São Paulo parts 4 and 5?!

 Hey!  How is everyone doing?!  Another pday!!  Wahoo!

I actually don't have much of a pday today.  My day started at 3 am, waking up and getting ready to leave for São Paulo...so yes 4th time going to São Paulo! 
About a year ago, I needed to come to São Paulo and finish my visa papers...and if you remember I needed to go 3 times lol!  But this time it's for my companion.  She was reassigned after the MTC to my mission in Ribeirão until she gets her visa to go to her mission in Japan.  So today we are at the consulate doing things for her visa and 2 Elders who also are getting their visas for Japan.
Currently, we are traveling back to Ribeirão!  They got everything done and passed their interview or whatever they needed to do!  And now, we have to come back on Thursday to get their visas!  So it will be my 5th time coming to São Paulo this week.
But this week was alright!  As I said in my last email, I'm opening an area called Matão and it's been fun getting to know the area and some of the members!  The members are really excited to have us here.  It's been a few years that missionaries haven't been here.  It's been since before the pandemic!  So I am excited to see what happens!
The area is pretty chill and lowkey.  It's the total opposite of my last area where I lived in the center of Ribeirão.  One thing about the area is that it has lots of inclines so I'm getting a bit of a leg workout lol!  But that's the life of a missionary haha.  But I'm loving it!
Well that's really all the updates.  Not really too much yet, but hoping that will change!
Love you all,
Sister Findlay













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