Brazil
Monday, February 20, 2012 by Sora Jay
Querida família,
I'll give a run down of the week:
Monday was P-day and we ate lunch with the Petries. I never appreciated peanut-butter and jam sanwiches as much as I did on Monday. The Petries have peanut-butter that their children sent to them and they found some "Great Value" jam in Campina Grande. They also made a ham and cheese sanwiches and a chicken salad sandwich for each of us. I don't remember what we did the rest of P-day, but I know I didn't sleep. It has been a long time since I took a nap. At night we visited Juvenilton and Janina and their 5-year-old daughter Emille(Emily). After we taught them they gave us some grilled ham and cheese sandwiches. Then we went to get our stuff so we could go to João Pessoa again and the Petries came by and gave us a pizza to cook and some cookies to eat while we traveled. We got in the bus at 11:10 and went to João Pessoa.
Tuesday we had a Leadership training with all the zone leaders and district leaders. It went from 7:15 until 1:00 and from 1:45 until 3:00. It is really hard to stay awake during these meetings when you have to travel through the night. I was on the front bench and tried my best to keep my eyes open. After the meeting we went to the mission office to gets some more money to pay the way back. Four of us from Sousa went and I think we had about ten reais in total. We got a bus at 6:00 pm and got home about 2:00 in the morning.
Wednesday we taught a lady named Miriam whose son is a member, but is less-active. She passed 7 years in the Jehovah's Witness, but was never baptized. We marked her baptism for the 26th. We also taught Juvenilton and another family that is really, really good, Edjailton e Karol, they will get married on the 8th of March and be baptized on the 10th. We also taught Ivoneide, the most famous radio host in Sousa.
Thursday we taught a lot, but there wasn't really anything special. We found a lot of people that like to talk. There are quit a few people here that can have a conversation with themselves. They start talking and change the subject a lot, but never stop. Sometimes they even say things that make themselves get mad.
On Friday we walked a lot but most everything fell through. Around 8:30 at night a drunk stopped on his motorcycle and said that he had already talked with missionaries in São Paulo and that he needed religion in his life. He was really wasted and we were worried that he would fall of his motorcycle so we walked home with him. We met his wife/girlfriend, she is a nurse. We need to talk with that guy again when he isn't drunk to see if he really wants something with his life. Friday is also the beginning of Carnaval, so it started to rain at night. Also all the young-men and young-women went on a campout during Carnaval. Lots of the adults went as well supposedley to chaparone, but they really just want to play.
On Saturday it rained like crazy all afternoon and into the night. There was lots of lightning and thunder too that made so the people couldn't stay in the road drinking and listening to really loud music. Lots of the roads turned into rivers and we had water up to our knees in some places. At night we had the baptismal interview for Juvenilton and Janaina. They passed, but Janaina is afraid of her familiy's reaction.
Sunday there were about 25 people at church becuase everyone was camping. All of the district presidency and branch presidency went to the campout and the left the branch abondened. All of the professors also went. We taught both of the classes, gave talks, blessed the sacrament in Sousa branch, and passed the sacrament in Estação branch. Juvenilton and Janaina weren't baptized yet. Juvenilton really wants too, and they both have testimonies, but Janaina is afraid of her family. It rained all day again. They must be suffering on the campout with all this rain. Serves them right.
Gotta go,
Elder Jay
I'll give a run down of the week:
Monday was P-day and we ate lunch with the Petries. I never appreciated peanut-butter and jam sanwiches as much as I did on Monday. The Petries have peanut-butter that their children sent to them and they found some "Great Value" jam in Campina Grande. They also made a ham and cheese sanwiches and a chicken salad sandwich for each of us. I don't remember what we did the rest of P-day, but I know I didn't sleep. It has been a long time since I took a nap. At night we visited Juvenilton and Janina and their 5-year-old daughter Emille(Emily). After we taught them they gave us some grilled ham and cheese sandwiches. Then we went to get our stuff so we could go to João Pessoa again and the Petries came by and gave us a pizza to cook and some cookies to eat while we traveled. We got in the bus at 11:10 and went to João Pessoa.
Tuesday we had a Leadership training with all the zone leaders and district leaders. It went from 7:15 until 1:00 and from 1:45 until 3:00. It is really hard to stay awake during these meetings when you have to travel through the night. I was on the front bench and tried my best to keep my eyes open. After the meeting we went to the mission office to gets some more money to pay the way back. Four of us from Sousa went and I think we had about ten reais in total. We got a bus at 6:00 pm and got home about 2:00 in the morning.
Wednesday we taught a lady named Miriam whose son is a member, but is less-active. She passed 7 years in the Jehovah's Witness, but was never baptized. We marked her baptism for the 26th. We also taught Juvenilton and another family that is really, really good, Edjailton e Karol, they will get married on the 8th of March and be baptized on the 10th. We also taught Ivoneide, the most famous radio host in Sousa.
Thursday we taught a lot, but there wasn't really anything special. We found a lot of people that like to talk. There are quit a few people here that can have a conversation with themselves. They start talking and change the subject a lot, but never stop. Sometimes they even say things that make themselves get mad.
On Friday we walked a lot but most everything fell through. Around 8:30 at night a drunk stopped on his motorcycle and said that he had already talked with missionaries in São Paulo and that he needed religion in his life. He was really wasted and we were worried that he would fall of his motorcycle so we walked home with him. We met his wife/girlfriend, she is a nurse. We need to talk with that guy again when he isn't drunk to see if he really wants something with his life. Friday is also the beginning of Carnaval, so it started to rain at night. Also all the young-men and young-women went on a campout during Carnaval. Lots of the adults went as well supposedley to chaparone, but they really just want to play.
On Saturday it rained like crazy all afternoon and into the night. There was lots of lightning and thunder too that made so the people couldn't stay in the road drinking and listening to really loud music. Lots of the roads turned into rivers and we had water up to our knees in some places. At night we had the baptismal interview for Juvenilton and Janaina. They passed, but Janaina is afraid of her familiy's reaction.
Sunday there were about 25 people at church becuase everyone was camping. All of the district presidency and branch presidency went to the campout and the left the branch abondened. All of the professors also went. We taught both of the classes, gave talks, blessed the sacrament in Sousa branch, and passed the sacrament in Estação branch. Juvenilton and Janaina weren't baptized yet. Juvenilton really wants too, and they both have testimonies, but Janaina is afraid of her family. It rained all day again. They must be suffering on the campout with all this rain. Serves them right.
Gotta go,
Elder Jay
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