Week 17

Hey momma!!!! I am getting transferred!!! È muito stranho quando eu sai aqui. Eu sou acostumo com mues membros aqui in Grajaú e eu amo cada muito!! Mas eu tambem estou muito animado por algum coisa nova. Vou sair amanha por Santo Amoro e la eu vou encontrar onde eu vou estar.

But this week has been really difficult for me. On thrusday I asked elder severiche just to clean his dish and he literally threw a fit about it. So I just told him I´d do them for him and he can just go to sleep. He didn't really like that but I was just so frustrated that he still acts like a child and can't even clean his dishes. But i'm being transferred and I'm pretty stoked.

Um Saturday we had another activity!! It was so awesome!! A ton more people showed up for it and we actually started on timeish. We had a good hour of fun and our investigators that came loved it!!! WE had such a good time and I took a ton of pics and a whole 30 minutes video of the activity. At the place we are using today it wont let me upload pictures. So next week I will send them all to you.

Marocs yeah. He was my first baptism and I will have a come to Jesus meeting with him today before I leave.

I wont find anything out about my new area until tomorrow.

The activity was just for our investigators to feel more relaxed about church and to show people that we are normalish. But the EQP shared a short message from President Monson. And then we just played some games afterward. DO you love your neighbor and some other game I´ve never played before.

 

I am so STOKED about MARK!! That kid is amazing and I'm so happy for him!! He is going to change even more on the MissioN!! ANd In Pocetella he will get fat! lol''

 

But yeah after this I will be heading home to pack. It sohuldn't be too difficult I didn't unpack too much.

 

No I definetly have pics of the apartment but I'll show them too you later.

But there are 4 of us and it should only have 2. I dont know how President thinks this is ok. The other guys study in the kitchen with their dishes piled around them.

But no I dont think I've gained anything back I keep having to make new holes for my belts. All of them so far. But I've also started excersing in the mormning too. I love it i feel so much better throughout the day.

The language is going really well. I can pretty much understand and have a normal conversation with people. When I dont know something they can explain it and Ill understand it. Its pretty cool to see the Gift of Tounges at work.

 

I love you too momma!! And yea there are a few of the women down here that are snakes and are really bad... One of the sister does the whole prayer circle and holds hands. She was like rubbing the hand as she held it. It was offal. I can't believe we eat there with her. We did again this week I think. I made Elder Oliveira hold her hand this time. She's a weirdo.

 

Love you Momma!!!

 

 

Week 16

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Hey Momma!!!

Its been a really good week. I feel like we got a lot done!! 

They do live and breathe futbol down here. Generally the first question they ask after where are you from is what is your team. Here in São Paulo there are 3 major teams. The São Paulo, Corinthians, and the Palmeiras. Depending on who I talk to I´m a Corinthiano. I love they´re symbol. But The Palmeiras have a sick color. Not too imprtant. But anyway.

This Saturday we were supposed to have a baptism. But he flaked out and has been avoiding us for the past few days. We finally found him yesterday night. We stopped trying to find him but he just kind of showed up. So we talked with him really quick. He said he found another church and he was just curious about the Church. I told him you don´t go to and then ask to be baptized and ask what kind of clothes you need to wear if you´re just curious. But its your choice choi!! 

So that was pretty discouraging. But that´s just the thing about agency. The good and the bad thing sometimes... Its just frustrating but here in Grajaú there are tons of people to find and lots of opportunitities to teach!!!

Sounds like a pretty good week to me up there. Wish I could be helping Dad out with the yard. 

I know the food at that restaurant was good but nothing beats authentic. Not to boast. But anyway

Yeah me and Elder Oliveira are still getting along really well. This will probably be one of the last weeks with him.

But I really hope for a transfer this next week. Elder Severiche is driving me nuts. He has no concept of respect. For just about anything. But I´m really trying to be better about that kinda stuff.

Let me know what else you want to know.

 

Yea with the world cup coming up pretty soon things are goingto get really crazy!!

 

I dont know if we will be able to go out and proselyte during it. The Brazilians get pretty riled up about futbol. So we´ll just have to wait and see. 

 

So you know we live with members and the bishop. Well of the the sisters we live with came and gave each of us a Giant easter egg. Here those are pretty expensive. I just felt so loved. She is pretty awesome.sunday was really good. /Another investigator came. But I dont how much longer we will teach him. The entire time through church he just wanted to leave. Also at church they gave us some small chicilate eggs. And he ate mine and all the ones he got. So he´s a punk. But no he´s just 15 so...

But I feel good today and this past week was a better week too

Love you mom

 

Week 14

Its been another crazy week like normal. TO be honest i think of home all the time I then after I do I feel guilty cuz Im not focused on work.

Everyday has its ups and downs. This week was no different. During the day most of appointments fall through and we end up contacting and visiting members. ?And then at night we have most of our actual inverstigator visits. 

But this weekend was awesome with Conference. I loved all of the talks and I think this was my first timew ever actually watching the whole thing!! I learned a lot. I really loved some of the foreign people´s talks. 

One investigator came for conference and that was really awesome. 

Don´t know what more about this week. I love you Mommma and thanks for the birthday wishes.

Rex

Week 13

Hey momma.

Sorry Its taken so long to email you back. The place we usually go wasn't opened when we went to try it. But Its open now.

I woke up around 4 this morning with a fever and I´m not better yet. I feel numb. And everything just hurts. If it countinues tomorrow I´ll call President. But Its been a preetty good week. we tallked with all our families and they all came to church yesterday!!! I was so stoked about that!!

But for my packeage maybe some popcorn and some M&MS lol that would be great!!! And yes some Excerdrin would be outstanding!!! The family that had a rat in the pot was lunch. Lol mispell. 

With Elder Ross gone it is sad bad The new guy In the house is Elder Tomlinson. He´s a strange kid. He doesn´t use deoderant I think and he takes two minute showers. And he´s not normal he doesn´t have any common sense either. 

We just use a regular market. The open ar markets are usually only on Sundays so we can´t use them. 

I try to only speak Portuguese in the apartmen but every once in a while I dp with Elder Tomlinson