Tired, Sick, and a Little Hungry

Week #61

We got a lot done this week. We had a lot more help from members and had a lot of really great lessons, but still no baptism. It's also been really hot these last few days. Here, heat means rain and the rain here is brutal. It messes with everything. Nobody is in the streets, nobody can hear what we say, nobody wants to open doors or windows and we get soaked.

That explains the tired.

These last few days I have been gripado. It's not the best thing in the world and sleeping doesn't work very well. One thing that is great though is that what we think of as cough drops, everybody here thinks of as candy. The packaging and advertising are different, but it's the same Hall's brand and product just cheaper and in other flavors. They even have a scale of how cold each type will make your mouth feel. They've been a staple of my diet these last four days. Que coisa boa.

That's the sick.

I'm only hungry because I was so tired this morning I didn't move fast enough to have enough time to eat. 

Jessica is a young woman who should be baptized soon. She reads everything we leave with her, she's already received an answer to her prayer, she stopped smoking and drinking coffee. The only problem is that she needs to go to church and break up with her namarido, which isn't a real word. It's a combination of namorado (boyfriend) and marido (husband). Other than that, she's progressing very well.

This week is our Mission Tour. Wednesday we'll all go to Porto Alegre to listen to Elder Leal of the Seventy and learn some things to help us here in Rio Grande do Sul. Our District will also sing "Savior, Redeemer of My Soul" there. Guess who's playing piano.

We also ordered a pizza. Pizza is very special here. It's also very expensive.  I'll send a picture. First, this pizza was very good and we chose 5 flavors (Chocolate Strawberry, Stroganoff with straw potatoes, Chicken and Creamy Cheese, and Pepperoni and a chesse stuffed crust).  This pizza was about $30. Worth it. 

Brazil is great. I don't think I'll come back afterwards. I just want to eat black beans and rice every day for the rest of my life. 

I know this is the one true and living Church of the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Elder Dickson