If I could get rid of one thing it would be mosquitos. I get bit every day multiple times a day, but I guess only my legs taste good because the bites are only on my legs. I envy the Elders becase they get to wear pants and shoes that cover their whole foot. Sand and dirt and mud get on my feet and dirty feet is my least favorite thing. Some roads are paved, some cobble stone, and some are just sand or mud. But, I will have to deal right ha ha.
So the sun sets at 4:30 over here. It's really weird because it will be 5 o'clock but seem like it's like 9pm. But it is a lot cooler, temperature wise, when the sun is down. It's hot, but I'm not dying over here.
A lot of people will gather around whatever tv they can find to watch soccer. So on weekends there are a lot of drunk people wandering around yelling goal and cheering when Brazil wins. It's pretty cool, I wish I could watch the soccer games! But alas I cannot. But this week we were walking to some investigators' houses and we encountered a drunk guy. He was stumbling around and speaking Portuguese, of course, and I couldn't understand. I was trying really hard to understand, but I came to the conclusion that Heavenly Father didn't want me to understand haha and I was okay with that. We gave him a Restoration pamphlet and told him to read it then we pretty much ran away. Sometimes being paper white is a perk because people listen to us, but then sometimes it is not because it attracts drunks and crazies. I feel kinda bad because I just ignore them and walk away, but then I remember I am a daughter of God who deserves better, right?
Anywho, it is really hard to get people to church here. And We walk to the investigators' houses and "pick them up" aka walk with them to church. And people always say,"yeah! i'll go to church!" and they never do. So we had a couple people planned for church and I was expecting none of them to come, but I was still praying. WE HAD SEVEN PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH whaaaaaa. Yeah, all were surprises! It was awesome. I also bore my testimony yesterday at church. I seriously DID NOT want to. But I had this feeling in my heart like,"Go...go....go....go...go bear your testimony..GET UP THERE I WILL HELP YOU SAY WHAT I WANT YOU TO SAY." And I really was helped. I don't know why I needed to bare my testimony, but I felt a lot better after I did. It was good.
We do a lot of contacting and talk to everyone. I actually really like it because I hated talking to people when I was at home (people I didn't know). My next line I am going to try to use is,"Para, eu sou um anjo do Senhor. Eu estou aqui para salvar você e sua família." (Stop. I am an angel of the Lord. I am here to save you and your family.) haha my Zone Leader told me that a missionary did that once and I thought it ws brilliant.
The food here is really good but I don't know how to ask if they can write down the recipe. I will study that today and ask the members from now on because there are a lot of things I want to make at home. They eat rice and beans and pasta with everything. Rice beans pasta meat. Bam. Also, I used to hate catchup but I am eating it out here. And Mortadella blegh I used to hate slicing it in the deli at Fry's but here I eat it. It's weird. There is a fruit called maracja and IT IS THE BEST FRUIT EVER. It is yellow and tastes so good. I wish we had it in america.
I love all of you! You are all awesome. Thank you for your love and support. Til next Monday!
Love,
Sister Indago Clarke
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