This last week has been really good. We never made it to burger king on P-day because it was out of our boundaries. But our Irmãos did take us to a Brazilian restaurant that served pastels. They are kind of like calzones but with a really thin crust. I got mine with bacon, ground beef, and some cheese. The cheese was pretty funky but other than that it was good. It was about 10x4 inches and only costs 8 reals. So that was really cheap, considering a white board marker is 11 reals. haha. Last Saturday we also had a proselyting exercise. We took a shuttle for about 45 minutes to that office building on red stilts. We had an hour to talk to the people on that street and get some contact information. I actually really enjoyed it, it was awkward at first but the hour went by super fast. We talked to about 5 or 6 people, but we did manage to get 2 people to give us their addresses. It was a pretty cool experience. Fun too because some people had accents or talked really fast, and we couldn't understand anything they said, but they were still patient with us. haha. We also watched a film of a devotional in Provo last week that Elder Holland talked in. It was pretty good, and focused on becoming true converts. Tuesday we started a new round of divisions, so I was assigned a new Brazilian companion to teach with 3 times this week. They are pretty fun but I still don´t understand half of what they say. So that will be fun when i leave to the field in 3 days. I have mixed feelings about leaving on Tuesday because there is a rumor that Elder Bednar will be here for our Tuesday night devotional, so we might just miss him by a few hours, but oh well. haha. I am pretty excited to get out there but just hope I can communicate to some people. I was told a couple of times that I have the right accent, whatever that means. I still talk slow and tend to repeat myself, but I guess I have correct pronuncication. I have figured out that teaching lessons is actually pretty fun and i can kind of get a point or two across, but talking to others, just for fun, is a struggle. They don't teach us anything about normal conversations so hopefully i will learn pretty fast in the field. haha. I also wont be able to write next Friday because my P-day will be changed to Monday, so I will not write next week but I will the week after. Hopefully then I will be able to send some pictures home. I hope you guys are doing well! Love you guys!
- Elder Child
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