yo momma! Good fast week....and WE BAPTIZED! We were able to baptize Junior on Saturday. He was always tough to tell with progress the last 2 weeks, but this past week he really hit it on. He always had good good doubts, but doubts we were always able to answer them. On thursday we asked him about baptism and he seemed he would be ready this transfer but we were unsure about this weekend. But we went back friday and gave him a few options and he just said "ah lets do it tomorrow." haha it was so awesome and the spirit just rushed through me in that moment and i felt an immense happiness. its my favorite happiness on the mission its incredible. You just realize the choice someone is making and it makes you feel so good and that God is truly in control. So I baptized him on saturday and then we confirmed him in church on Sunday. And now the awesome part is we should start teaching his wife soon and his brother. hes super motivated to help them make the same step. so we will see how that goes. him and his wife are like halfway seperated halfway not. its kinda weird and they arent living together right now but they are together a lot and during those times we will try to teach her. THeres a really cool story how we found his brother and were lead to find him too that i will tell in my big email.
thats so cool that you guys can see my apartments and my areas with technology today. I think ill always send you guys my addresses so you guys can do that. To get to the temple the mission rents a big bus. they do it for every transfer to transport people to and from interior and capital. its a nice bus and super comfy so i like it. it was about 1 hr and a half. in sorocaba there are onibus (bus) but a lot less than sao paulo obviously. we dont ever have to use them in our area except to go to zone meetings. There are taxis in both places but generally for the richer people and they arent very common. Yes there are metro trains in sao paulo. ive been on a few different ones, some were actually really really nice and cool. its funny cause as you get closer to downtown sao paulo everything starts showing up in english as well as portuguese just cause its the international language and they need to have it in the big city.
exercise bands are really good. they are super good quality. and i dont have cynderblocks in this apt so i was using literally 3 liter bottles full of water. i still use them its not too heavy but it works out for me along with the bands. The food here is good. There isnt as much street food but its not a big deal i just spend a little more at the grocery store for snacks. As for lunch with the members i think i liked freguesia a little better. but its always good honestly and i cant complain. im trying to eat a ton at lunch! lol As for souvenirs ummm idk not much. a few little things and then ive got my neymar jr. Brazil jersey. Ill probably buy something for the world cup this summer.
Thats awesome about the house! im so glad you guys are hitting it head on. That is a lot of money but i think it will be money well spent in the end on floors. I wish i could work on it with you guys! i think i would love learning a new type of work like that. Hopefully you guys have a full on business running when i get home. Hahah put abby to work!!! dont let her just sit at the pool. I will definitely say lots of prayers for you guys and for the house.
I seriously love paz em cristo. its such a good song and even when i couldnt understand it i just felt the sprit. yeah i think its better than the english version too (which is actually kind of rare with church songs, most of the time english is better). Thats a really good quote. Ive been working super super hard lately. LIke i think we could stay at our house after lunch an extra 15 mins, but then i think "why?" im here to do the lords work and a couple extra minutes of rest wont do me anything so i just go out and work. even after our baptism (around the mission after you baptize is literally known as pday) i went to work. I could tell my comp didnt want to but i told him we is getting to work boy! Hahah its made me realize that i didnt know what sacrifice meant before the mission, so hopefully i will be able to be a much better member when i get home too after seeing the sacrifice of 24/7 i made on the mission.
thats cool that you found that service! I dont need anything right now but if its cheaper and safer, then i would use it in the future. I already bought a watch that i really like so im all good on that. It was only 30 reais and its pretty nice and a silverish color which is different which i am liking.
as for this week our focus is a man named aparecido. we found him 2 weeks ago knocking doors. he is "an elite" as we would say on the mission. we left a BoM with him our first time and came back 2 days later and he had already read 20 chapters!!! that is crazy! He has already told us how much the book has helped him and that he wants to read it with the same frequency as the bible. the only problem is i think he literally wants to read the whole bom before thinking about anything. so it might take a while but its all good. the other focuses of this week will be the family of junior and taking advantage of this excitement he has about the gospel right now. Other than that, we are looking pretty dry right now, so im determined to go find lots of new people this week!
Love you mom! you are the absolute best!
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