Ivoti

Week #90

In response to Mom's email:

I'm in a branch. There are some strong members and some that are inactive.

Everybody speaks Portuguese here. There is a lot of German ancestry. That doesn't mean they are German (this is in response to Mom's question if he would be able to use some of his German there.) Many do speak German as well, but everybody reads and speaks and writes Portuguese. If I were to enter a little further from the coast, I would probably hear German in the streets. Here is too close to the big cities.

I really don't think of anything to say this week and I've already used almost all the time I have. (His English is now sounding like his second language.)

This week was difficult. It rained a lot and the nobody's in the city even when the weather is good. When it rains, people are non existent. We walked a lot and had few experiences. The whole city takes about an hour to cross. It's very small. This would be one of those chapters of the Book of Mormon when they cover five years in one verse.

We have already realized that going to the people here doesn't work very well. We need something that can bring the people to us. Family History might help. (Mom had mentioned an interest in family history as a possible teaching opportunity if the area is strongly traditionally German).

Almost everything here reminds me of Vermont. It is very green. Osório was also very green. Vera Cruz as well. If there isn't a city, there is green.