That Brazil could look like Arizona!
So... once upon a time... I got transferred!
After almost an eternity in Ala Alecrim, Sister Baker got the
boot and got shipped out to a city in the ´interior´ called Caicó. The Lord knew
that I was dying over there in Alecrim. These past few weeks have just been
rough. Just to explain, Sister Carroll and I have been out on the mish the same
time. Yup, that´s more than a year. Yup, and that means that we´re tired. We
worked really hard, and at the end of every day we would just come home
exhausted. I´ve made a little comparison in my mind that maybe this is what it
will feel like when I hit 65. (You know, because the mission is like a
mini-lifetime) Who knows, I´ll keep you updated when I get there. But I´ve been
needing a little spunky change in my life. Aaaaaaand here I am.
I´ll give you the update on Ala Alecrim first:
1. It´s normal in the culture here in the northeast to sniff
people as a sign of affection. I´m not that Brazillian yet, so I´m still at the,
´uhh... ok.´ stage. But the 1st counselor in the bishopbric thinks it´s really
funny, so he sends everyone and their brother to give me a ´xeiro´ because I was
leaving the Ala. Thanks Irmão, thanks. But he´s still cool. And that´s your
nordeste culture lesson for today!
2. Anne! My homegirl Anne! She´s taking the plunge this week
(finally!) and getting baptized. It´s sad that I won´t be there, but all good
because she´s still awesome. Sister C and I bought her a set of scriptures! Yeah
buddy, we don´t do that with just anyone! Anne. I just love her! She´s going to
help SO MANY people know the gospel. And she wants to serve a mission. Holla for
sista missionaries!!
3, Jaqueline and Luiz are contemplating marriage. They´ve
been living together/dating for about 4 months. Yup, that´s right. They started
to date when he moved in. Yeah.. I don´t know about that one, but they´re
awesome. And since they´ve been together such a short time, they´re pretty
apprehensive about marriage. We taught about the Law of Chastity last week and
the Spirit was really strong, so we´ll see where that goes. Now that I´ve been
transferred I´ll have to wait for the post-action resumé of what
happened.
And that´s pretty much what´s up there.
So.... transfers. Last night (yes, last night) the zone
leaders called to say that I would be transferred and Sister Acosta would come
to my place (she´s an STL too. And this is her last transfer). So she´s really
tired. You can probably see how that might be a little problem. So Sister C is a
little worried, but it will all work out. Sister Acosta and I basically switched
places. I´m with her old comp, Sister Adriane! She´s a blast! AND BRAZILLIAN! A
BRAZILLIAN COMPANION ALL TO MYSELF! Mwahaha. I´m excited. She´s from Santa
Catarina and an STL too. Oh, and is one transfer older than me.
Here´s the deets on Caicó. It´s hot here. Not right now
because the sun´s gone down, but tomorrow I´m probably going to use a lot of
sunscreen and get a little sick because it´s so hot here.
#sacrificesforsalvation But that also means that I´ll get more tan!! And there´s
a lot of dirt roads here. Pretty cool stuff.
That´s pretty much all that I can think of right now. My
brain is a wee bit fried. It was a 5 hour bus ride here. Oh! And guess who my
companion was for that bus ride?! ... An elder. Ha! That was weird. But just to
inform you, I also go bit by some random bug and my leg is really swollen. I
went to the doctor this morning and got some medicine and whatnot. It like a
spider bite but apparently spiders aren´t native here.
Maybe next week I´ll prepare some super uplifting spiritual
thought, but for now I´ll give you one to find! Mwahaha. Book of Mormon - 2
Nephi chapter 31. Know it. Live it. Love it. Bring people unto Christ.
Hoo-rah!
The Church is true! Christ lives!
Remember who you are and what you stand for!
Love you all!
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