Hello I would first of all just like to declare that I have the BEST mom ever. I LOVED my package and was so excited to eat peanut butter for the first time in months. I didn't even like peanut butter before the mission, but now it seems like nectar from the gods. Is that sacrilegious to say?
I also have received another package, not sure from who - but I will pick it up today!
This week was a fun one...Had a good zone conference (always good because they have food) and after that I headed for Nucleo Banderainte with a sister trainer for trocas (exchanges) for the next day and it was nice to experience a new area.
The most EXCITING thing EVER happened to me. Okay it really is not that exciting but I was pretty happy: So throughout school I've learned about the famous capybara, or the largest rodent in the world. We were being driven to Lago Sul because a member was taking us to a restaurant there and I SAW ONE. I COULD HAVE RIDDEN IT.... IT WAS SO BIG. The capybara was j chillin, eatin sum grass and we just drove past it and I like had an aneurysm cause I could not believe it was real. I'm really not sure why I got so excited about that haha I just never really thought I'd see one in my life.
BATISMOOOOOo
Wohoo!! Maria was baptised this Saturday! We were so excited when she passed the interview, and when we asked if her parents were going to come she said no, but that she was going to be baptised no matter what, and that her mom would give permission. We went around calling all the members we could to make sure that she would have a lot of people there supporting her. Our Zone Leaders told us they were coming too just to make sure. Our LMA has cancelled every meeting we've planned for the past couple of weeks so we called him and told him he had to plan the baptism. Then that Saturday we were out about 30 minutes from our house proselyting on what seemed to be a nice sunshiny day. Boy were we wrong. It began to absolutely pour. So we run back to our house, sometimes wading through water at our ankles because oh boy is the draining system in the streets bad here, and by the time we arrive we are just soaked, but worst of all, we are worried no one will come to the baptism. Sure enough, our LMA calls and says he's not gonna come cause of the rain. We go to the church, just absolutely soaked and plan the baptism with our elders. 5 minutes before, he ends up actually showing up haha so that was good. Our prayers were answered and a lot of people actually came, and almost everyone brought food!
Well, you all know what the rain brings. We have been battling creatures galore in our house due to all this rain. First it started off with a couple hybrid cockroach, grasshopper, spider things (thank goodness sister Ramos is willing to kill them). I have become accustomed to cockroaches now (as accustomed as one can get) but these roaches are new. Then today we had a nice pile of maggots outside our door, and then there was some frogs hopping around and of course lizards. I thought I loved the rain? Not sure anymore, but I do enjoy this cool weather (hah, 70 degrees is cool for me now).
Love you all!
Sister Cecil
anna.cecil@myldsmail.net
Second Picture with "Eu heart BrasÃlia" is She and Sister Olsen :) :)
