The Week

Well well well,

I played soccer with the zone and I scored some goals. I proved to my companion that I know how to play. He didn´t believe me.

We climbed the hill in Vitória and I took some absolutely gorgeous pictures of the landscape. Blue skies, bright sun, cool breeze, green hills, blue ocean, glimmering skyline. It almost didn´t seem like the same place as a year ago when it was foggyish, humid, and gray. I really think that Vitória is a neat place.

This week we had some challenges. The people we are teaching aren´t doing as well as we would like them to, so we are searching the whole day long for new people. On Sunday I went to pick up Joelma (mom) and Tailan (son) to walk with them to church. When I got there they were both sleeping. Only Joelma´s other son was home. I had to wake them both up. After 50 minutes of getting ready, Tailan decided he wouldn´t go. Then we walked to the bus stop and after 20 minutes we got to church, over an hour late. But, Joelma saw the baptism that the other Elders had, and she really liked it. Her baptismal date is for this Sunday.

Andressa spent the weekend with relatives out of town. We kept in touch by telephone, however, and it seems like all is well. Her baptismal date is marked for this Sunday as well. She already read 1 Nephi and all of the pamphlets that we have left until now. The only challenge is that she got a job now and it is going to be difficult to find her at home. Just in time for the baptism.

We had a funny experience. There is a member of the church here. She is kind of crazy and really funny. She invited us to come and teach her brother at her house. We went there, but her brother hadn´t arrived yet. She had lost her glasses in her house. After an hour searching for her glasses, she went to the store and bought a magnifying glass and was walking around everywhere holding the magnifying glass in front of her face. It was one of the funniest most random things ever. At first I thought she was joking, but she was not. Desperate, she asked us to pray with her to be able to find her glasses. We did, and that night she found her glasses. Too funny.

I did another division with the Elders in Cachoeiro. It was hot and difficult, and they are having lots of problems, but I think things are going to get better there.

Have a wondrous week,

Elder Bodily