Todays word is brasileiros or brazilians, because theyre great. Ill explain.
This week was pretty good. It started with a really sick pday.
One day a month or so ago with Elder Marques, I looked off to the distance to a mountain (a big hill, really) that looms over the northeastern edge of our area. I told him "one (p)day I will climb that and just sit there and soak up the view." So, this last pday, I did. I convinced my companion and a sister companionship from our district to come with us. We got there and after about two hours we got to the top. It was a pretty spectacular view. I was zooming ahead on the trail, throwing pinecones and sticks (the usual) and just having a good time being outside, meanwhile everyone else was kinda trudging behind, tired already, and yelping at every insect that appeared. It was funny (okay Elder fletcher didnt, but the sisters kinda whined the whole time). We got to the top, and they stopped complaining. We brought lunch up with us too (in MY backpack, im always the pack mule haha) and relaxed at the top. I brought my ukulele too, so we just chilled there for a while and just looked around. From there we could see for miles all the way to Lisbon, it was pretty sweet. It was a fun little adventure, something definitely that mixed things up a bit.
Afterwards everyone said they really enjoyed it (despite complaints the entire time). I said "alright lets go again" and they all declined haha.
So this week we had a zone meeting. Afterwards Elder Fletcher and I stayed there in the area of the ZL´s and did a divisão. It was a fun day, its always interesting to work in other areas with other companions. Nothing super special happened, but it was fun. We returned to our area for a day, and then did another divisão in our neighbouring area with the Elders there. It was also pretty interesting. Time flew by because we broke the normal routine this week.
Elder Fletcher and I however have worked a lot in our area, particularly with Joelson and Clara. As I mentioned before, theyre brazilians who recently moved here to portugal to start a new life. They are super sweet and warm people. Weve taught them a lot, but we are trying to focus on marraige... because, welp, they cant be baptized until theyre married. So, in one visit, we spoke about it just straight-up with them, and Clara expressed some hesitation. She unfortunately isnt soaking up what we teach the same way as Joelson. Last visit, like 3 days ago, Joelson had read until 1 Nephi 10, and going strong... Clara hasnt shown the same progress.. We are working on that.
Anyways, Joel said hes down for marraige. Theyve been together for 7 years already, so hes got no complaints. Clara said "marraige is serious, we ought to think about it. Lets change the subject". Joel then responded "alright, lets change the subject. Lets talk about baptism!" I nearly laughed. Joel has such pure desire, hes a great guy. He wants to be baptized, we´re just trying to work him through the process. He already knows the Book of Mormon is true too, just some barriers unfortunately.
Later, we got Joelson and Clara to come to the Sunday Morning session broadcast... and they enjoyed it! We watched it in a neighbouring chapel that was bigger than ours, and the ward there is actually mostly brazilian. So, after the broadcast, all the brazilian members there just welcomed Joel and Clara so warmly and started exchanging numbers and then the Bishop of that ward (a brazilian) gave them a ride home! It was so cool, they were sooo darn nice. I didnt have to do anything! I was going to "follow up" so to speak with what they liked about the conference, but all the members were already doing that! Members have such a unique ability to help people know the church...
Oh, and of course, the broadcast was translated into portuguese. I understood all of it. I missed a couple small tidbits, but I basically understood everything. But it was quite a mental workout! The speakers dont speak fast, but they sure dont stop. I am so blessed with the language. It is coming along very very well.
But yeah, the work is progressing... sometimes slower than faster, but I still try to work my hardest. All this basically sums up my week.
Take care everyone,
Elder Ward
Oh, I solved a Rubiks cube for the first time this week! Elder Fletcher helped me learn what I still needed to learn, and now I can solve it in only 3 or 4 minutes haha. It was pretty satisfying, only took 19 years.
Disregard the dumb looking smiling guy on the right.
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