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Dear Family and Friends,

Weeks continue to fly by and I make my way through the jungles of Curitiba. The harsh weather continues to make the work difficult. Not really, I just feel like writing a cool story. but a funny story about weather, the other day we were walking down the street and I look up at say “rain in five seconds.” In exactly five seconds, it POURED. By far the hardest rain in my life. Once in a while these little flash storms will hit and they are OH so fun My umbrella is pretty dinky too but my shoes don’t let the water in so I can’t complain!

I have been taking on small projects and my most recent one is really cool. Its an idea from my old zone leader (now AP) Elder Fortes. You have 15 little plastic cups and each cup has a principle of the gospel of Jesus Christ (temples, tithing, authority, etc.) then you build the pyramid and talk about how Christ established this church when he was here on the earth. THEN you talk about how he and the apostles dies and unauthorized changes were made and people started changing things. So you pull out the cup on the bottom and the whole thing comes crashing down. Kids love it So then you talk about how there were some people who liked this and that and made a church, then a guy made another till you have a bunch of little pyramids. Then you ask which one is the church Christ left and they say “none” and you say exactly. Then you can share a scrpture about an apostle who profesied about a restoration, whatever. then you talk about Joseph Smith and how he wasnt sure which church was right and how he was called to be a prophet and you then rebuild the pyramid and show how today we have the same church of JEsus Christ! Its so awesome.

So story time, yesterday we went to teach a family we recently met, and the wife is pretty stubborn and has no desire to change, the husband really wants to. So we did the pyramid, went great, then she asked us what we think about the gift of tounges ( big thing down here, some churches the people start screaming because “they are filled with the spirit and start speaking in tounges”) but i looked her straight in the eyes and said 5 months ago i didnt know a single word of portuguese and today I am here teaching you with no problems. THAT is the gift of tounges. MAN the spirit was so strong that whole lesson, even with her 4 kids (the cups kept them attentive so i think we broke her down a little bit and hopefully they will come to church.

Yesterday we taught a great 1st lesson to a lady who said she was born catholic and has no desire to change, by the end of the lesson we marked a date for her baptism Pretty cool to see how the spirit can change peoples attitudes.

Thats about it for this week, pretty uneventful, just lots of rejection and walking But its all good. The work is getting better and we are finding more people every day. One thing I heard president talk about is how cool would it be if every missionary walked with a Book of Mormon in his hand. The moment I heard that I picked one up and never put it down. It really helps to show people and talk about it, plus people come up to you and ask you about it.

Keep up the good work, read your scriptures, say your prayers, help the missionaries, and write me!! I love you all thanks for all the prayers and support.

LOVE,
Elder Parker Joel Boyack

address:
Rua Carlópolis 119 (Fundos)
Pinheirinho – Curitiba – PR
81880-390

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