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| Elder Joshua Bodily and Elder Luke Wilson |
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| Catholic Church as viewed through window in our house |
Hello.
Much news this week. I was transferred! I am still in the same zone and the same stake, but on the opposite side of the stake. The Vitória Ward is at the extreme south of the stake, and my new ward is on the extreme north end of the stake.
I am in the boundaries of a Group. So, technically, we are in the Serra Ward (pronounced Seh-huhh.) But, we are working in the Serra-Sede Group. (pronounced Seh-huhh Sedge) Once again I am working in a Group (instead of a ward or branch). However, here the papers have already been sent in applying to become a branch. We meet in a house, but every fast and testimony meeting we go to have church with the Serra Ward. That is what happened yesterday. We have fast sunday the week after general conference here, instead of before, who knows why. I have seen the house though, it´s pretty neat. It has a drinking fountain, walls separating the chapel area and the primary area and the young men/women area. It also had a lizard crawling up the wall when I visited. Apparently, they have no one who plays piano...so guess what will happen this Sunday. One member has a keyboard he is bringing.
My new companion is Elder Luke Wilson from South Jordan, Utah. I have yet to have a Brazilian companion. Elder Anderson got transferred too, and he is with his second Brazilian companion. He is also here in the Zona Vitória. Funny. Elder Wilson just turned senior at this transfer, which means that I am his first junior companion. He is incredibly on the ball and focused. For the first time, I have a companion that is demanding things from me. I feel a lot more like a part of the team, instead of the assistant to the senior. We are having a good time working harder than ever here. The city of Serra is really strange. It is really spread out. We live in the downtown district of the town, even though the downtown sits on the extreme northwest boundary of the entire city.
The house here is immaculately clean. It is very new. A good surprise. I like living alone with one other Elder for the first time. There is much less traffic in the bathroom in the mornings, it´s calmer at night, and easier to coordinate lunches and scheduling.
We had six investigators at church yesterday, and the Serra Chapel is a fifteen minute bus ride and a five minute walk from Serra-Sede. Remember, the downtown sits way far off from the city...weird.
We have a great group of people we are teaching and we can both sense success on the horizon. We are both passionate about the progress of the work and we are having spiritual experiences every day in lessons and with members and investigators alike. Here, the work involves a lot of visiting less-active church members, reminding them of the fire that was one in the thestimonies. I really enjoy this. We have some really strong people who have just fallen off the path a little bit. It is very rewarding to help others strengthen themselves, because we end up strengthening ourselves in the process.
Some strange things about Brasil:
Much news this week. I was transferred! I am still in the same zone and the same stake, but on the opposite side of the stake. The Vitória Ward is at the extreme south of the stake, and my new ward is on the extreme north end of the stake.
I am in the boundaries of a Group. So, technically, we are in the Serra Ward (pronounced Seh-huhh.) But, we are working in the Serra-Sede Group. (pronounced Seh-huhh Sedge) Once again I am working in a Group (instead of a ward or branch). However, here the papers have already been sent in applying to become a branch. We meet in a house, but every fast and testimony meeting we go to have church with the Serra Ward. That is what happened yesterday. We have fast sunday the week after general conference here, instead of before, who knows why. I have seen the house though, it´s pretty neat. It has a drinking fountain, walls separating the chapel area and the primary area and the young men/women area. It also had a lizard crawling up the wall when I visited. Apparently, they have no one who plays piano...so guess what will happen this Sunday. One member has a keyboard he is bringing.
My new companion is Elder Luke Wilson from South Jordan, Utah. I have yet to have a Brazilian companion. Elder Anderson got transferred too, and he is with his second Brazilian companion. He is also here in the Zona Vitória. Funny. Elder Wilson just turned senior at this transfer, which means that I am his first junior companion. He is incredibly on the ball and focused. For the first time, I have a companion that is demanding things from me. I feel a lot more like a part of the team, instead of the assistant to the senior. We are having a good time working harder than ever here. The city of Serra is really strange. It is really spread out. We live in the downtown district of the town, even though the downtown sits on the extreme northwest boundary of the entire city.
The house here is immaculately clean. It is very new. A good surprise. I like living alone with one other Elder for the first time. There is much less traffic in the bathroom in the mornings, it´s calmer at night, and easier to coordinate lunches and scheduling.
We had six investigators at church yesterday, and the Serra Chapel is a fifteen minute bus ride and a five minute walk from Serra-Sede. Remember, the downtown sits way far off from the city...weird.
We have a great group of people we are teaching and we can both sense success on the horizon. We are both passionate about the progress of the work and we are having spiritual experiences every day in lessons and with members and investigators alike. Here, the work involves a lot of visiting less-active church members, reminding them of the fire that was one in the thestimonies. I really enjoy this. We have some really strong people who have just fallen off the path a little bit. It is very rewarding to help others strengthen themselves, because we end up strengthening ourselves in the process.
Some strange things about Brasil:
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| Another view from our house. |
They have strikes a lot. Today was the first one that I´ve seen the participants of. Today on the street were about two hundred people standing in the principle road with banners, shirts, and a huge megaphone thing making lots of racket and lighting fireworks. They are professors and teachers of some state schools here.
The sun rises here at about 5:15 in the morning, and sets around 7:30pm.
Anyways, my time is running out. Have a lovely week.
Elder JOSHUA BODILY
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