(Elder Mackrory)
Boa noite pessoal! Tudo bem com vocês?
This week was good! Lots of things and some more. As usual,
we're starting off with the fusca count. For those who are new and don't know,
fusca is the Portuguese word for the VW beetle. There are lots of classic bugs
here and I like to count them. We saw 13, bringing the total to 796. 800 next
week!!
This week was interesting. I officially hit the point where
I have less than a year left on the mission. Tomorrow ill be half way done, and
on the 7th I'll be 1 year in. Crazy. Flew by.
On pday we chilled in the house. Not much happened. I like
pdays like this one.
On Tuesday, two things happened. 1, in district council we
set a goal to have 13 lessons with a member participating. We have 5 pairs of
missionaries, so that's very doable. I promised them that I would provide
breakfast on the next council if we reached the goal. Second, we accidentally
showed up to someone's birthday party. We're teaching a dude named Palmer, and
we visit him every Tuesday night. Except this time it was his birthday and he
forgot to cancel. So we show up and there's a big ol’ cake on the table and
lots of people. So we sang happy birthday and we taught the premortal life to
everyone and went on our way with a huge piece of cake. And let me tell you it
was the most bomb cake I've had on the mission. Best frosting of my life
easily.
On Wednesday we had English class. Nothing out of the
ordinary. Except the example conversation was funny. Were learning about how to
ask and predict the weather. The example conversation went like this: “How's
the weather in London?” “Not very good. It's raining again” “That's too bad.
Will it rain tomorrow too?” “I Think it will. It usually rains a lot in April.”
And I thought it was funny because British weather is often bad. It's a 50/50
shot that at any given moment that conversation could be real.
Thursday and Friday were pretty normal. Saturday was fun
though. At lunch we watched the Olympics while the member family jokingly made
fun of the French. It was very funny but I couldn't say anything. After this,
we went home and started baking. There was an activity that night called “My
origin and traditions” and the branch wanted us to participate. Elder Flores
didn't really want to, but I did, so we made my favorite dessert, Milk Tart.
It's a South African dish that's very good. At the activity I gave a little
presentation about my family's history in the church and the history of the
church in that country. So I explained how the church started in South Africa
and the sacrifices my grandparents had to make to receive the full blessings of
the gospel in the temple. After everyone's presentation, we served up. I cut
tiny pieces so that everyone could have some, and after everyone had some,
there were a few people who came up to me saying “man I didn't get a good taste
of your dish, could I try it again” like yeah sure grandpa I know what you mean
“didn't get a good taste”. Ok here's some more. So everyone liked it and I won
first place for the desserts category. I got to take home a beautiful art piece
of the temple that says “Home, sweet home”. Thanks for the recipe Sister Brummer!
You're awesome!
On Sunday we had a fire lesson with an Argentinian family.
We taught them the restoration and all, and the daughter was very excited to
read the Book of Mormon. And we hadn’t even finished teaching it all, and the
mom said “vos no podés solamente leerlo, necesitás orar también para saber la
verdad”. Yeahhh they're the best. Anyway they also offered us real Argentinian
pizza for free. This is an insane deal because pizza here is not great. And
good pizza is realllly expensive. Also, the district met the goal for member
lessons, so were having breakfast together tomorrow.
Yeah that's about it. Good week.
SummaRio:
13 fuscas, 796 total
Tomorrow I'm halfway done
Pday was chill
Showed up randomly to a friend's birthday party
The weather is probably bad in London
Made milk tart for the branch and they loved it.
More Spanish lessons, going well
Tender mercy:
This week, I read the book of Jeremías. It was really good.
I liked it. But I was just studying, you know? And then on Sunday I called the
Sísteres and they asked me where it says that Jerusalem was destroyed About 600
bc. Well of course I know that it's Jer. Chapter 39. So it was just cool to see
my studies apply to what I'm doing and who I'm serving. Because even while it's
personal study, it's always for the benefit of someone else, and I’m glad I got
to see the fruits of it.
Spiritual thought: Guess what I'm gonna talk about…
Repentance!! This morning I was talking with my dad about something he
discovered in his studies that stuck with me. In Matthew 5, the Savior gives
His famous Beatitudes. Something my dad told me is that they line up pretty
well with the 5 principles of the gospel: Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ,
Repentance, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins, laying on of hands
for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. The second beatitude
speaks about those who mourn, or those who remorse—those who recognize their
faults and seek mercy. To those comfort, or forgiveness, is promised. Just
this. Have fun studying the rest of the beatitudes now!
Fotos:
1. Acompanhamento com as Sísteres
2. Moto side shot
3. Moto rear view
4. Milk tart
5. Baking
6. Activity
7. Templo?? Para crianças???
8. My area
9. My meme
10. Flowers
11. English class
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