Hi!!!
Thanks for the big update! I don't have much time to respond. I'm
really looking forward to Danny (cousin) getting here!! All my district is too!
Half of them are going to Santa Maria so they can't wait to meet him.
There is one sister I met who already left for Joao Pessoa a couple
weeks ago, but only 5 other elders that I know of. Also, there was one
Brazilian sister that I met who went. I'm really excited, one of the
teachers who served there talked to me this week for like half an hour
answering all my questions about the mission. Apparently there are the
big cities, Natal and Joao Pessoa that are pretty wealthy and have a
nice breeze, then countryside that is really hot, and a college town
Campina Grande that he said was really fun! That would be cool to teach
people my own age. I really love all of the Brazilian missionaries I
meet. They are so loving and accepting! The sisters always give me hugs
even if they don't know me. I swear all I have to do is smile at someone
and it's like we're best friends. People are supposedly very friendly
in Joao Pessoa and incredibly receptive to the gospel so that will be
nice.
I do like it here. Even when it's difficult, there is always
something great to cheer me right back up. For instance, one of my very
favorite Elder's is Elder Leite (means milk in Portuguese) from Capo Verde. He reminds me of my
friend Elijah Rono at SUU and he has gotten his CTM stay extended the
past 2 weeks because his visa still hasn't come. He is way bummed about
it but I love it because he helps me practice my portuguese almost every
day. He's such a sweet boy and he's serving in Mozambique with Dyllen
Cafferty who lived upstairs from me last year at SUU!! Small world!
Other small world thing: Elder Derek White who is in my district lived
at the other end of my street last year at SUU. He never came to our
ward though because he always went with his girlfriend, but he was
roommates with Seth Stevens and some other guys in our ward. It was the
weirdest thing ever when we made that connection. I probably walked past
him a bunch of times going to and from school.
At night there are dogs barking like the whole night long. I can
sleep through it pretty well usually, but it's so strange. There are a
lot of weird whistling noises too, our Brazilera roommates don't even
think twice about it, but the American sisters are weirded out. Speaking
of which, we are down to 7 American sisters. No wonder they treat us
like celebrities. Haha. I passed my halfway mark last Saturday!!
It's all downhill from here. Time goes faster and faster each week, I'm
really getting excited to go to the field. When I was studying one day
last week outside I got a big tan line on my arm. I'm going to sizzle in
Joao Pessoa, the Brasileros tell me I'm going to die there like
everyday. It's fine though, I like the heat. And I have sunscreen.
Have you received pictures of me at the temples... the question
mark key doesn't work on this keyboard, way lame. Anyways they said they
would send them to you so hopefully you got them. I sent some more
pictures in the mail today. It should take about 2 weeks for you to receive them. I get letters from you in about one week though which is nice.
Today we went to
the churrascaria, or however you spell it. It's basically like the
original Rodizio Grill. I feel like I have a baby cow in my stomach now I
ate so much meat. AND I asked the waiter guy if I could take a picture
of the BBQ thing... IN PORTUGUESE. Yeah and he understood me and said
that I speak like a Brasilera!! Best moment ever!! Our teachers came
with us too so that was really fun!
LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Laurel
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