rain drops are falling on my head...

Hey everyone, this week has been nuts. I´ve been in a trio with the Elders from Osvaldo Cruz, because my comp went to a meeting in another city. This week has been non stop rain, and we´ve come home soaked to the bone every night. It´s all cool though, and we´ve been blessed for ourt efforts. We made a contact with this one kid sitting outside his house right before we were going to call it a night. He told us to come back the next day and so we did. His name is Tiago and from first contact you´d never think this kid would have any desire to learn anything about the church. He´s the complete opposite. He understood everything and accepted to be baptised without any hesitation. He offered to pray at the end of the lesson and said one of the most sincere prayers I´ve ever heard in my life. We´re going back again on Friday because I´ll be in another city until then, but everything is going great here so far. We got our shower fixed last night. I felt like I had never taken a hot shower before. There was pressure, there was hotness, it was amazing. I even wrote about it in my journal. After about 2 months of cold showers I had finally gotten used to it, but with all the rain and everything the water was just too cold.

Sorry I´ve gotta cut this short, I´ve got a bus to catch!

Love you all,
Elder Standard

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She turned me into a newt! I got better....

Hey folks,

It seems like I was just writing you, and I´m already back here again. I think I´m in ludicrous speed out here. There´s no way I can slow down. Last friday and saturday my body kinda made me though. I caught some kinda virus. It was a mix of projectile vomiting mixed with diaherrea (?). I literally just sat on the toilet and rested my chin on the sink. In between crapping I would puke, and vice versa. It was alot of fun. I lost about 6 lbs, which sucks, but I know I´ll get it back. It´s so hot here we always stop the little ice cream dude to get some kinda weird flavor. Avocado popsicles are actually pretty good. We´ve got a baptism on September 11, a kid named Marlo. He´s super excited, I´m so happy for him. His family will be baptised the week after, on day 18. They´re understanding everything that we´re teaching, despite my difficulties, they´re reading, praying, and coming to church. We´re going back tonight to teach about the Plan of Salvation, so pray that they´ll be able to understand everything! These past couple of days I´ve been having a real hard time speaking portuguese. I have no clue why. I literally havent spoken this bad since Georgia, so I´m super confused. I guess the Lord is trying to tell me something, so I just need to figure it out and learn it. I cant believe it´s already september. I hit the 8th month mark on the 30th, and it totally tripped me out. I´ll have a year in just a short span. I almost got turned into a chew toy by the the biggest dog I´ve seen in my entire life. We were walking around this corner, and this dog-monster was sitting behind the fence of this persons house. I clicked my tongue at it like I always do, and the next thing I know it´s about the leap the gate. On all four legs it was stood up to my waist, but when it was on it´s 2 hind legs it was taller than I was. I freaked out, and started running, thinking about how I´m going to jump over the neighbors fence if this thing keeps coming. It stopped short of leaping and just put it´s paws over the fence and kept bar...roaring at me. After it was all over I couldnt stop laughing, and everyone on the street was too. This one lady said "it´s a good thing you dont have a heart problem!". I completely agree with her.  OH yeah, before I forget - we made funnel cakes this week. Elder Bowers Mom sent him a recipe and so we bought all of the stuff and had at it. We were short the powdered suger, but we made due. We´re going to have a fair night at the church, we´re going to make corn dogs and funnel cakes and all that jazz. Should be fun.

So yeah, that´s about it this week. There´s no way I could even begin to write everything that happens. There´s just no way. I love you all.

Elder Standard

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