The Brazilian Adventure: Week 36 Febuary 3 -- February 9
My Dearest beloved Family and Friends
Had another great week this week. Man it is so hot here in Sao Paulo. I never new this but I heard that sao paulo is the hottest city and place right now in all of Brazil. It is mainly because there is no trees here and that is is all concrete and city. Right now it is about 12% humility, in the desert it is normally about 9%. It is really hot. Many drops of sweat go down my face during the work. The mission President actually made a new rule, he said that we have to drink 6 cups of water a day. It is a new commandment in the white handbook. He also said that right now he doesn´t want any missionaries out in the sun between 2 and 4:30pm. We are doing practices in the church building during this time now. Normally right now is raining season in Sao paulo, but it hasn´t rained here for a long time also, and so Sao paulo is actually running out of water. They are cutting our water more. It is hot hot hot. But the work will continue.
Last Saturday we gave on English class. I only taught English one time in Embu-Guaçu, and we had a lot of people come. This Saturday we only had one person come. But it was fun teaching some English.
I also had some really bad luck on Friday and Saturday. So on Friday. After studies, we left the house and we were heading to lunch, and lunch that day was really far. On the way to lunch, we were walking by the church building and I wanted to leave my bag in the church so that I don´t have to carry it all the way to lunch, because right after lunch we were going to the church building to do some practices anyways. But we didn´t have the keys, and so I just put my bag through the fence and then I just chucked it kinda far. And then we went to lunch. After lunch, we went to the church building....and yup, my bag got stolen. Man I was upset. I guess someone really wanted it and they got some long stick or pole and took it out. Well I guess people really do steal things in big cities haha. But good thing I didn´t have anything to expensive. I did loose my marked up Portuguese scriptures. That really stinks. And then our maps, my umbrella, some pamphlets, a book of Mormon, sun block, playing cards( for lessons on faith) and my Portuguese missionary Manuel. I hope that maybe that person can read the pamphlets and the book of Mormon, and maybe he will get converted to Christ and the gospel. I know that it happened for a reason. Maybe to help someone out. Or maybe to just teach me something. The afternoon I was doing the work with out a bag and I felt so weird. haha
So the sidewalks here in Sao Paulo are not the greatest in the world. They are full of steps and things sticking out, bumps and holes, and are very small. On Saturday, we were heading over to another members house for lunch, and we where walking down the sidewalks. I was looking down at my feet making sure I don´t trip and kinda day dreaming about something and wasn´t paying to much attention, and then all of a sudden BAMMMM!!! My head ran right into a metal garage door that was open and hanging out in the sidewalks. It kinda hurt. When I was ready to continued on thinking everything was alright, the other Elders ran up to me and were all surprised and freaken out. I was still kinda dizzy and trying to listen to them as they were talking to me in Portuguese. They started to say in Portuguese things like open, split, and blood, and then showing me how big that open was with their finger. I was like ah man, it is worst then I thought. I touched my forehead and there was blood. There was a man in the garage door who helped me in and cleaned me up and then put a bandage on. He was so awesome and nice. Just like most Brazilians are. He started to make jokes about the American with the hard head. haha we then taught him about he Book of Mormon because he had a question about it. And then we left him with a invitation to church and I continued with my day. haha It was fun. I´ll show you all the scar one day. It wasn´t that big.
Well I´m out of time. Oh I have one more thing. Transfers were yesterday and our District Leader Elder Brandao was transferred. Elder E. Pereira called me this morning and the Lord has called me to be a District Leader. I´m excited, nervous, scared, confused, and praying for help. I don´t know why and I don´t know how. But I know that it is a calling from the Lord. So what ever he wants me to be, I´ll be it. And I know that I can be what ever he wants me to be. Especially with his help and guidance.
I hope you are all doing great. I love and miss you all a ton. I hope you are becoming the person that the Lord wants you to become.
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