Yo Family. And anybody else who reads this... Its was a pretty good week here in the land of Brasil. It is getting so fetching hot... Humidity is just a killer. and everytime i tell one of my investigators that they laugh and tell me we are not even fully into summer yet. Yikes.
i realized that from my last email i didnt talk a whole lot about my companion. his name is elder lynn, and he is from renton washington. he has 10 months on the mission, and has admitted to me doesnt feel at all ready to be training someone. not gona lie, somtimes i feel that way. I like him a lot but sometimes i feel like the senior companion. But its all good, i like having an american, and while i may not learn the language quite as fast, its good to have someone that is easy to realate to and can speak english with! As far as our accomodations.. i think i spoke a little about that. Our apt is grubby and full of cockroaches, but im informed that is gets a lot worse...
Food wise continues to be a bit of an adjustment.. I think i have finally adjusted to having lunch as the big meal of the day, and even to some of the food. I slowly find myself eating and even liking things i NEVER would have eaten. Theres gross stuff too.. But the hard part is the fact that we dont eat dinner.. That gets hard. i actually am really enjoying breakfast.. If you would have told me that i would eat bologna sandwiches every breakfast, i would have been more than a little nervous. But now i like crave them!!
So I was treated quite badly for the first 2 times this week... First at the house of Michael. An investigator that we had to make the hard decision to cut this week. Very sad. But we cannot go back after his mother yelled at us that we WOULD NOT believe in this foolish joseph smith, and that we do NOT have a living prophet on the earth. She has hardened her heart so hard that it has rubbed off on her son.. and its really sad. Ha, the other time was kind of funny. After lunch one day a little old later came screaming at us waving her finger telling us that we were sinners and that the world was going to burn because of people like us.. Good times.
A little about the good old south.. Its an interesting place. Haha, three things you will find at EVERY house here..1. A churrasca pit.. (by the way had my first REAL homeade churrasco, WOW. Doesnt happen very often, but it was SO good. made up for all the crappy food. better than tucanos, no joke) 2. A Cuia. This is the cup they use for chimarrão. If you are in the south, EVERYONE you see will have one of this with them if they are sitting. its really wierd to see. But i am slowly begining to be obsesed. They told me i would love it, and i didnt believe them.. but i drink like 4 cups a day, and it just gets better and better. For sure an aquired taste, i think di would love it.. 3. A flag of their soccer team. nobody supports brazil here. they support one of two teams.. Internacional, or Gremio. And it is scary. BYU/Utah times 10. I have a gremio jersey.. but i think i may have to send it home to wy.. Cause i think im making a trade. sh.. dont tell anybody.
I told dad a little bit about Darceu and Sonya. They are a family i love with an AWEOME member of a daughter. And the wife wants to get baptized, but she is on the string of her scary husband.. This week i looked him in the eyes and said things i never thought id say before.. I am still alive, but only barely. That was one of THREE baptismal invites we made on sunday!! It was a good day.. Why? Because Gilmar, Selete, and their 2 children agreed to start the process to get married and be baptized!! It will not be easy, but they have a nephew leaving on a mission Dec. 23, and he bore his testimony to them of how much it would mean to see them make this step towards changing their lives. We were literally all in tears, and now we have a baptismal date.
It was a pretty good week. Aside from a couple rude experiences and an extremely creepy husband of one of our investigators (when i say husband i mean ex-high priest who lives with her) who continually asks me why i am a virgin and how i can stand to do that, and if we are looking for any girls in passo fundo.. My comp says before i came he offered him a job, and told him he doesnt need to get married! just find a girl here and live with her! yeah, hes fun. But really.. life is pretty good. i love my ward, and we have some awesome investigators. The work is hard but fulfilling. I miss the simple pleasure of the united states, like hot water, food, cleanliness, and english.. but i love the culture of brasil. Going away from your family and your country makes you realize how much you miss both of them. i love you all.
P.s. I have been meaning to ask about a song that i used to love!! Come thou fount on the efy soundtrack... BUT, this morning i heard a familiar tune from my comps ipod.. and i was like hey thats my cousin!! (sort of) freddy ashby, hes famous here. Everyone loves that song. I remember it from chel, we used to listen to it. Anyways, good stuff. have a good week.
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