I’m just gonna be open about what happened this week cause I’ve learned the importance of that on my mission, but i won’t go into too much detail:
This week was really hard, I don’t think I have ever cried more in my life. The language is surprisingly fine, my Portuguese has improved immensely. I’m trying to stay positive and happy because I know I am here to work, not to enjoy myself so I’m giving all my effort and trying as hard as possible. I love Sister K Oliver but unfortunately I’ve been having some health issues and I am being transferred this afternoon to Sao Sebastiao to be with Sister Ramos. President Cooper decided that would be best and he thinks it will help me so I will go to the mission home tonight to talk to him. I also got to talk to Sister Olsen because President Cooper thought that could help and she really helped and it was like the best thing ever, we could talk FOREVER I swear.
Anyways, enough of the depressing stuff haha i’ll try to make this next part positive
Literally everyday is like the wildest day ever.Our apartment doesn’t have a water filter so thank goodness i was sent with like 10 filters because i have been using those. It’s also hard to turn off the lights cause you have to be careful or it will shock you hahah. Luckily the members here feed us SUPER well, the food is so good even though I’m not sure what i am eating half the time. Nothing super crazy...yet. They really love açai here and It’s really cheap so I’ve been loading up on that. Oh and Sister Olsen made me a planner and our district leader gave it to me and it is so cute, with the cutest inspirational quotes.
The sister trainors already visited this week and we went on splits and me and Sister Lima got 17 new investigators in like 2 hours. It was hard cause she made me do some on my own, and ive been teaching parts of the lessons with very little prep but its been working so far.
Okay so for dogs, Everyone has cute dogs here and i’m sorry but I have to pet them. There’s so many french bulldogs and then cute little pugs but also goldens and rotweillers. So great.
One of the days we went out to this kinda farmers market fair with the elders in Sobradinho II and the sister trainers and a member and ate some cool stuff, but as we were walking back Sister oliveira realized she had forgotten the key. it was the only time she had ever carried it and now I know why I always carry it. So we all had to pile in a tiny car, sitting on laps with no seatbelts and driving the wild roads of Sobradino (it’s a relatively large town actually) dad you would have died hahaha. Our DL had a lock kit and ended up picking one of the locks and then sawing off the other and that night we put our couch against the door cause it isnt super safe here but we’ve been fine so far.
Sobradinho has a lot of potential and I am sad I wont get to see the baptisms that we are all ready for, but I think that I need to be transfered. Its hard and my companion and the other companions are super sad but hopefully it’s for the best.
Tchaoooo
Sister Cecil
