(Week 6) Chapter 6: Manaus

This week's message is short.  Elder Anderson woke up early this morning to leave the Missionary Training Center in Sao Paulo to fly to Manaus to officially begin preaching the gospel to the people of Brazil!  Super exciting day for him!!!  Now that he is in Manaus, he will have P-days (Preparation days) every Monday for the first part of the day.  Our family is looking forward to these P-days for weekly video chats at more normal hours (5 am was a bit early 😊), as well as for receiving his emails.

We received this brief message today:
I'm alive! Today I placed my first Book of Mormon and met a guy named Mario.

Muito amor,

Elder Anderson

The Brazil Manaus Mission posted the following pictures on their Facebook page this afternoon!

And...last Wednesday, Elder Anderson was able to travel to the Sao Paulo Temple, which means he had access to WiFi and was able to transmit pictures to us.  Here are a few of them.

This first few shots must be at least a couple of weeks old, because Elder Anderson has hair! 😂

With his companion, Elder Gardner, and two of his Brazilian roommates, Elder Gonzalez (left) and Elder Gomes (right).

With his district at the Campinas Temple (about 1 hour and 20 minutes away from the Sao Paulo MTC.)

Another beautiful picture of the Campinas Temple

District selfie!

This picture was taken Monday (Labor Day), the last group picture together before leaving the MTC.

One of my favorite pictures of Elder A--I call this Unstoppable--can you see how excited he is to tackle the day and share the gospel?!