Howdy everyone!!
It was a good week here in Pelotas.
We walked a lot, as usual and taught a lot. We tried to make a smoothie
but it just turned into chocolate milk, which also is not a bad thing.
Thank you for all of your prayers and I hope everyone has the best
upcoming week. Anyway, here was my week.
Monday (September 17th, 2018)
Today
was P-Day which is always a great thing. It was pretty relaxing. Also
always a great thing. I got a Gremio (which is a team in Porto Alegre)
jersey for my birthday which was so awesome and so incredibly nice of my
parents. Also we just stumbled upon a huge cathedral (I have no idea
how to spell that word in Portuguese or English) so we stopped and took
pictures. I dont know if that is offensive to the Catholic church, so if
it is...Whoops. We did it anyway. Why are Catholics so good at
painting?
Tuesday (September 18th, 2018)
Today
was my first day of knocking doors which is crazy that it has taken
that long, but we found some amazing people. Two in particular. Mike,
who is 16 and seems really anxious to learn more which is great, and
Juricema who is around 60 or 70, has incredible faith in God and will
probably take a little longer to teach but she really likes the Gospel
(Probably because it is TRUE!!!).
Wednesday (September 19th, 2018)
Today
was sad. We went to the house of Salisson, who is planning to be
baptised this Saturday, to get adult permission since he is only 11
years old. We started talking to his uncle who takes care of him and he
said that Salisson is not old enough yet but once he says for himself
that he wants to be baptised, he will let him. Salisson was standing
right next to us and said "But I want to be baptised!" and his uncle
said "Quiet! You are too young to know what you want!" Wait, a second.
Something doesnt seem right here. So unfortunately, Salisson is not
getting baptised this week but we will pray for a miracle.
Thursday (September 20th, 2018)
I am so sorry everyone, nothing exciting happened today. Ok,
if I am being honest I completely forgot to write in my journal on
Thursday so I dont really remember what happened. That is my bad and you
can blame me for that. I think we probably taught some people though.
Friday (September 21st, 2018)
Today
was good. We found a family of 10 that is really promising so lets all
hope and pray for that to work out. We really hope they come to church
on Sunday. Also, today we were teaching some kids who were just recently
baptised and their mom, who is not a member (yet), was there. It was
super funny because everytime she started to inch towards the door of
the other room I would ask her a question and she would come back. I
probably shouldnt have done that but hey, she heard a lesson and it was
pretty funny for me. Sorry mom.
Saturday (September 22nd, 2018)
Today
was so great. This morning Suelen and Marcelo were married so that they
can be baptised and it was super amazing. It was really simple and
pretty fast but they were so happy and their kids were so happy and it
was so good. Pictures of that are coming, I didnt have time to send them
this week. The rest of the day was pretty busy. We had lunch at a
members house. (She likes to talk a lot) Then we went and taught
Juricema which was great. Then we went to a primary activity but it was
over so we tried to go to a wedding party of some members but right as
we were arriving we got a call that someone needed help moving so we
went over there. But by the time they got there they were all done. Then
we taught one more recently converted youth and went home. So a lot of
running but a lot of good things too.
Sunday (September 23rd, 2018)
I
was in a really weird mood today. It was raining super super hard so
not a lot of people came to church which was unfortunate. But as we went
out onto the streets I decided to make my own fun and started to sing
Mary Poppins songs with my umbrella. Ok, songs is a stretch. I only know
one. The Chim Chimeny one. And I only know that part. So actually it
was just a soaking wet American walking down the dirt/mud streets of
Brazil yelling "Chim chimmeny, chim chimmeny, chim chim chim charoo."
over and over again. It was lit. I probably looked crazy, which is 100%
true.
Thats all folks. No, but really this week
was a lot better. I know that as we try to incorporate the Spirit into
all aspects of our lives, we will be guided and blessed and receice more
love from our Heavenly Father.
Random Thoughts:
- My spelling has rapidly declined. I wasnt a very good speller to begin with so I apologize for all of the spelling errors.
- The Shift key on Portuguese keyboards is unbelievably small so every time there is a capital letter, just picture me pausing to find the right key. And I am not kidding when I say every time.
- We were walking down the street this week and saw this guy yelling at the sky. We were like, well, he is crazy, but then we heard yelling from the sky and suddenly we were crazy too. We look up and there is this dude on top of a telephone pole at least 30 ft in the air with this massive "Im high" grin on his face. I have no idea how he got up there because there was no ladder or handholds or anything.
- We taught a guy that looks exactly like Al, from Als Toy Barn in Toy Story 2 and I literally laughed for like 20 minutes because all I could think of was that part when everyone is trying to figure out who stole Woody and Buzz yells at the Sketch thingy "Sketch! Put that man in a chicken suit!!!" I really hope you know what I am talking about. It was hilarious.
Thats really all folks! Bye for now from Brazil!
Love,
Elder Allen
