Carnaval

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This was the week of Carnaval! There were a lot of parties and drunk people and crazy groups around town. We aren´t working at night here. And we had to come to the ´´downtown´´ of Cariacica to send email because everything is still closed. This weekend everyone is on vacation.

We had one shining day of gladness this week. We met a neat lady who was already taught everything by the missionaries and that went to church four times and really liked it. We are going to try to help her pick up where she left off. Then at night we set baptismal dates with a mom and her two kids. It isn´t going to be easy, there are a lot of obstacles, but we are going to do our best.

We also are teaching a young adult named Andressa. She is really neat. She went to church and loved it and already has a testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith. She is excited to read the Book of Mormon that we left with her yesterday. She is the niece of the wife of the Bishop. She is on fire spiritually.

Our Sunday was wild trying to pick up everyone and go by bus to church and meet with other in the terminal and everything high speed. Afterwards, almost no one was home in the afternoon. Then we had to go way out to the far end of Vitória to do a baptismal interview. 35 minutes by bus. The interview was with a nine year old girl, the daughter of a member. She knows more about the gospel and the commandments than 95% of the adults that I teach. I was stunned. By some wild miracle, a member saw us waiting at the bus stop and took us all the way home!! 20 minutes by car, without stopping and going.

Brasil is normal for me. Sometimes I forget that palm trees, beaches, city buses, Portuguese, and all things Brazilian weren´t part of my life before the mission.

My companion and I had a great conversation this week. We were at home early by President´s command (remember Carnaval?) and there was a giant party happening down on our street. We just chatted about life, about the mission, about our families, and we looked at a ton of mission photos that we have taken. It was cool. Both my companion and I have strong personalities and we are extremely different, but we are both smart enough to know how to overcome the annoying things and remain united.

Today we are going to climb the hill above downtown Vitória. I went there over a year ago in my first transfer. It is going to be awesome to go back. I sent photos the last time.

Have a wonderful week,

Elder Bodily