Oi! From Brazil!

 Boa noite amigos e familia! This is the last blog post that I will be writing here on the official Elder Moss blog.  This blog entry will be more of a retrospective of the mission and my personal testimony of the things that I saw and experienced on my mission.   As to the end of my mission, I was able to spend a day on the 23nd going to the biggest favela in South America with my friend Elder Doller!!  We got to go up to a giant lookout point and see the whole thing from above.  At 11PM on June 23rd, me and 5 other American Elders stepped on a plane to leave behind our lives and hearts in Brasil.  We traveled from Rio de Janerio to Miami, and then Miami to Dallas, and Dallas finally to Salt Lake City, Utah.   I was welcomed happily by my family and a few friends, and I was released later that night.   Now I wanted to take a minute to share some highlights and photos from the whole mission.   This missionary experience ha...

  Boa noite!   I wanted to give an update quickly on the last couple weeks here in Tijuca in the Marvelous Rio de Janeiro North Mission!  As I wrote in my last email, we were working really hard with our friend Pedro to be able to perform his baptism.  Thankfully he was able to overcome all of his trials and addictions to be able to be baptized as a member of the church of Jesus Christ.  The baptism was very special, and it was the first time that Elder Ebberts got to enter the water and baptize someone!  It was really special, and Pedro even invited his family to come at watch as well.  After the baptism we had a small breakfast before our sacrament meeting started and he came up to me and said, in English mind you, "I'm feeling calm, I'm feelin' good."  I smiled really big to him and said, "Just wait until you receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." Officially he is a member of the true church of Christ, and he has been having some amazing spi...