Wet Laundry

Welp, the weather has cooled down significantly around here. We’ve had nothing but storms the past three days; so unfortunately, my laundry has stayed wet for about that long. I would take the clothes off and move them, but every morning I look outside and think “today the rain will stop. Today…”How I miss a good dryer!

The ward is quite interesting. To answer your question Dad, the name of the ward is Universitário. There is a college campus close to here, so I think that is why it’s called that, although it’s just a normal ward. The ward is growing quite rapidly, and I’ve always heard that Campo Grande is the most fruitful area of our mission. My area is still huge, even though they put the extra companionship in the ward 6 months ago. The Bishop is a nice guy... Sometimes he’ll make jokes that others don’t get, and people will just stare at him or give him a courtesy laugh, which is even funnier to me.

The keyboard thing that I play in church is probably the nicest thing I’ve played on my mission so far. It’s got so many settings, and nobody knows how to use them because it’s written in English. The primary program is coming up soon, so I got enlisted to help out.

This past week, we found got a reference from the other Elders to visit a woman named A... Apparently she just showed up at the chapel one day, and said that she was in need of a church. She said that she got sick of the pastor and what he was doing to her other church, so she left and started walking in search of a church. She found our chapel, entered, and decided to see what it had to offer. We went and visited her, and found out that she’s quite the talker... As soon as we got there, she launched into a twenty-minute story about her life in the church before. Now, I like to get to know the people and all, but as we were nearing the 20 min. mark, I moved forward in my chair and opened my mouth to interrupt. She noticed and said “I’m wrapping up, don’t worry.” 10 min's later she finally wrapped up and we taught her the 1st lesson... she showed up to church on Sunday by herself, she seems to have the desire to learn. We’ll see how she progresses.

Elder O... is a very good Elder. He only has 5 months on the mission, but works like an Elder with a lot more time. I’m only his 2nd comp., so he’s getting used to someone who’s not his trainer. As I’ve found with all of my Brazilian comps, he’s sacrificed a lot to be here. Neither of his parents are members, and his mom even forbade him to go on a mission, saying that something bad would happen if he went. So, he’s worked thru a lot to be here. I’m learning much from his example.

Oh yeah, I forgot to respond to the question about P-day. It’s permanently on Monday now; it just gets moved sometimes for transfers. I guess that Elder Didier met with Pres. Leal a while back and they decided that Wednesday would be better, but I guess now its back to Monday. I like Monday better, personally.

Welp, that’s all from me.

Happy belated Halloween!

-Me