Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Pictures 7/2/12
Photos of the county fair party they had with apples of amor, crepes on a
stick, huge cows and bulls, and pizza for lunch - which is a
ridiculous idea in Brazil - no one eats pizza for lunch - pizza is
considered a snack. so when we ate it for lunch it was worth a picture
and the eat their pizza with mayo and ketchup...yum
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Kylie's letter 7/9/2012
Soooo...... this week -
My fouth of July started with the anticipated crepes and
ridiculously expensive Nutella. Foi maravilhoso! We headed out early and
taught a bunch of lessons, and headed back to down town for lunch. Then in the
aftenoon we took a different route to one of the neighborhoods and it
was an absoltuely gorgeous road lined with really long slender palm
trees. I took some amazing pictures but left my cam in our casa, so
until next time. And then when it started getting dark, we headed home. I enjoyed the beautiful sunset, and had
fireflies for fireworks. I also sang American songs on the way
home and just as I was geering up to belt out Cuz I"m proud to be an
American" A bug flew in my mouth and I half choked half fell off my
bike, So I just continued on my way singing in my head and enjoyed the
nature silently with portuguese in the background. The day ended with a
padaria (bakery!!!! I love bakeries, I always know when we pass a
bakery because of the smell, and they sell wonderful tasting products of
flour for only 25 centavels = 15 cents. I love brazil) So we stopped at
a bakery and I bought a few goodies and we went back home and ate pizza
and studied and sang the national athem together. God bless America!!
Other highlights of the week -
We asked one of our investigators what questions she would ask in
her prayer and she said she would ask if (pointing to the picture of
Joseph Smith) She would ask if Justin Bieber was a true prophet. I
almost gave myself an anerism laughing so hard - we all were laughing.
Good thing that was cleared up.
Yesterday 10 minutes before Sacrament Meeting the pres. of the
branch came up to me and asked if I was prepared to give my talk. And I
was like - what - what talk. And he said, didnt you look at the board.
So apparently there is this board where they put talk assignments that I
didn't know about. So thanks to the wonderful help of the spirit, I
threw a few things together and winged it. It was actually a cool
stopping point to see the progression of my portuguese - I had nothing
written and it was just a bunch of stories and scriptures but it worked
out really well. The church is true!
I love listening to people pray here. There is somthing about an
investigator's first prayer. It is so sincere. And the recent converts
too. They all pray straight from their hearts. And the way they say
things is so endearing. They literally are just talking to theirH eavenly Father. And having them pray is always good, because they can
hide things from us, but there have been several times that we have had them
pray and then their ture feelings come spilling out as they start
talking to their Heavenly Father. I think I can be so much better about
my prayers and remember who I am speaking to. The power of prayer is
huge.
We cut a bunch of our baptismal dates but we are planning to mark a
bunch more. The day of 21 of July, hopefully, will be a great day with
lots of baptism. thanks for all your prayers, and support and love. Love
you all so much.
lov you all
ky
Kylie's letter 7-2-2012
oí familía lindíssima!!!
Então.
So- I officially have 15 minitinhos left.
This week was awesome. We received 2 new sisters and we are going to do divisions with them this week.
So that will be good. But the ramo - branch is growing so much. And we are working our little tails
off. It has been wonderful.
This is an example of a Sunday in the life of Sis P in quissama.
Woke up at 5 in the morning. Got showered and pedaled off to go wake up and
help our investigators get ready for church. After making the rounds we hop
on a bus and we grab everybody and we go to church with a bus full of
people. Some are investigators, others are just people on the streets that
wanted to come - The Church of Jesus Christ doesn't deny anyway... so hey
why not. Yesterday we had over 20 nonmembers that came to church, 11 of them
were investigators!!! During church we scramble around and get everyone
situated only to discover that we don't have teachers for some classes -
every Sunday there are members that are missing. We are also working on
strengthening the members here as well--they need it--but we usually end up
winging a few lessons. Which usually never goes well with the
Americans...but whatever. And then I play the piano for Sacrament Meeting
and then after church we say goodbye to everyone with a kiss on two cheeks
and a handshake for the men. And have a quick few mini meetings, and then
off to lunch. I love lunch time :) after lunch we head off and pedal
to the faraway neighborhoods. and teach a bunch of people. . And we
teach until the sun starts setting and we head off back home before it
gets too dark. And when it gets dark all the Brazilian bugs come out.
So...you know how the car windshield looks like after a long drive on
the free-way. Well- imagine all of those bugs all over your body and
in your face and nose and mouth. Yep! That is the fun adventure I get
every night. There was this one time a huge something hit me in the eye
and flew away and I didn't even want to know what it looked like, but
it was big. And then we arrive home exhausted but happy.
Also this week we wanted to take a short cut, but ended up in the
middle of a sugar cane field--lost. It was like the the corn field
mazes at Halloween time, but for real life. There were so many
different trails and we were lost for real. We came to a point in the
field where there was 5 different trails branching off from the point
where we were at and the only thing we could see all around us was
acres and acres of sugar cane. And it is pretty tall too. We said a
quick prayer. And chose a path and headed off in the direction we
thought was right and it was ! Yay for the power of prayer. It was
quite the little adventure.
But the work is going super well. We are teaching an elect family
right now - which is a little complicated because the dad works 15
days here and 15 days at sea, and so we are going to stalk him up with
some pamphlets and scriptures. We have 6 baptismal dates marked, and
we are hoping to mark some more and hopoing that the ones we have marked won't
fall through. Things are good! Life is oh so rushed; and miracles are real!
beijos.
sis p
Então.
So- I officially have 15 minitinhos left.
This week was awesome. We received 2 new sisters and we are going to do divisions with them this week.
So that will be good. But the ramo - branch is growing so much. And we are working our little tails
off. It has been wonderful.
This is an example of a Sunday in the life of Sis P in quissama.
Woke up at 5 in the morning. Got showered and pedaled off to go wake up and
help our investigators get ready for church. After making the rounds we hop
on a bus and we grab everybody and we go to church with a bus full of
people. Some are investigators, others are just people on the streets that
wanted to come - The Church of Jesus Christ doesn't deny anyway... so hey
why not. Yesterday we had over 20 nonmembers that came to church, 11 of them
were investigators!!! During church we scramble around and get everyone
situated only to discover that we don't have teachers for some classes -
every Sunday there are members that are missing. We are also working on
strengthening the members here as well--they need it--but we usually end up
winging a few lessons. Which usually never goes well with the
Americans...but whatever. And then I play the piano for Sacrament Meeting
and then after church we say goodbye to everyone with a kiss on two cheeks
and a handshake for the men. And have a quick few mini meetings, and then
off to lunch. I love lunch time :) after lunch we head off and pedal
to the faraway neighborhoods. and teach a bunch of people. . And we
teach until the sun starts setting and we head off back home before it
gets too dark. And when it gets dark all the Brazilian bugs come out.
So...you know how the car windshield looks like after a long drive on
the free-way. Well- imagine all of those bugs all over your body and
in your face and nose and mouth. Yep! That is the fun adventure I get
every night. There was this one time a huge something hit me in the eye
and flew away and I didn't even want to know what it looked like, but
it was big. And then we arrive home exhausted but happy.
Also this week we wanted to take a short cut, but ended up in the
middle of a sugar cane field--lost. It was like the the corn field
mazes at Halloween time, but for real life. There were so many
different trails and we were lost for real. We came to a point in the
field where there was 5 different trails branching off from the point
where we were at and the only thing we could see all around us was
acres and acres of sugar cane. And it is pretty tall too. We said a
quick prayer. And chose a path and headed off in the direction we
thought was right and it was ! Yay for the power of prayer. It was
quite the little adventure.
But the work is going super well. We are teaching an elect family
right now - which is a little complicated because the dad works 15
days here and 15 days at sea, and so we are going to stalk him up with
some pamphlets and scriptures. We have 6 baptismal dates marked, and
we are hoping to mark some more and hopoing that the ones we have marked won't
fall through. Things are good! Life is oh so rushed; and miracles are real!
beijos.
sis p
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