Today´s word is EPA! which is a really funny word the portuguese use. Its an expression/interjection type thing, used kinda how we use "man" or "wow". I think its awfully funny.
Anyways this week was pretty cool. I dont have a ton of time unfortunately (kinda almost all the time, sorry) so I´ll get right to it.
Joelson and Clara are super cool. We found them last week, and had the opportunity to teach them this week, 4 times. They loved it, soaked it all up. They have really been prepared by the Lord to hear about the restored gospel. We invited them to be baptized, and they accepted.
In one of our following visits, we discovered that they arent married...which is a huge bummer, meaning they cant be baptized until they are married... Now things are a bit complicated with them, but they still have a strong desire. They live 30min by foot from the chapel, and they walked to get there because they didnt have money to use the bus. We walked with them to show them the way, because they recently moved here from Brazil. Their daughter´s feet hurt, so Joelson carried her the whole way... they really wanted to go to church. Our ward was very warm and welcoming. Joelson and Clara really enjoyed it. They asked about next week, and I told them about General Conference... and guess what, were taking them to see conference next week haha! Weve already taught them a lot. They say that we can stop by every night around 8 to give them a visit. They gladly have us over and give us food every time. They are very nice people.
Anyways, there is more I could talk about, but Im short on time unfortunately. Lets make a quick list:
-We contacted this man named "Magnatão". Strange name, right? Well, when I asked him to repeat his name when I didnt get it the first time, he pointed to the wall of a building next to us, and there it was, his name written with spray paint. I asked him who wrote that, and he laughed, "me! Duh!" It was pretty funny.
-Elder Fletcher does a lot of funny things, to be brief he could be compared to napoleon dynamite
-"Contipação" you would guess means "constipation" but it acutally means having a stuffy nose. So, when I was a bit sick last week, I was confused because I thought people were asking me if I was constipated.
-"ala" means "ward", so sometimes the members here call me Elder Ala.
Anyways, short and sweet. I got out the most of what I wanted to say. I gotta run.
Ci vediamo,
Elder Ward
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