1 week of knowing the truth, she already wants to go put everything to the side and serve the Lord. Mad inspirational and definitely had me wondering if maybe ive been taking things for granted a lil.  And that leads me to my spiritua...

 Hey squad 1st week of my second transfer was solid Let's get into it First off, some covenants were made this week. We spent most of the week preparing our friends Antonio and Lázaro for baptism. And yesterday they got dunked.  Antonio has spent 50 years of life pretty confused and lonely, so I'm so grateful I got to help him make this change, and bring a new light to his life. Also, this dude used to drink coffee twice a day but when we explained God's commandment The Word of Wisdom, that was all this brotha needed to hear. Hasn't drank coffee since Also yea i did get clowned by most of the ward cuz my whole fit was white and my skins white too especially compared to most of them so they had fun with that I love my ward And Lázaro's baptism was a family event because this family had been inactive for 4 years and now decided to come back. Lázaro's dad worked so hard to be worthy to be able to baptize his son, so to watch this family return and regain priesthood...

  What's good everybody I've been in Brazil now for almost a month. Thought maybe you guys wanted to hear from me.  My first email of the mission sorry it took so long. I spent 6 weeks in the MTC with a goated district tryna learn Portuguese and strengthening my testimony. And now I am in Aracaju, a beautiful city in the state of Sergipe, Brazil. It is the northeast region of Brazil and the people here have an accent that makes a hard language even harder to understand. But I am learning. Even in these past couple weeks I have seen improvement as I try every day to connect with the people here. I feel like everything I say is very simple and I do get laughed at a lot but progress is being made thru prayer, study, and work.  As far as Brazil this place is very different than what im used to and pretty entertaining. All the food I've had so far has been gas. My 3rd day here i watched a motorcycle crash into a lady walking right in front of us. That was wild. Walking the str...