July 31, 2023: Finish on empty

 Shoutout to the Nike slogan for cross country that gave me the title of this email haha. Hello friends and family. This one probably won't be too long, and this will be my last e-mail as a missionary! I will send a whopper next Friday or Saturday when I arrive at home! But next week is gonna be a bit rushed for me to be able to send an email. I want to share my love for each one of you and my love for Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, and the people here that I have the opportunity to serve. This experience has changed my life for the better, and I know that I will always remember the experiences I have had here. But let's get into a few specifics and that's that!

WORK
This week we worked like mad finding and teaching people! We managed to find 14 new people to teach and 27 lessons throughout the week! It was super awesome and we truly have some amazing people that we are teaching! The only problem was the struggle for people to go to church is real haha. So many people just don't want to wake up early to make the sacrifice. But next week it'll be better. We walked a lot, taught a lot and all in all it was a great week.

EXCHANGES
This week I had an exchange with Elder Lima. We had a fun time teaching together and finding new people. It was a great exchange and he is an amazing Elder.


PRAYER LIST
Yasmim
Adriana
Naura
Dayane
Hildebrando
Mikaele
Edson
Damiana
Junior
Juliana

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT
This week I had the opportunity to give a talk in sacrament meeting about the restauration. It was an amazing experience to testify of the truths that I know. I want to testify to all yall that I know that the gospel was restored. It is necessary for us to continue learning. As it says in Isaiah 5, the banner has been raised. We need to take up the call and continue sharing. It is the only thing that matters between now and the second coming of Jesus Christ! So continue to work, and as Isaiah continues, don't sleep during the restauration! I leave my testimony that these things are true. That Joseph Smith is a prophet, that the book of Mórmon is the word of God. On the mission I have learned that God lives and loves me and that is something that I will continue to share for sempre. The restauration is real!

Love yall a lot! Until I get home!
Elder Bradshaw

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