Rain and some shine.

It´s pretty rainy today. Fortunately, it seems to rain less here than in my other areas. And yes, I got my shoes, and it looks like it was just at the right time as well. I was getting pretty sick of having to avoid any water on the road because my shoes had huge holes in them. Thanks again.

This week was good. I ran into a bunch of people that I haven´t seen in a while at the Mission Office. And, last P-day, after I emailed you guys, me and my comp. had to go to the doctors office so he could get an odd looking zit on his back looked at (I took a picture. This thing is nasty.) Anyway, while we were there I ran into Elder Monterrosa. It was pretty cool. He´s in a city about 2 hrs. or so from here. We reminisced a bit. Good times.

This week the Assistantes paid us a visit. One of them is Elder Tobar, (he´s a big surfer guy from Cal. Who uses words like “Gnarly” and “wicked”. Sometimes in Portuguese as well, which is funny to see people try to figure out what those words mean.) He was a big boost to our area, and is honestly the most excited person that I´ve ever seen doing the work. Our investigators were quite blessed, as he helped a lot of those who with a lot of doubts feel more confident.

One of the guys that we´re teaching, a man named An... (64 or so) has been going to church for about a year, but still doesn´t want to get baptized as he feels quite attached to the doctrine of the church that he used to follow. He says that he lacks a “great spiritual confirmation” to tell him what do do, so we´re trying to help him recognize that he already knows. Please pray for him. Another family, named Ad... (Dad) Luc... (Mom) and Kal... (daughter. She has the weirdest name that I´ve ever heard.) and L´s mom (Her name´s kinda complicated. she´s pretty old but still manages to smoke at least two cigarettes during the lessons), are doing well in their investigating. It´s really cool to teach them, because although they have a lot to change in their life, (they have to get married, word of wisdom, other things) every time that we´ve taught something they´ve always been like “yeah, of course. We´re willing to do that.” It´s really, I dunno, for me to be teaching a family that´s so willing to accept the gospel. Ad... told us yesterday how he´s noticed how there´s been more peace in his house ever since we´ve started visiting, L... as well. A really golden family.

As for more info about the area, I´m still getting to know it. There´s a nice big grocery store close to our house that sells counterfeit Oreo´s, which is a first. Our chapel is next to some Evangelical church, so sometimes during Elder´s Quorum we get to hear the hymns of praise coming from the rock band next door. I´m trying to do better at learning everyone´s names in the ward, as usually I never remember. I still get the usual reaction of “Nice to meet you Elder. Hey, you know something, you don´t look American! Has anyone ever told you that?”

Welp, sáll from me.

Till next time.

We´re headed to a restaurant right now. All you can eat, and only 4 Reals! Ah-yeah!

-Elder Lucas