And you also know that you have a lot of time in one area
when the little children in the street yell your name as you ride
past.
buuuut
this week was grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat
We had an branch activity at the beach!!!! Whoohooo! And I got
burnt to a crisp. But it was all worth it. We went to the beach and the
kids swam and I played soccer with the irmãos and young men of the
branch - there is a rule that the sisters cant play soccer with the
elders but they never said anything about playing with other members of
the church. So, I played my heart away and held my own against these Brasilian soccer fanatics. It was so fun. I also cut a huge chunk off of
my big toe playing. I think I stepped on a shell or something. But it is
all good now. We had a Brazilian barbecue with rice and farofa. It was
great. I love Brazil.
This week we will enter the process for the marriage
of Ana maria and Jorge. They are doing so great. I will try to attach
some pictures of them. Ana maria bore her testimony yesterday and it was
so cute. She talked about all he blessings she has in her life now
because of the church. They are such a simple family but they are
feeling all of the blessings that they restored gospel has to offer. I
love them. this past week we baptized Luanna the daughter of Ana maria
that lives with another mom, and everything went great with the
baptism.
This week we had some miracles happen. We have been
working really hard in this neighborhood and getting a lot of cold
shoulders and I have been praying my guts out to find people prepared by
the Lord, and while we were entering a house of a lady we had contacted
in the street, her sister, who was there, said - "Oh hey, I am Mormon
too." And both me and sister Z took a step back and said, "Wait, what did
you say?!" Turns out this investigator´s sister already is a member. She
and her husband were baptized earlier this year and they are trying
to move into this neighborhood. They have a bunch of family here including the family were were about to teach; and so we got all of their addresses and we are going to
start teaching them all. We also ran into the mother in law of this
sister in another part of the neighborhood. She was there to get her
birth certificate so she could be baptized and we grabbed the addresses
of her and her family that live here as well. It was way cool to be united with
the other missionaries in Rio and see how their work is bringing fruits
for our side of the mission. This truly is a marvelous work and a
wonder.
This week we are working on a choir. They don't sing
very well, but the spirit is so strong. We will perform in a fireside
this weekend. And it will be super sheeky!
Also
this week - I ate a fish head complete with the eyes and everything.
and I also ate cow stomach. They make this soup stuff with it and you
can see all the micrvilli and everything. You cant really chew it, you
just kind of slurp it down. I almost died.
I love the mission and I love you all!
Fique firme forte!!
tchauzinhos e beijos!
ky
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