Brazilia

So it has been a few months since posting, which means there is lots to blog about, the most important/exciting of which is my mission call. My mom called while I was at EFY to let me know the call had arrived, so she, my dad and my sister drove up to Buena Vista, VA to open it with me. So while skype-ing my other sister I found out that I am called to the Brazil Porto Alegre North Mission, speaking Portuguese!!! I'm so excited. I report to the Brazil MTC on November 24th, the day before Thanksgiving.
So, as a part of preparing for my mission, I googled Porto Alegre and a few different cities in my mission.


This is the Porto Alegre Temple, and one of the first pictures to pop up in my google search. Heck yes.


Still Porto Alegre


This is in Santa Cruz do Sul.


Passo Fundo


Caxias do Sul


And this is from Sao Leopoldo.


And just in case you don't know where in the huge nation of Brazil Porto Alegre is, here's a map. The little red arrow is pointing to the city.

I don't think I could have picked a prettier mission. I met a girl this summer at EFY who served in Portugal, and she said that the missionaries from Brazil serving with her, were disappointed they were sent out of the country because they wanted to serve in Porto Alegre. So basically my mission is the best ever. I am so excited to go to Brazil and immerse myself in the culture and learn to love the people and share with them the good news of the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It's going to be a hard, exhausting, trying, but fantastic, enriching, and edifying 18 months.