Nov 20, 2012
Ola Meu amigos e minha familia!
Boa Tarde from Brasil! Today is my
last day of week 2! It has been quite an ordinary, yet eventful week. The
weather has been just as crazy as Utah weather is. During the day it can get
super hot, then in two minutes turn into a downpour, then it can get pretty
chilly (well, relatively). The food is really good, i´m getting sick of beans
and rice, but there are a lot of other things available to eat, so i don't have
to eat beans and rice every meal of every day!
This week we got two Brazaleros
in our room. Elder Moreais speaks decent english slowly and Elder Baptista
speaks none at all. They are both really really nice people. Elder M was in the
brazillian army before he came on a mission, so i know to always been extra
nice to him because he could probably kill me in 25 different ways. (don't
worry mom, he is really nice and i am not in any danger of being murdered) ;)
We've been teaching two
"investigators" all week in complete portuguese, and i think things
are going well, at least i haven't said anything super strange or offensive,
although i did tell someone to dance badly after they sneezed. Sacugir means to
dance poorly or shake and Saúde means health (equivalent to bless you), but
thats about the worst its been. we all got a good laugh from that.
I just love missionary work, it is a
wonderful wonderful thing. The days here at the CTM are pretty much the same.
wake up, eat, study, class, eat, class, study, eat, study, gym, study, eat,
plan, sleep. lather rinse then repeat. still it is so wonderful. I pretty much
get to have choir practice every night too because Sister Steadman signs me up
for all the small group numbers and i love it. We get to sing in english,
portugues, and espanhol. It is helping me with the language.
The firesides and
devotionals are so great, even though they are usually in portugues and
translated (sometimes poorly) the spirit is still strong. One quote that I
liked from our last fireside on Sunday was from President James E. Faust. He
said "Você pode falar por Deus en Françua, en Espanhol, e en Inglês, mas
Ele poda responder en português." (You can talk to God in french, spanish,
and english, but He will answer you in portuguese.) Sometimes that really seems
very true, but that also may be because we only pray in portuguese and its what
i hear all day, but still I love it.
Thank you for all your love and
support. Til next week
Um Abraço,
Elder Applegate
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