(Sister Ellsworth)
Hey guys!
This week was quite the adventure! Almost every day was
about 107 degrees WITH humidity. We had to knock apartment buildings because it
was so hot. On Saturday we got stranded and a member came to rescue us. On the
way back her car broke. Apparently there is a rubber thing that holds the
exhaust pipe up and it MELTED. We had to wait for a little while until another
member came to rescue us again XD I'm tanning... and my hair is bleaching. A
member told me that I don't even look american anymore and my hair is almost
blonde now. But that's okay... :)
Also I don´t know if you guys saw but there was this massive
fire in Coimbra that killed more than 60 people when the fire trapped people on
the freeway... It was really far away
from any of the missionaries but it was really sad to watch the news reports as
more and more people were found in their cars or that had died from breathing
smoke. Remember them in your prayers....
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40316934
Last Pday I didnºt get a chance to write because we had to
to a CAT scan of my foot again (they still haven't decided what they're going
to do about the fracture) and then we went to Sintra afterwards. The castles
in Sintra are so cool! There are huge underground tunnels and churches made from
bones. I brought this painting from a cool African guy on the side of the road
and its hanging up in my
room!
Look at her.. so darn happy. She was so excited to be
baptized! She brought 15 people with her that weren't members
so....references!! Haha! We´re going to start teaching her daughter this week.
I'm still walking on crutches. It's super annoying to be a
missionary when you walk as fast as an old lady with hip problems. But we´re
making it work. When you can't do what you've always done just do what matters
most!
This week we also had a ward activity! They put the missionaries
in charge so we bought 300 water balloons and had a massive water balloon
fight! After the water balloons were gone people started dumping huge buckets
of water on each other. And I, the poor sister who can’t run to claim revenge,
was the primary target of the drenchings. I think I was drenched 5 or times in less than 2 hours. But with the 100
degree heat it was a welcomed blessing! The members have also started calling
me Sardinha, which means little fish. Apparently it's a reference to Ariel from
the Little Mermaid because I can't walk too well. Even the Primary children
were calling me Sardinha!
Love,
Sister Ellsworth
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