"Alo Presidente"
"Tudo bem Elder?"
"Tudo excelente presidente"
"Muito bem Elder. To ligando ao te-dizer que você vai tornar Líder da Zona numa otra area com otro companheiro. Confio em você."
"Nossa! Muito obrigado Presidente."
"De nada Elder, ter um ótimo p-day."
"Obrigado Presidente. Tião."
"Tião"
*Click*
The Quero-queros start chirping. Still no sun, but the rain makes
the plants greener. The damp pants don't seem nearly as damp, the cuts
on the hands (from the stupid cat yesterday) stop stinging. An idea
passes through his mind-- The idea of buying a cheeseburger to celebrate
for lunch sounds like a fantastic idea. Maybe a cup of sugar-cane
juice too, if it were the purple cane of course, the green is not nearly
as sweet. There is a lighter atmosphere - the counterpartner is joking
that the new Líder will be sent to the zone with 14 sisters and 6
elders. Absolute chaos trying to make sure that everybody is safe and
healthy as they embark on their newest adventures in the smog filled
city of "Forno Alegre" as the locals call it. "Forno" having meant
"oven." It's getting hotter and hotter every day here in the incredible
country of Brazil, getting closer and closer to Christmas as the days
pass. Rumors of fresh watermellon, panatones, and peaches fill the air.
Today will be a good day, one of packing bags and a tear-filled
family-home-evening with hotdogs. It will be a fantastic day.
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wow...its
been a while since I've had to write a story....like 3 years. That
first paragraph was really dark... This week wasn't that dark, but I
liked the descriptive nature of the words. We taught a deaf dumb kid.
I signed (thank you to 3rd grade sign language, I still am very fluent
in the alphabet, and several months ago, a deaf woman was selling cards
that had the portuguese alphabet in signals, so I had been practicing
that ever since...it was cool. He wants to be baptized. The only
problem is that I have been transfered, and tomorrow, I will leave Osorio and Santo Antônio da Patrulha.
We also were trying to find a contact that Elder Souza did last week on Thursday,
and I noted that a woman was following us, so we doubled in some alleys
and she still followed us. Finally in the center of the major highway, I
did a 180º turn and asked her how can I help her. She was panting from
trying to keep up with us. Turns out that her husband had sent her to
follow us so that when we have the opportunity, we can pass in their
house and teach them. Her husband is a member baptized some 14 years
before, but moved to Santo Antônio and lost contact with the church. He
saw us walking and got super excited and sent his wife to get us. They
walked to church yesterday. His daughter will be baptized next week and
the wife here in less than 1 month. I'm super pumped for them. I
thank the Lord every day for these little miracles that happen.
Mom- you became friends with Jully? hehehehe, give
her a facebook hug, she gave me a box of chocolates and an "Inter"
key-chain thingy as good-bye presents. mmmm....Biss......
anyways, thank you for everything everybody
Squeetzers-
te amo, A Igreja é verdadeira. Focus on the grammer, not the vocabulary
nor the fluency. Memorize and practice all day every day the rules.
amo vocês
Elder Eliason
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