Today was p-day and it always seems to fly by, we never really do much other than email and rest in the morning. But this week we went to sarendi another area and spent the night with another group of elders. But while we were there there was a huge storm that knocked out the power for about 6 hours the first time, we had power on and off four times. But we ended up making spaghetti and playing cards by candlelight so it was pretty good.
January 15th
Today we finally got to do more proselytizing and that made me happy and while we were out I saw something that was cool and i thought of zach. Because there was a huge storm last night there were branches everywhere and so there was this big truck with a dump truck bed and a huge claw arm that was over the cab, and they would drive around and pick up these piles of branches and it was really cool to watch. We also went to a recent converts house named Ivy and talked with her and her cousin Pedro a little bit,they are really cool. I also ate some weird corn flavored jell-o but more thick sweet, I be honest I don't think I want to eat it ever again haha. I can also now start and finish conversations all on my own and the other people can understand which I think is pretty cool. I can communicate enough to get by, but my sentences are rarely grammatically correct, there is something like 25 different ways to conjugate one word and not all the words follow the exact same pattern as well there are some that just do whatever they feel like so it can be a bit frustrating at times. But for the most part everyone can get the just of what I am trying to say.
January 16th
Today was interesting, it started out fine up at 6:30 like normal work out and study, then off to lunch. Today we had lunch at the bishops house which for me at first consisted of 3 eggs 2 helpings of mashed potatoes, and two big spoonfuls of rice, and this isn't normal for me I normally don't eat that much. But after that she goes to put another egg on my plate the rest of the mashed potatoes, the rest of the rice, and then a lot of cucumbers tomato and onion in vinegar on my plate. I ate so much I thought I would explode. Then after that she goes to give me two popsicle. After we went to the Dentist for Elder Dos Santos and then we were on our way to do some proselytizing we we got caught in a huge rainstorm for about an hour we stood under a ledge about 8 feet out from the wall and we were still getting wet! There was so much rain you could see about 100 Yards down the road and that's being generous. After we ate a snack and prosylited for the hour or so we had left. I am also grateful for the Zote bar because these shirts don't stay white haha.
January 17th
Today I didn't do much, I was pretty sick, but i ended up going out and teaching a lesson and it was good, I feel like the next lesson they are taught they will be baptized.
January 18th
Today we ended up going to sarendi again because they did a division with the Zone Leaders and forgot their keys at our house so we had to go there. So we ended up there for most of the day and not much happened.
January 19th
Today was good, we went out to work today, we also went to the mutual to try and get richard to come but we couldn't get ahold of him. It has been frustrating because we have been trying to get in contact with his mom every day but she somehow has an excuse every time… But we went to a members house later in the day because they had a reference for us, after we talked to him they fed us dinner, so we got lunch and dinner in one day which was nice. I am also trying to eat every new thing that I possibly can just to say that I ate it haha even though at times it tastes really bad haha. Tomorrow I will learn if I will go somewhere new and I am excited!
January 18th
We went to church today and to our surprise a lady came on her own she was def but she had read the BOM and said she knew it was true. But she still had some more questions about D&C and wanted to read those. We also saw off some missionaries that were going home and I learned that I will be staying here in maringa for at least one more transfer.
I love you guys and hope that you are doing great!