God does help us. We were blessed with the gift of tongues like 30 times here so our tongues are about to explode. We have been really getting Portuguese. My companion's name is Elder Hardy. Even if the language doesn´t come to him he has an amazing gift that may be more valuable than any language. The Brazilians honestly flock to him. He has some mysterious energy about him that attracts Brazilians. It´s crazy. I get a lot of friends out of it.
Mom you are gonna laugh at this. There are two Brazilians who look SO FREAKING EXACT to Barrack Obama.........and Jamie Fox...... Oh my gosh it is so crazy how they look alike. Everybody always calls them Obama and Fox. So funny. O.K, so we were on our way to the temple today when there was this black lady on the corner of this very small park. She was FREAKIN out!!!!! She had her eyes rolled in the back of her head and was jiggling her whole body in sharp movements and huge spasms. She must have been feeling the Holy Ghost or something. She then started kicking as high as she could and i´m not sure if she was wearing any underwear....haha. She was just freaking out mom. I´ve never seen anything like it!!
So proselyting was way good. We basically shot out our Books of Mormon and Passalong cards. Funny story... We were walking and passed this huge public telephone when it started ringing. We were like what the heck, so we just started walking away. I was like wait, I´m gonna go answer it! haha. So, I said hola...and this guy started jabbering away at me. So I said ´We are missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The guy kept jabbering so I told him my name was Elder Beckstrand and we believe in the Book of Mormon, Bible and Christ. He was like, are you Americano? And I was like ya, I am. I told him to have a nice day and that other missionaries would teach him. All this in Portuguese. hahahahahahaa!!! I was crackin a cheek for like 2 days. So funny.
This one day we were just sitting in class when this huge freaking bee flies in. O.K., Mom, curl your hand into a fist. The bee was as big as your fist!!! It was pure black and seriously had to flap it´s wings in order to fly. Geez!!! Then all of the sudden it spewed all this orange shizzle out all over and buzzed everywhere and then out the window. We were freaking out. It was crazy. The bugs here are on steroids. Also, right before I wrote this there was this HUGE wasp. It was 3 of the wasps in Utah and was black and brown. Scary.
Mom, yesterday I had the best pineapple that I ever had in my life. It almost tasted artificial. I had like 7 pieces in one meal and my mouth started tasting like metal. Weird. It was so good. Also the bananas are so fresh here and taste kinda sweet. All the fruit is much better than in America. It´s been so hot this week. Sweltering really. Luckily we got the air conditioning working and that made it a lot better. We leave in about 6 days and I´m pretty stoked, but pretty scared. Curitiba is gonna be dope. Well, I miss your little face! Mom, you should send me some treats.....like your whole wheat bread or something good. Love you guys. Also, can you take a picture of Piper and Roxy and have Brianne send them via email again. Hurray. Thanks. Have a pimp week Mom. and Connor is funny. It´s just the teenage coolness. hahahahaaha. Tchau!
Elder Beckstrand
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment