Well well well time is just flying by down here in the South. And I`m loving every minute of it. Where to begin. So we had this reference from the net and we went to her house it turns out it was her nine year old son Guliherme that wanted to talk to the Elders. So we went by and taught her and him and her other daughter Myla who is eleven. He reminds me a lot of Cody so he is special to me!. Marta couldn`t make it because she was sick but the kids are amazing so ready to be baptized. And they loved church. We had to leave behind three investigators because they weren`t progressing. Amanda literally ran from us... Pamela just straight up said she wants to see Joseph Smith name in the Bible then she will "believe".. and Elisabete well her husband beats her and drinks and said she can`t talk to us anymore... So it is said to leave people behind but the Lord always places new faces in your path the same day. Maria. She is awesome. We got to teach her and her four kids and husband and have a BBQ so good. We took my what I like to call Ouro Fino best friend with us and her little family, her name is Ludi anyways it was awesome. They have two teenage daughters. Bianca and Andreas. But only Bianca went to church on Sunday with us. And she loved it, it was awesome. She is great I hope we can help her. We are also teaching Sergio who is married to a member Ana Lama but he is known as "mission impossible" he has been through five sets of Elders and isn`t baptized. When he is ready he said he will. But I think that is a load of crap and that he isn`t letting himself be ready if that makes any sense. You have to have an open heart and be willing to expect the message if not... it`s really hard to move on. So we are going to work with him he is really cool I like him a lot.
Another investigator from the net Deigo well he lives above a Church so when we went that night the Church was in full swing with lots of Haulljuahs and Glories going around I was like oh no he is like a Pastor or something and wants to burn us. Well he isn`t he just lives above the church but he was sleeping so I hope we can talk to him this week. We had interviews with the President. And it was awesome. I love that black man. He is this huge black man that looks and sounds like James Earl Jones but in Portuguese and he speaks English I love him to death. I talked to him for 45 minutes about "life" it was awesome. Then we got to have lunch in the area of the Elders in Trujilo it was rad she knows how to cook, but there was no sobremesa, sad day.
We got to go to a wedding in Cerrado with the Sisters there who I love to DEATH, because the couple are old investigators to Sis Mon so we got to go and spend the day with them, loved loved loved it. Aula de Ingles was way better this week we had investigators come so that was way good. These are my nicknames here now, teacher, branca, whiteeee. And I love it. We had lunch with my best friend of Ouro Fino and it was good she well she don`t cook, but her husband Roger threw it down and it was bomb.com. It was a sandwich but it was a Brasil sandwich. Hamburger, egg, mashed potatoes, ham, cheese, calabressa, tomato, and love of course and it was huge it was so so good!! And they aren`t sealed in the Temple so they are working on that for next year and she was all sad because here there aren`t a lot of choices as far as temple clothes so I showed her the church website and she was going crazy she was like when you come back to stay with me I`m going to need you to bring all of this with you I was like oh ok...
Saturday we cleaned the outside of the church with Ludi and then got locked out and where late for lunch and it was crazy her mom yelled at us and we laughed it was awesome. Her mom loves us it`s just mom`s are different here it`s way funny. The Stake had a youth program where every ward had a country and danced to it. We went it was awesome loved it. Of course the one about Brasil was the best I was like I love my country it was so funny!!!!! Everyone believed me, now I just say I am from Bahia and everyone believes me I love it. Sunday was the best 4 investigators at church that is when Sundays are the best and you don`t want them to end.
So remember I said we got a new stove and washing machine. Well I guess the stove was for Elders and the other Elders called me and where like do you want to make meals for the Elders in Negra Floresta I was like umm no why? They were like you won`t suppose to take that stove. Opps my bad!!! Whatever. It`s all good. I`m not in trouble I played the "dumb American" card and it was all good. No but really our old stove is a mess so it was for the best.
So today we had an activty with the Zone and we got to watch Rio and it was the best day of my life. That movie and all that you see in is Brasil is my mission. Beauty, Favelas, music, crime and love all in one place. We were all going crazy for the movie I loved it. It was so cute and the music is super good!!! Plus we got a new cell phone so we are really cool now!!! Well gente this work is amazing and I wouldn`t change it for the world. Te amo e boa semana...
