What a week. We had our stake conference yesterday and it was.... well. It was good. Really and thank goodness presdient and sister jackson spoke (for the last time). They really saved the day. We had 9 inestigators in the chapel and many less active members too, it was great! And this golden couple we have been working with for the past couple weeks came. It was SO exciting. The wife, fatima had wanted to come but she wanted her husband Pedro to go. Pedro had a testimony of christ but he just hated churches because they are always asking for money and making big shows of things. So when they walked in we literally jumped out of our seats. I hope and pray that they felt the spirit. We'll be meeting with them on wednesday and dont worry mom Fatima has made it a point to be our mother here. She just worries about us and makes us salad and makes us drink juice. I love her and Pedro so much.
Ok but the kind of weird part of the conference. So we had choirs and thats all good but it was kind of gospel-y. Like pula pula pula jesus e legal. There was a man on the keyboard and the keyboard was playing slightly synthesized piano music. And he had a headset and was singing "ohhh ahhh ohh" with the choir. And then there was this woman who sang a song about the hands of christ and the slideshow (yes, a slideshow) had some not so reverent pcitures of jesus holding like glowing orbs and on the cross and such. Then her song got really screamy and hmm. Hmm... I guess reverance is sometimes a culture thing; I think everyone liked it but it was just too much for me and sister fonseca. Like nothing I would ever see at home. I laughed and hoped our investigators just thought it was wonderful and not creepy.
Our baptism went well. Its hard to find a 14 year old boy with no parents so to speak (his mom comes home maybe every 2 weeks for less than a day) so it was a lot of running around but he was baptized and confirmed on saturday. The district and zone leaders were there and the patriarch of the stake and some other great people. Because thats who was in the chapel. it was nice of them to all stay. Sister Fonseca and i sang I know that my redeemer lives and we tried to do the harmony in parts. Eh. not so much. I mean i can sing soprano as long as I have other people to sing with but it was just confusing! I dont do music! But alas, the people loved it (beisdes the american elders who obviously knew we messed up). I dont really have fear of singing here because well the singing is. You know. So we sing for our messages some times and people like this a lot. Can you believe it? me? haha.
Not much else is new new but we will be getting our new Brasilian Mission President this week. My portugues is coming along and I can almost understand everything... at times. Its all still very hard but good. And I know that once i can truly truly communicate to my herts desire I will be very happy. Because i am already having so much fun now.
Today our zone had a training meeting which included a bbq and uno! It was so much fun, imagine uno with portuguese and english and just a lot of laughing. I think i would adore Brasil if i just got to hang out with the missionaries everyday. But I guess thats not the point is it? But really, things are so great. Every day is crazier than the next and people never cease to surprise me.
I love you all and miss you all and want to hear from you all because I dont want to come back a stranger!
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