Questions from mom for the week: So
what is the season there in P? Getting hotter? Tell us all about
your new place and the people there. Do you go door to door? What
kind of approaches do you use? Do
the members feed you? Any holidays or celebrations? Where do you do
your emailing?
Hi everybody!
another week goes by in p. . . we almost have a
house to live in!! we are going to see this week if the papers go through and
get approved. i dont see why not, the church is stinking rich and probably has
excellent credit
this area is really great, the members are always helping us
by giving us references and giving us rides to places and bringing their
friends to church
the weather is getting hotter. it will hover around 30
degrees (celcius) on the hotter days, and im not excited for it to
get even hotter as we are get more into summer (which is really weird, we will
be in the middle of summer while you guys are in winter)
me and Elder C we dont need to go door to door in this
area because the members are always giving us references, right now we
are teaching family members of members and friends that they brought to
church. this is the real way to do missionary work. if your missionaries
are knocking on doors it means that the members arent doing their part (that
means you guys).
here in brazil the big meal for the day is lunch. ever
day we eat a big lunch in the members homes. (not p-day though) lunches
will consist of rice and beans with some sort of meat (sausage, beef, chicken,
etc.) or spaghetti or lasagna.
probably much to your content mom i am learning to like
spaghetti. not alot, but i will eat it.
the place here is normal, just like P every
house here is made with the same red brick covered with
cement-like stuff. nobody has carpet, it is either tile or cement
floor. a little bit out of the city there is a neighborhood where most of the
members live that is quite. . . poor. its interesting to see the condition
that some people actually live in. makes me really grateful for what kind
of house we have. if anyone from this city saw our house back
in oak hills they would think that we are the richest people on earth.
there really is a completely different standard of living between here and
there.
but dont worry, the standard for the houses for
the missionaries is always high, Sister Tavares (wife of the president) is
taking good care of us.
very little people have internet, so we always use lan
houses
Brazilians like holidays, so every once in a while they will
have one, but they arent really anything special, just an excuse not to work
for a day.
everything's going good over here, working hard all day. i
got a bunch of letters from people, but no more of those small packets of
pictures.
got letters from uncle jon, uncle jim, my roommate from
college who is serving in Germany, the other that is waiting for his call
in Virginia, the Taylors, the Youngs, the primary kids, Melissa, and a few more
that i´m forgetting.
thank you all so much for the letters! it is especially
great to hear from everybody!
I´m completely weirded out that Blair is coming home soon,
and that i´ve almost been in the feild six months! time flies!
i love you all!
