Hello
all!
So
today is my birthday! Super lucky that it fell on a p-day. Means I actually get
to relax a little bit haha. My awesome companion made me a cake! I didn't think
he would because we don’t have a pan to make cake in, but that didn’t stop him!
He grabbed our skillet pan for the stove and somehow made a super tasty cake in
it. Today is going to be pretty chill like every other p-day. Except we are
going to go to Subway for lunch because it is the fanciest restaurant in our
zone lol.
This
week has been great. I got to do a companionship exchange with Elder Hammond
this week (my second MTC companion). We talk like old friends when we are
together and we talked most of the day about MTC memories. I still cannot
believe it has been over a year! Elder Hammond turned to me as we were walking
and just said "We are in Brazil man. Can you even believe that? It feels like yesterday we were in the MTC
and then heading on a plane to New York, and now look at us!" hahah so
great. We also talked a bunch about BYU, which left me a little trunky but I
have repented já. We talked a lot about principles of leadership and examples
and it was one of the best exchanges I have been on. I love that guy.
Also
while we were on exchange, Elder Villamar visited Cleberson and Rute. Our
progressing investigators. He shared
with me that during the lesson they asked Cleberson if he had felt like he had
already received an answer from God. He said he felt like he hasn't. Then Rute
interrupted and said "We have already received tons of answers!! Don't you
remember that we were praying for a church to raise our son in. Don’t you remember that time Miguel (their
son) fell and hit his head and stopped breathing and I held him and prayed so
hard and he started breathing again? Or
when we first got here and there was no one to help us move in and unload the
moving van and right then the Nunes family (members) started helping us out? We have received so many answers." And then Cleberson said, "wow it is
true, this church is true."
Also
this week, as we were walking down the road Elder Villamar asks "did you
know that marijuana grows in the streets here?" And I was like no hahah I didn’t,
and then he showed me a marijuana plant. After that I started seeing marijuana plants
everywhere. No wonder the people here
are so chillaxed.
Hope
you all have a great week! Thank you for the Happy Birthdays :)
Abraço,
Elder
Waters
