Things are fantastic here in Sao Paulo Brazil!
So here's the big news: I am now in Boa Vista!
Mogi das Cruzes. Basically it means that it's super far away from where I used to be! And my
WONDERFUL new companion is Sister
Larissa. She's Brazilian from Rio Grande do Sul, and is super sweet. She only has 3 months left of her mission, and
she's engaged! Her fiancé is
serving his mission in Brazil right now too. I love her!
Transfers! I love transfers. I had the chance
to see a bunch of missionaries all
in the same place. I got to talk to my trainer Sister Beazer! That
was awesome!! And I got to see my MTC companion,
Sister Kormylo whom I love! So
that was great. We found out who we were paired with and where we
were going and we got our bags and went. We had
a ride back to our area which was
super nice because it was an hour away by car; I can’t even imagine how long it would be by bus or train.
We are in a little house behind the bishop’s house, and the family is amazing.
We have a nice little apartment,
and everything was all set up for us. OH, I forgot to mention that we are opening up the area. Sister Larissa
wasn’t in this area before; we are
both new. So we are super lost, but the work moves forward anyway. The bishop has a huge 'backyard'
and has banana trees and oranges
and I think tangerines too. So we have a lot of delicious fruit in the house now, yum!
So much happened this week! To sum it all up-
1) There was a GIANT SPIDER in our bathroom one morning. The picture cannot
capture how huge it was. It was
ginormous! The bishop wasn’t home so
Nilva, his wife, came over with bug killing spray. When she first
saw it she jumped back and ran almost out the front
door again. After using all of the can of spray, we were able to get it
out of the house.
2) We ate a nasty, nasty (double nasty)
drink/soup called Mocató, which is a drink/soup
made from the inside of a cow’s hoof. It was warm, salty, and the consistency of
snot. I drank the whole cup; the lady was super
insistent.
3) We had
the best Churrasco (BBQ) ever at a member’s house this week. It was
soooo good. There was so much meat! There was
also garlic bread and cheese too
that was amazing! It was really, really good.
We already did some cool things this morning
with the Elders in our area. We saw some super
cute monkeys, just hanging in the trees, and a cool Buddhist temple. My camera died halfway through
but Elder Pott’s took some good
pictures on his camera--I´ll try to send them next week.
I love
this new area and I am so excited for all the new adventures that
are coming my way!
Just remember that God loves you and he hears
and answers your prayers. I cannot say that
enough. I know that Heavenly Father answers our prayers; probably not the way that we thought, but
the way that is best for us to
grow. Just keep on keepin’ on, and do your best.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY! I LOVE YOU! Have a
fantastic day, I’ll be thinking of you!
Jessie
and Francesca Wall--EMAIL ME! I love you...maybe. I’ll have to think
about it ;)
Love, Sister Berry
