Familia!
We received our transfer calls last night. Sister
Neves and I are staying together in Conchal! I was really excited to hear that
we´re going to be together for another transfer. This past transfer went by
really fast and one that I really enjoyed. We´ve become really close and i´m
glad that i´m serving with her! We were both kind of worried if one of us was
going to be transferred.
This week, we worked really hard to find new
people to teach. We found a family to teach. We gave the 1st lesson and the next
day we talked about the Plan of Salvation. The dad told us how he smokes and
that he wants to quit. Sister Neves asked the dad, ``So, you want to quit
smoking? Great! I know a trick that will help you to not smoke again!`` She
grabbed a cup full of water and asked for his cigarettes. She broke a part 3 or
4 cigarettes, put them in the water and mixed it all together. After doing that,
she asked the dad to drink the cup. He was a little resistant but he did it. He
told us how he felt sick afterwards. My comp showed a point to him that every
time he wanted to smoke, he would remember that sick vomiting feeling. I thought
it was an awesome way to help someone to quit smoking. We went back the next day
and found out he had smoked that very night. We were annoyed but we´re going to
go back and help this guy and his family.
Last night, we had another lesson with a member
and his friend. His friend was really excited about the Gospel. His name is
Edson. The sad thing about this guy is that he lives on the street. His wife
abandoned him because he started using drugs and became obsessive. But last
night, I could tell he really wanted to make a huge change in his life. We´re
going to help him to stop drinking and smoking for good! :)
Some food that I love in Brasil are stroganoff, I
believe or not I love the beans and rice here! Especially black beans! :) I love
how they make mashed potatoes. They put meat in their mashed potatoes to make it
look like a casserole! They also use a lot of corn. I see a lot of corn bread
and food that has corn in it. Another food I like is pão de queijo (cheese
bread). I´ve bought it many times when it comes right out of the oven! It is SO
GOOD! Another one I love is açaí. It´s a type of fruit and it´s kind of like a
ice cream/slushly. You can put strawberries, granola, leite candansado, and
bananas. It´s really yummy!
To be honest, i´ve only eaten a few weird things.
I tried corn flavored popsicles. And it tasted like I was eating a stick of
butter. It´s really gross. I´ve eaten cow intestines ha-ha. I thought that I was
going to eat fried chicken, but when I took a bite it was really slimely-like.
Ahh just thinking about it makes me sick. A dessert that I don´t like very much
is maracujá mousse. It´s a passion fruit pudding. I don´t like the texture and
the flavor. It´s kind of bittersweet. It´s a type of dessert if you try it and
like it or you don´t like it. I had to eat it 3-5 times in my first
area.
I hope you enjoy your Spring Break at the beach.
Be safe and have fun! LOVE YOU LOTS! Te amo! :)
-Sister Whitnah
Familia!
Hey this week went really well but at the same
time it was kind of stressful. The mission tour was awesome! Elder Costas talked
about his conversion story. He gave us great advice on how we can improve the
work in Brasil. And he also talked a lot about the Spirit and how we can
following it´s promptings when we´re teaching our investigators. I took a bunch
of notes!
Junino went to the temple this week and he loved
it! He told us how he has never felt the Spirit so strongly that he began to
cry. I thought that was cute. He will be receiving the Aaronic priesthood this
coming Sunday! :)
As for finding more people to teach, it´s been
kind of hard. There´s a lot of people here that are very strict on their
religions and won´t let us come back. We´ve ran into a couple people that might
be interested but i´m not sure if they really want to learn more.
My English class is going good. We´re getting
more people as i´m teaching. I´m teaching them the basics of English. Like
numbers, colors, days of the week, how to create sentences and so
on.
I´m hoping this next week will be easier to find
more people to teach. I really want to find those people that are waiting to
hear the gospel. I´m praying that we´ll find them! I love you so much! And hope
you have a good week! Talk to you soon!
-Sister Whitnah
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