5/21/2018
This week went by so fast! Monday we cleaned the house and all the other sisters were dropped of at their new areas and then Sister Condie and I went to the sec office to wait for everyone else that was headed to São Paulo to get our visas renewed. It was so fun! There were 12 Americans and the secretary that's from Paraguay. We left at 10:00 pm for Natal and from Natal to São Paulo where we arrived at 3:00 in the morning. Our driver from the CTM picked us up. Elder Altomnio had it all planned to a T. We drove 3 hours to the police station to get our visas fixed. We first stopped at a cute little diner that was ridculously expensive. I have a picture of my plate that cost 30 Reis, but it was so good and they had waffles with strawberries. We also took lots of fotos and when we landed in São Paulo and were in the bus the 12 Americans started talking in English and it was soo weird to hear us talk. Just how we talked was different and we started using words incorrectly. It was so funny. We talked about when we all first learned Portuguese and how our Portuguese was awful. It was so funny. (we all have about a year and a half on the mission). Anyway ,from there it was about an hour in the police office and then it was over. We took the three hour bus ride back to the airport. But first we stopped at another diner joint that had McDonalds and Starbucks so we all got McDonalds and had a great time eating burgers and then took a picture at Starbucks. When we got back to the airport we had a few hours to just walk around and hangout and then it was back on the plane by 5:00 and we got back in Fortaleza at 10:00 and from there we headed back to the office where they told us were we would be sleeping. The next day we headed to get our new comps. My comp is sister Sousa she's from the POI which is like 8 hours by car from here. She has two sisters. One is serving in Rio the other is married and her whole family is members and they've been members since she was 2. She loves ice cream and the color blue. She basically already knows everything, so really it's just like being with another comp and not a new missionary that just arrived from the CTM. We've had some great tim
Anyway in brief, this week was amazing!! AND I wish I had time for more, but that's it.
I love you all sooo much!!!! Soo many amazing miracles happen, but just when were not looking. I love 2 Nephi 26:13
5/28/18
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| With Sister Souza |
I don't really have an weekly email this week because other than getting to know my comp well and talking about everything under the sun, the rest of the week was just walking and talking to people that didn't care to know more and our one interview for the week left early before we got there because she doesn't feel like moving her life yet.
We did have one lady come up to us and tell us she read our restoration pamphlet like 3 times and we gave her a Book of Mormon and she said she loves reading. So well see what happens with that, but she also said he doesn't have plans to move churches and she goes to church everyday so yep. we also ate some pizza this week to celebrate my comps first month as a missionary!
On the plus side in my other areas: in my first area 2 people I taught were baptized and in my second area 3 more and 3 more in my other. And the couple that almost got married when I was there are finally going to get married this month!! And the whole family has come back to church which started a few weeks ago!!! which makes me really happy, but also i'm still sad that here and we are trying our hardest and nothing is happening. I feel bad for my comp who just got here and this is how it's starting for her.
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| Always the lone Americana |
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