(Elder Mackrory)
Bom dia meus queridos!
Hey y'all, lots of changes this week. Some sad, some good.
Let's get into it. We saw 11 fuscas this week, bringing us to a nice clean 600.
On pday we went to the mall and I got a sick Brazil jersey.
We also got rodízio. Normally I don't like pizza here in Brazil, but they had a
white chocolate and strawberry pizza that was amazing.
On Tuesday we had a family night with our friend Araci.
Except up until this point we had been calling her Iraci. She just never told
us we had been saying it wrong. Oh well.
On Wednesday transfers were announced, aaaaand… I'm staying!
Elder Kjar is leaving and my new companion is a Greenie! From the meeting, I
only got to see a blurry picture and half of his name, so I could only tell
that he wasn't American.
On Thursday was English class, so we made sure to call up
all of Elder Kjar's favorite people and say we're getting burgers after class.
So naturally no one showed up until we were leaving to go get burgers. It was
fun though.
Friday was transfers. We packed up bags and headed to the
office. We called Uber comfort so that we could fit all the bags, and the car
that showed up was definitely just a regular uber. Whatever. We hung out at the
office, said goodbye to Elders Borges and Nascimento, my trainers, who were
going home. Saw a bunch of old friends, and met my companion! His name is Elder
Tacuche and he's fresh out of Peru. With him being Hispanic, he does speak a
little bit of portuñol, but that's chill because I studied a bit of Spanish and
want to learn more. He speaks way better Portuguese than a majority of the
Hispanic elders did when they started. We called uber comfort again and this
time comfort came. Holy crap I got to ride in a Honda Civic! It was so
spacious. It was what we needed to get every bag back to the place, but it was
really expensive. That night we went to the supermarket and I accidentally
spent the rest of my money. I'll get reimbursed for my travels, so it's just a
cash flow problem. Long story short I’m broke. While I don't have money now,
I'll have extra next week. I have plenty of food so I'll be fine, but its kinda
funny how it worked out.
On Saturday we went to the bank to get Elder Tacuche’s card
activated. We then went to the supermarket and got his things. The long travel
to the bank didn't leave much time for work, but we did have a great lesson
with Camila and I had a cool thought about the Sabbath day.
On Sunday it was fast Sunday since we had stake conference
last week. I got to play the piano for the ward and sight-read pretty well!
Sometimes it pays off to not practice all week and then have to pretend that
you practiced. I should have practiced, but it makes it so I don't have to
worry if I know the hymn. Just open the book and play. Camila wasn't able to
make it because she was sick, so we offered to give her a priesthood blessing.
We explained the blessing and how it works, and you could see in her face
afterwards that she didn't have the same dark, congested, groggy look. She came
alive sharing her testimony with us saying, “I've found the church I've
searched for, and I'm not going back”. We had to re-mark her baptism date for
the 5th of next month but she's excited to have one more week to prepare.
That's pretty much it this week. Don't worry, my Sabbath day
thought is below. Tenham uma ótima semana!
SummarRio:
11 fuscas, 600 total
Went to the mall on pday and bought a Brazil jersey
Found out we have been calling our friend the wrong name!
She didn't even tell us!
Wednesday we figured out Elder Kjar is being transferred out
to Niterói
Thursday we got burgers with Juarez and Kauan
Friday I met my new companion Elder Tacuche from Peru. He's
fresh out of the MTC
Taught some lessons with Elder Tacuche
Had an awesome experience teaching and giving a blessing to
Camila after church.
Tender mercy: Elder Patterson left a jersey that didn't fit
him, and I was able to give it to Elder Tacuche when he arrived. He was feeling
pretty isolated and getting the shirt just lit him up. Even though it wasn't
something that helped me directly, it was cool to see events fall into place
where the Lord worked through other people.
Sabbath thought:
All Jewish ordinances
and observances were a way of awaiting the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
It is also
interesting to note that their Sabbath day was the seventh day of the week.
They had the whole week to await the Sabbath.
In our day, all our
ordinances and observances are a way to remember the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
It is also
interesting to note that our Sabbath day is on the first day of the week. So we
have all week to remember the Sabbath.
Everything we do is because of the atonement that Christ
made. It should be the focus of every study, prayer, meeting, and thought. I
know that the way that Christ prepared is the only way that leads to eternal
life.
Fotos:
1. Family night
2. My new ID??
3. When I found out I'm training again
4. Twinszies!!!
5. Wednesday night coke
6. Thursday night burgers
7. Robertha and Ivanete
8. I don't like sin
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