August 26th email;
So we had 2 baptisms this week. We baptized this kid whos 13
and a girl thats the sister of a member. The 13 year old kid is awesome. His
name is Marcos, he stopped us in the street a few weeks ago and hes been
going to church and hangs out with us on P Days. But of course we spent 3 days
without water in the whole city. And i got all excited cuz we got authorized to
baptize in the ocean that close by. I almost cried cuz all I want to do is
baptize in a river or something cool and I thought it was finally gonna happen
but water came back right before the baptism so it didnt happen. :( but the
baptism was still awesome. So my first week in Parnaíba a lady stopped us and
said that shes a less active member that wanted to start going to church again.
Shes 29 and has 3 little girls and they are so adorable. We go teach them and
they listen and they fight over whos gonna pray and whos gonna sit next to who
and when I went to that other branch they said that they didnt like the other
Elder that visited them in my place. Basically I love these little girls and so
they went to church on Sunday and I went and watched Primary with them, so we
were coloring pictures and the youngest one (who is my favorite) asked me which
soccer team I root for and i told her which team and she got mad cuz its not
the same team that she roots for and she stopped talking to me. she spent 3
days not talking to me until I "switched" teams. They are super
funny. Shes also mad cuz shes 7 and cant get baptized yet. Her sisters are
getting baptized next week and she cant so shes a little upset.
oh and today we went to play volleyball and I had to climb a
tree to cut a branch that was in the way of the game and I got attacked by
bees. I didnt see the bee hive like 10 feet away and they got mad. We were
gonna go pirana fishing today with a member but my comp didnt want to so we are
going next week. Its gonna be awesome.
Im glad that everybody is good. I miss everybody tons. I
love all of you until next week byeeeeee
August 19th email
this week was awesome. The church opened a group in a city
not to far from parnaiba but its in Maranhão the other and still like isolated
from the mission but is part of my district. They dont leave their area for
anything though, so we have to go there to help them out every once in awhile.
So me and my district leader left on friday and spent saturday and sunday in
another city. It was cool seeing everything there, the church has been there
for about 5 months and the missionaries house is the chapel and doesnt have
beds so the 4 of us slept in hammocks. its also the neighbor of a bar/farm so
all during the meeting there was like pigs squeeling and cows and farm animals
making noises. and they have to baptize in a river. But the church is growing
really quickly. They already have about 50 members active going to church. But
the missionaries have to do everything. Sunday morning we woke up and cleaned
the house/chapel and then after church we had to clean it again. The 2 elders
talk every week in sacrament meeting and everything is done by the
missionaries. They loved having 2 more elders cuz we got alot more done. So i
stayed with the primary and helped out the 2 sisters there. Its crazy cuz the
lady thats in charge of the primary got baptized like 2 months ago and is in
charge of teaching the kids everything. Theres things i didnt even think about
before watching the primary like all of the songs we learned growing up are
completely new to these people. shes did a really good job though. it was
pretty neat seeing the church start up and seeing all these people learning new
things. Its funny cuz the missionaries have only been there for about 5 months
and already the other churches are nervous. The other churches started giving
anti mormon classes.
oh and my president is the man. I love my president. We had
interviews with him this week. I always try to get him to let me play soccer
but he hasnt budged yet, I almost had him but it didnt work out. I also tried
to watch the Motherland play Brasil in soccer (the motherland won by the way)
with the President....he also shot that down but he said that next time they
play i can watch it. Its cool cuz we are closer to Teresina so the President
comes here more. I saw the President twice in São Luís, but thats cuz its
really far away.
Well thats all I have for you guys this week. Hope
everything is well at home. Ill try to send some pictures home next week. Im to
scared to put my memory card in the computers here but ill see what I can do.
Love you all byeeeeee
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