One item of interest is that I picked up my first parasite, in the form of worms. In short, I feel officially inagurated into the country, because I have picked up what I´m sure is just the first of many little vermin that live inside the bowels of humans. Little wormies. I´m actually quite excited because even though the thought of having them inside me is a little weird, I feel like South América hás finally accepted me by blessing me with something.
Well, this is the last week in the transfer. We find out Monday where we are going. Elder J. thinks that I´ll be heading out, because he´s in the singing group that our mission puts on, and it´s starting up after the next transfer. So it makes sense that I would leave so he, as a senior comp, could show a new Elder the area. I´m not taking that as fact yet though, but maybe I´ll leave. Who knows?
Answers to questions:
- No, I havent´recieved my packages yet. We won´t until next mission conference, or next transfer, so maybe in about 2-4 weeks I will.
- I haven´t sent the memory card because of that, but when I get them, I will send it.
- As for the scripture cases, you don´t have to worry about them. Whatever case you find that works will be fine. Actually, I can probably find a place here in Brazil that makes one, so I could just do that.
Well, this week was good. We´ve been teaching this couple named Vanderlay and Patrícia. They have four kids, which qualifies as a riduculously huge family here in Brazil. The majority of famalies that I´ve seen have only one or two. Anyway, me and my last comp had talked with Vanderlay once about two months ago, but he was always busy and so we just gave him a Proclamation to the World pamphlet, and said that we would try again. The problem is is that he lives on the other side of our área, and we don´t pass there tôo often. So we lost track of him.
Then, one day, I remembered about him, and we went to the house that I thought was his. Turns out it wasn´t, but we taught that family that lived there. They weren´t very interested, but one day some girl was over there and said that she remembered us. Turns out she´s the daughter of Vanderlay, and she invited us to go to his house, which was across the street. Vanderlay was really friendly and welcomed us, but his wife seemed kinda lukewarm towards our message. But as the first lesson went on, she seemed to be growing in interest. At the end of the message, she was the one with all the questions, and she told us that she had been praying to find the true church for about 8 years. She said that she had tried basically every religion, but had never felt that those were right. She actually hás attened church once with a member friend, but she felt kinda forced so she didn´t feel the spirit like she should have. She´s reading in the Book of Mórmon and actually vistited mormon.org to find more info on the Nephites and Lamanites. (I´ve never seen na investigator do that before!)
They´re really a cool family to teach, and they are progressing very well. Plus, they fed us some cake, and the only people who have ever fed us have been members, or a Sister that will get baptized as soon as the drunk guy that lives with her moves out, so I see the cake as a good sign of how they´ll progress. In short, it´s been good to finally find someone who´s been searching after so long of having people be resistent.
As always, ´til next week. And maybe from a new town!
Excelsior!
Elder =w= Heperi
