So this week was finally settling down as far as the crazyness, but then again life as a missionary is always crazy. I have been started reading the New Testament and plan to finish that at my year mark. It is one of my 6 month goals that I made for the next quarter of my mission as well as reading the Book of Mormon in Portguese and working up doing 50 pull-ups a day. For the record Missy I can do 10 :)
So where do I start... Last Monday night our cell-phone had a melt down so this last week we have been sharing with the other Elders that live with us. We figured that we had to contact one the seceretaries as soon as possible so Tuesday morning we woke up and ran to our Zone Leader´s house, so they could take the cellphone into the office. I have haven´t ran in a while so it was pretty brutal. When we got there, Our Zone Leader´s said that there was no need to run because we were having our District Meeting that day and that we would have had the chance to just give the cellphone there. All that running for nothing ! haha
It has been a week of contacting references for us. We recieved 15 at church last week so this whole week it was contacting references and finding people that are ready to hear the gospel. I also love teaching the first lesson because you can tell that people are so interested in what we have to say. Especially, two americans that are speaking portugues and randomly show up at their door asking to come into their home. Sometimes we have the best reactions, especially when they ask ´´So you have been in Brazil for a few years right!?`´ When I say 6 months they usually start saying ´´Nooo, your lieing, how do you know this language?´´ . It is always interesting, but it opens up a good conversations of blessing from Heavenly Father. Wednesday we showed up at our lunch appointment, with the intent of eating really well. Unfortunatley, the sister in our ward forgot but said she would make some really good for us. When came out of the Kitchen I saw rice, beans, a fried egg, and a FISH HEAD! I´m pretty sure that I screamed in the inside. As we were saying a pray on the food I kept one eye open just making sure that it was Fish head, Scanning it up and down and looking at its little mouth, which I´m pretty sure it was smiling at me. I have never eaten fish head and hope that I never have to again. The only thing I was saying in my head was ´´Your on a mission, your on a mission, your on a mission´´. Wednesday, was also Brazilian Indepence day so that meant lots of people, lots of drinking, and lots of loud music the entire day. It was crazy! Thursday I did another division with our district leader and his ´´trainee´´ I went to their area and was senior with his trainee. It was interesting the area that they work in is really sketchy but we talked with a lot of people and last night when I was passing our numbers to our District Leader we said that the members of his ward really like me. Also he said that a man who had been smoking for a while was following ´´Elder Anderson´s Way of giving up Smoking´´ haha it was something that I thought of really fast when we were teaching this man that he had to give up smoking.
I guess the highlight of the week was running to church. We had to get 5 ladies to church and they need a ride, so we went with the car to make sure it all went well. When they got in the car, my comp and I looked at eachother and said that we would walk. It was interesting when I looked at my watch and it was 8:50, church started at 9:00 and the chapel was about a 20 minute walk away. We started out walking fast and then it turned into us spirinting down the street, hoping over a fence, and some random man pulling up in a car asking if we wanted a ride. I guess he was watching us the entire time. It was another one of those´´ Only on the Mission´´ experiences.
I wake up to the airplanes every morning. We literally live right next to the airport so it is a nice alarmclock in the morning. My comp said this week, ´´hey elder, you know how far the airplane is?´´`I replied `´´How far?´´ His response ´´ 18 months´´. I go to bed exhausted but feel really grateful for beeing here! I hope everyone is doing well! Love you all! Have a good week!
Love
Elder N. Anderson
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