Serra - Week Fourteen

Oh, and I think that's super cool that I'm on that scouting thing! I was excited!

Well, this week was rather interesting. So I couldn't send email on my normal day because the place was closed. This has been like the biggest holiday weekend ever. It started on Friday, and technically ended yesterday, but today everything still isn't open. It's the recovery day. haha.

Well, so here's some fun stuff that happened. We bought 10 liters of açaí last p-day, and we've been snacking on that for almost every day this week. That's what the photo is. We also got some chocolate "fruitcake" for super cheap that we have been snacking on also.

So, Something interesting, is that this week, we've been starting in a new bairro that the missionaries have almost never worked in. Out of the 5 houses that we've been in so far, All of them are married couples. It's a miracle! I was pretty excited about that.  One of the families that we found there was really cool. We were walking down the street, going to one of our appointments,  and some kids started talking to us, we stopped for a bit and their parents showed up. We started talking about the church and about what we do as missionaries, and then they invited us in. we found out that they were married too, and we marked to go back. It was great. We are also having success finding men to teach. Which isn't all that normal for us, because normally they're out working during the week, but with Carnival, there were a lot of people home so we found some really good men and their families that have a lot of potential.

We are working with a man named Agenor, he says that he wants to be baptized, and he is going to church and quitting smoking, but he can't read. That's one of his difficulties. But, if he has desire, we'll get him baptized.

We had some really great experiences with Marrone and his mom Adilena this week. Marrone watched a baptism at church, but is still saying that he doesn't want to get baptized yet. We are teaching his mom, (his dad is a member) and she is really liking the Book of Mormon. She just thinks it's great. We had kind of a family home evening there. We were there teaching and everyone decided to show up and participate. After we talked about the word of wisdom, we kind of hung out with the family, and they really liked it. They went to church on Sunday, and their other son, who is a member went also. It was the first time that I have ever seen him at church. The best spiritual experiences this week were with them. Last night we were there again, and we passed the 20 minute restoration movie, they liked it so much that we watched it twice. Adilena thought that it was really cool, and wanted it to have more. We are going to challenge her to baptism this week. =)

I guess other than that work was pretty normal. The streets were pretty dead. I think I'm losing weight. haha I look thinner, and I'm gaining muscle. Its amazing what 30 minutes of workout every morning will do to ya.

My comp is newer than I am, he doesn't have a year on the mission yet. But I do want to train again. I think maybe this next transfer because we'll get like 15 new missionaries.

So, I'm having a great time, I love the mission. I'm looking forward to the rest of this transfer. Looks like we'll have success!

I made a goal to take at least one picture a day, because I haven't been taking any. I'm sure you'll like getting the extra pics. =)

I guess that's it. Love you all. I'm doing my best here. =) Darcy should be watching all the soccer games that are happening in preparation for the cup.

See ya later.