finally sent a email sry grandma Oct 27, 2025

 




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 streets here feels like a video game sometimes haha

And in my 2nd week here, I had the opportunity to baptize my dawg Leandro. The same night we threw a wedding so him and his wife could be baptized and they have a baby on the way. Just a cool situation all around and was awesome to be able to help them change their lives

And for a quick lil spiritual thought:
Graças a Deus

A lot of people in Brazil if you ask them how they are doing they usually say “estou bem, Graças a Deus”, meaning I am well thanks to God. While it's simple and could just be a cultural thing more than an intentional expression of gratitude, to me it is powerful. These past couple weeks have been interesting fs trying to adjust to a new culture and everything but I have found peace in expressing gratitude for God and to God. I know that He is in the driver's seat and has an ultimate destination for all of us. We just need to trust Him. 

Have a great week, I love all of you guys
Also I'm way better at talking to people in personal emails so hit me 1on1 with a lil update and ill respond 

-Elder Rogers


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