When we put God first everything else we need will all work out!

 04-Feb-2016 – Conselho de Liderança, Barueri
I am always in the back #tallproblems

My new companion arrived safe and sound this last Tuesday! His name is Elder Mac, He is from Guatemala! He is a pretty quiet person but is super awesome! He is really funny! He really likes soccer shirts. I am going to re-learn Spanish with him, it is super hard to differentiate Spanish from Portuguese though! 

This last week was super great! On Tuesday at the transfers there were two buses one that brought the missionaries from São Paulo and another that brought the luggage. The only problem is that the one that was bringing the luggage got lost! So we waited and waited and waited a little bit longer until it finally got there. We got home super late so we weren't able to work that day which was a bummer. 

Other then that though the week was great! Cleiton that was baptized a couple weeks ago is super firm in the church! I am super happy for him! He is even inviting all of his friends to go to church as well, he is going to be a great missionary! 

Gilson is going to the Temple this next Saturday again to do baptisms! He said, "this time I want to baptize 15 people though, last time I only got to do 5", I love Gilson he reminds me a lot of my dad. I think that you guys will get to know him as well, he is already learning English and saving up to visit me and my family here in 1 year! So mom, Uh, Here in a year or so there might be a Brazilian living with us or in the motor home for a couple weeks.

I am starting to get good! My leg always hurts after though.

that face of concentration though

Today I did more slack line! I am getting good at it, it was cool as we were doing it today a bunch of kids came up and wanted to try so we took advantage and got all their addresses and told them to go to church! We are doing slack line to try and get a good friendship with the other elders in our zone and because it is super awesome! I started to try and jump today but then I got the impression that I should wait until after the mission to do that in case I fall and break my back.

Well love you all and remember, when we put God first everything else we need will all work out!

Oi Estados Unidos

SUPER BIG LEAF!

some shoes that Cleiton's dad gave to me!

I miss cold. I never thought it would be possible to miss something like that but I miss it. I wake up and look at my bed and there is just a sweat mark where I was laying. it is gross. 

It is pretty sweet, when I take my shirt off I have tie tan line and where my name tag is, it is super funny!

I didn´t get transferred so that is sweet but tomorrow I will get a new comp named Elder Mac. 

Otavio

This last Sunday we had the baptism of Otavio! It was super sweet, his parents felt the spirit super strong and their goal is to get married so they can get baptized as well! Also the baptism of Otavio happened at a youth camping trip!!! We got to baptize Otavio in a swimming pool!!! I am stupid and didn´t take any pics of the pool though. It was super neat though there were like 100 youth and his parents there to watch the baptism. It was one of the best baptisms ever!

our zone!

Well this last week we had leadership council and it was super sweet! I was able to learn a bunch of new stuff with President Farnes. I think it is crazy how much love he has for us! It made me think a lot and I realized that it is a gift that God gives to him, the same that he gives to us missionaries to love our investigators I think it is crazy, you hardly know these people you talk to but you just feel like you need to do everything for them! I was able realize a little better how Christ felt when I was working this last week. I thought man I am paying to walk in the hot sun being spit on having doors been shut in my face just because I am trying to help them. I only have to bare this for 2 years but the savior took it for 33 years! It makes me think, am I being grateful for the sacrifice that the savior made for me or am I shutting the door in his face. I am super grateful for these 2 years that I have to represent Christ and to feel a little of the pain that he felt. 

Well this last was super great!

Well this last was super great!

Gabriele was baptized! Her mom is a less active that now is re-activated, the baptismal service was super cool. Gabriele and her mom you could tell were feeling the spirit super strong, that family will be super firm in the church.

This last Saturday we went to the Campinas temple with our recent convert Gilson!!! It was super cool. I was able to have a neat experience where I entered into the baptismal font to baptize my companion then we switched and he baptized me! It was super cool and I was able to feel the spirit a ton! 

we went to the temple with our recent convert Gilson

My comp said we needed to take a picture being serious then he smiles normal!

Our recent convert Cleiton has been passing in his friends house with us and this last week he went to church with us! He is going to be baptized this next Sunday! Cleiton is inviting all of his friends to church and we were able to teach Otavio´s whole family and they said, "who knows Ottavio may convert us all to this church! The youth of this church are amazing! They are the best tool for us missionaries!

Next teusday will be transfers, I am hoping to leave but who knows what will happen. 

Oh the best part of this last week is that our shower got fixed! So now I don´t have to take freezing cold showers in the morning! WOOT WOOT

On this weeks episode

On the last episode of "The mission of Elder Messick" 

We are teaching this amazing family of 3 people named Adriana, Mariana, and Leticia. I love teaching this family they are so cool. This last Sunday they went to church and I loved it! It is super funny whenever we go to their house she is always making food for us for when we get there, I will get fat if I go there too much because she cooks super well.........

On this weeks episode: Baptism! Ice cold water! Blazing hot sun! A RIPPED SHIRT!

Letisia and Mariana!

First things first that family Mariana and Leticia were baptized! Adriana isn´t ready yet but she is super special and I know that her day will come. The baptismal service was super cool, there were a ton of people there to watch! It was super spiritual! 

Our shower head the secretaries said they won´t fix because we will be moving houses soon so it will be a waste of money, so I will be taking freezing cold showers at 6:30 for the next few weeks... 

Yup the sun is super hot, I am dripping sweat here in the lan house using the computer here in the shade! It is so hot.I am getting black and when I look at my legs it hurts my eyes because of how white they are. 

Yep I ripped my first shirt, I was walking on the street and a nail was sticking out of the wall (normal here) and I didn´t see it and my right sleeve ripped open. The best part was is I was in another area doing a division so I didn´t have any other shirts with me.

We had a couple of investigators that went to church this last week, we had Wesley, Glenda, Igor, Gabriele, and Lucas, it was a pretty good week!

Tune in on next weeks episode to see if: Wesley, Glenda, Igor, Gabriele, or Lucas will be ready for baptism? Is the sun still hot? And MUCH MUCH MORE! only on the 
"ELDER MESSICK`S MISSON"

HELLO UNITED STATES!!

HELLO UNITED STATES!! 

Everything is great here in Brazil, the days are either super hot or super rainy. 

I am really liking this ward a ton, they really help out with our recent converts. 

Gilson is doing great he is inviting all of his friends to church, because of him there are going to be a ton of people that enter into the church, 

we are preparing to go to the temple with the recent converts on the 30th and it will be super awesome! 

Mateus is also doing great. He is the only person that goes to church in his family but I believe that with time because of his example the rest of his family will start going to church as well. He got the priesthood this last Sunday so that was super exciting! A member named Monica is helping out a ton with him, she is sending messages to him and making him read the book of Mormon every night and to say his prayers. 

This last week we were looking for a referral we received and some lady yelled at us to come here, so we did. We were talking to her and it turns out she is a member of the church but she doesn´t go anymore but she said she wants to return to the church. She lives with her boyfriend and her daughter that aren´t members. 

We have been teaching a young man named Clayton for a while now and this last week was his baptism! His baptism was super cool but the heater for the water broke so the water was super cold! The water was draining slowly which we didn´t know, so we filled it up early then when we were getting into the water I was, dang this water is super low. Because of that the first time he didn´t go all the way under the water, his toe came out, so he was baptized 2 times in the freezing cold water. His dad would never listen to the lessons before but he went to church for his sons baptism and he loved church! I think now he will let us teach him!

We are teaching this amazing family of 3 people named Adriana, Mariana, and Leticia. I love teaching this family they are so cool. This last Sunday they went to church and I loved it! It is super funny whenever we go to their house she is always making food for us for when we get there, I will get fat if I go there too much because she cooks super well!

Well I think this is the longest letter that I have ever written I hope you are happy with me mom.
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-Elder Messick

Missionary selfies

Slack line

Full of miracles

natal!

Mateus!!!!!

This last week was full of miracles. 
So remember that one big family we were teaching? yeah so we went there this last Monday and the dad of the family said we couldn't pass there anymore and I got super sad. On Thursday we were passing close to their house and Mateus stopped us and said, hey I still want to go to church and be baptized, I know my dad doesn't want me to but I know it is the right choice. So on Sunday, there he was at church. 
This last week we also found a bunch of sweet new investigators and a bunch of them went to church. 
The lord is blessing us so much these last couple of weeks. 
Man my emails are getting shorter and shorter every time. I think here in 6 months I will probably just send an email saying, "hey I am alive, love you all" 
no just kidding, if I do that I think that my mom will kill me. 
Well I love you all 

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This last week was good

So sorry the Internet fell until now so I don´t have much time to write, that´s Brazil for ya. 

This last week was good. We are having a lot of fun doing crazy contacts with people on the street and we have found a couple of cool people doing that, more then anything it just keeps us excited to do contacts.

So that family that we have been teaching is giving me a lot of stress! This last Sunday we went there to pick them up to go to church and they were all ready and walking out to the car and the husband who is usually super chill came out and pulled the wife back in and said you aren´t going to church you need to clean the house. It made me want to punch him in the face but don´t worry I didn´t. He is one of those guys who is super chill when he is sober but when he is drunk, he is the devil! He has never given us problems before though, he has always let his family go to church in the past but now that they are progressing toward the baptism Satin must have put something in his head. 

Today for p-day I went and did slack-lining. I was able to walk all the way across which for me wasn´t easy! Then I was able to sit down on the line then stand back up. Then Elder Trindade gave us a capoeira lesson. It is some Brazilian fight that is super cool. 

Well that´s all I have time to write this week bye love you all!