November 15, 2010
Family! I received a package from Mom this week! Hooray! She sent me candy and shoes and colored pencils and a bag and now I can be a good missionary because I know that someone loves me! Thanks Mom!
There were also some photos in the package of all of you guys. I seriously cannot believe how different everyone looks. Things really are changing back home, huh? When I left, Collin was just a little (big) baby, and now he already looks like a little (big) boy. And since then all of the other nieces and nephews have been born and grown up without me! I was shocked to see how big Katelyn, Ellie, Jay, and Phoebe already are. I hope they don't get scared of me when I see them for the first time in a thousand years.
Anyway, I'm sitting here in a little LAN house in some city that no one has heard of in Brasil and sipping on some guaraná. Guys, life is good. This mission thing is so flippin' hard, but this last week was good. My companion and I are in a stage where we're just doing a lot of old fashioned, mule stress, nose to the grind stone (is that right?) hard work. We spend pretty much every afternoon just trying to find someone at their house, and ... the search continues. We've been making lots of contacts and meeting some good people, but things are going kind of slow.
We did start teaching that girl that went to church last Sunday. It has been going well because we've been teaching her at the Relief Society president's house with a strong member family. The girl has been progressing nicely, and we marked a date for her baptism for this Saturday (things move fast down here in América Do Sul, gente!). Her sister also went to church with her yesterday, so we're going to start teaching the two of them together.
The situation is a little complicated though, because this girl is pretty darn flirtatious, especially with my companion. She thinks it's very cool that we're from the States, and she thinks it's cute that my companion doesn't talk that much. Yikes! The thing is, she started showing interest in the Church and even went to her first sacrament meeting before she even knew that we existed, so I think she is going to church for the right reasons. We're being careful, though, so don't worry.
We have also been teaching this guy named Bruno who is going out with a girl in a different ward in the city. He's a cool guy, but he's pretty shy, and it's easy for the conversation to get awkward when we teach him. He's been going to church with his girlfriend for a few weeks now, and we marked a baptismal date with him for three weeks from now.
So anyway, things are moving out here, but not too quickly. We're just working hard and trying to find people. I'm still playing piano in sacrament meeting and getting really nervous about it. I think it's helping me, though. I'm really excited about having a piano back home to play for hours and hours after the mission. Speaking of which, I make a year and two months tomorrow. Not that I'm counting. Also, I have grown to love playing the piano out here, and I wish I had more time to play it.
Also, I am rambling.
I love you all so much! Today's a holiday out here. I just asked a Sister sitting next to me, and she said it's the Proclamação da República. Who knows what that means! Maybe you guys can read about it on Wikipedia and tell me about it or something. Anyway, happy Proclamação da República!
luv
elder wings
Family! I received a package from Mom this week! Hooray! She sent me candy and shoes and colored pencils and a bag and now I can be a good missionary because I know that someone loves me! Thanks Mom!
There were also some photos in the package of all of you guys. I seriously cannot believe how different everyone looks. Things really are changing back home, huh? When I left, Collin was just a little (big) baby, and now he already looks like a little (big) boy. And since then all of the other nieces and nephews have been born and grown up without me! I was shocked to see how big Katelyn, Ellie, Jay, and Phoebe already are. I hope they don't get scared of me when I see them for the first time in a thousand years.
Anyway, I'm sitting here in a little LAN house in some city that no one has heard of in Brasil and sipping on some guaraná. Guys, life is good. This mission thing is so flippin' hard, but this last week was good. My companion and I are in a stage where we're just doing a lot of old fashioned, mule stress, nose to the grind stone (is that right?) hard work. We spend pretty much every afternoon just trying to find someone at their house, and ... the search continues. We've been making lots of contacts and meeting some good people, but things are going kind of slow.
We did start teaching that girl that went to church last Sunday. It has been going well because we've been teaching her at the Relief Society president's house with a strong member family. The girl has been progressing nicely, and we marked a date for her baptism for this Saturday (things move fast down here in América Do Sul, gente!). Her sister also went to church with her yesterday, so we're going to start teaching the two of them together.
The situation is a little complicated though, because this girl is pretty darn flirtatious, especially with my companion. She thinks it's very cool that we're from the States, and she thinks it's cute that my companion doesn't talk that much. Yikes! The thing is, she started showing interest in the Church and even went to her first sacrament meeting before she even knew that we existed, so I think she is going to church for the right reasons. We're being careful, though, so don't worry.
We have also been teaching this guy named Bruno who is going out with a girl in a different ward in the city. He's a cool guy, but he's pretty shy, and it's easy for the conversation to get awkward when we teach him. He's been going to church with his girlfriend for a few weeks now, and we marked a baptismal date with him for three weeks from now.
So anyway, things are moving out here, but not too quickly. We're just working hard and trying to find people. I'm still playing piano in sacrament meeting and getting really nervous about it. I think it's helping me, though. I'm really excited about having a piano back home to play for hours and hours after the mission. Speaking of which, I make a year and two months tomorrow. Not that I'm counting. Also, I have grown to love playing the piano out here, and I wish I had more time to play it.
Also, I am rambling.
I love you all so much! Today's a holiday out here. I just asked a Sister sitting next to me, and she said it's the Proclamação da República. Who knows what that means! Maybe you guys can read about it on Wikipedia and tell me about it or something. Anyway, happy Proclamação da República!
luv
elder wings
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