(Elder Mackrory)
Fala galera! Tudo bem com vocês? Yes, this is a Taylor Swift
line; go listen to Hey Stephen.
Vi só 14 fuscas, totalizando 1023. Mas eu vi tipo 10 fuscas
que já vira antes, então eu acho que por mais que esta área tenha mais fuscas
que Búzios, não vou poder contar todos eles.
This week was freaking awesome. Filled with miracles,
culinary delights, and more spreadsheet fun. Basically all you could ever ask
for.
On pday, I decided to make pizza. But first we went to get
haircuts and go to the store. At the barbershop, the wall art hosted some
classic F1 cars. Back home, I threw together the pizza and threw it in the
oven. Guys. It was the best pizza I've tasted here in Brasil. I've told you
that I don't like the pizza from here. My comp said it could easily be sold for
100 reais (your average pizza is somewhere between 50-70 reais). I was like
actually jumping for joy because it had been so long since actually good pizza.
Good times.
On Tuesday, we didn't have district council. What? Don't
worry, we'll get there. On Tuesday we had a lesson with a new friend and we
ended up talking a little bit of music and he started singing an Evangelical
song that I really like. You should have seen the look on Elder Mena’s face
when I started singing too. 🎵Ai Jerusalém, por que
deixaste de adorar? O Deus Vivo que em tantas batalhas te ajudou? Chora Israel,
num lamento só, talvez Deus Se lembre do bichinho de Jacó. Chooooooora
Israeeeeeel! Babilônia não é teu lugaaaar! Clama ao teu Deeeeeus, Ele te
ouviraaaaá, do inimigo te libertará! 🎶 and then there's an
epic violin solo. Good times.
Wednesday we had our first English class, and it went well I
think. They think the way we say Gabriel is really funny. Then again they were
all teenage boys so why wouldn't Gaybriel be funny.
Thursday we had district council and Interviews with
president. The bus is really expensive so we arranged to have both events at
the same time and place. Sister Dutson brought some really good cookies.
Learned some cool things in the interview. that night we had a family night and
got some free Açaí. We met their neighbors who own a pizzeria. They liked us so
much they invited us over the next day for pizza. We were super hyped of course
because free food is free food, but I'd rather rice and beans than a 6/10
pizza.
On Friday we had a really special experience where we found
a lady who was interested. We found her in her tiny clothing shop. As I looked
around the clothing shop, I see a children's white button up shirt. I asked how
much it was and it was a really low price. So I bought it and we then went to a
recent converts house who doesn't have a white shirt and gave it to him. He's
nine and his parents doesn't really do all that much for him.
Saturday night we went over for pizza and started chatting
to the guy and his wife and they're really gente boa. He then let me put the
cheese on the pizza and then it goes into the oven he built brick by brick.
like 5 minutes later a perfectly beautiful pizza comes out and it's ready to
eat. Oh my goodness I thought my pizza was the best. This pizza was a 9.5/10.
Only complaint would be too much cheese, but that's on me. Seriously so good.
On Sunday there was a really big soccer game after lunch,
and so everyone is locked up inside or at the bar. The fact that it was raining
as well made it almost impossible to find people. But days like that come, so
its all good. I also got an email from Elder Kjar with a copy of President
Dutson's goal spreadsheet. So there go my relaxing plans today. We'll be
working on that and scholarship essays today.
Tender mercy: Yesterday, I spoke in church. I was given
little time to prepare, but thankfully the topic was one that I had just
happened to be studying that week and so I was able to find scriptures,
conference talks, and more to prepare a talk in record time.
Spiritual Thought: In studying on the topic of Idolatry, I
came across the thought that, in the same way that “cold” is just the absence
of heat, “wickedness” is really just the absence of righteousness. I brought
this up in my interview with President and he made an interesting comment that
I liked. He said that there are two types of sin: omission and commission.
Basically, you can sin by sinning or refraining from doing good. So, I learned
that simply not doing bad things isn't good. Only doing good things is good.
Fotos:
1. Me messing around on Google sheets
2. My rainy area
3. The best pizza in Brasil (the tomato side)
4. Real pizza oven
5. Real cacao fruit
6. Interviews with president
7. The second best pizza in Brasil
8. Sick wall art
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