Hello from St. Antonio!! I
stayed here J Sister Felartigus left me for Petrolina L,
she is a sister leader out there now! Maybe I will join her next transfer. That’s the area that is really far from the
rest of the mission (ten hours on the bus!).
It’s in another state actually. I’ve heard it’s so so hot there, but
luckily we past the hottest months. It’s
becoming fall now, although honestly it seems to only be getting hotter! Even with sun screen everyday I’ve gotten brown.
I’m so grateful that I brought sunscreen because it’s really expensive here and
I would seriously be a lobster without it.
I can tell this is going to be such an amazing
transfer. My new companion is
awesome!! I love her so much
already. She’s from the interior of Sao Paulo, like Sister
Oliveira. She is hilarious, we’ve
laughed so much this past week. I am
learning so much from her example. I am
so grateful that I’ve had all native companions; it’s really helped with the
language. Most people think I’m from
Argentina or Rio Grande do Sul which makes me so happy! But a lot of Brazilians don’t like Argentina (especially with World Cup
approaching) so we’re working on my Southern Brazil
accentJ
We have a new American with us! Sister Grundvig is training her. She served in the States for one transfer and
now she’s with us! She’s such a cute
girl and she’s adapting really well to the culture. Three Americans and one
Brazilian, the opposite of when I came!
By my companion knows some English and wants to learn so it’s
perfect! She loves American music,
chocolate and people J Yay. That
reminds me I got Grandma’s and Grandpa’s and the Smith’s from our ward Christmas
packages. The Brazilians love American
chocolate, we ate a pound of it in about 10 minutes, it was great! The chocolate is really different here. I
prefer American but honestly there’s so much fruit here I never need to buy
sweets.
We are teaching so many amazing people! I wish you guys could meet them all. We meet
mostly with teenagers and families, which I love so much. It is truly amazing to
see how they have been prepared to hear the gospel, they are an elect people. I
know I will probably leave here this next transfer. It’s going to be so hard to
leave the ward and all of our investigators. I love them all so much. I feel so
at home here. The culture is so inclusive and, even though I’m far from you
guys, I don’t feel homesick. They’ve adopted me J
