We love pictures! Week 20

Alo!

So one more day and I´ll have done 6 months in brasil! I´m not really counting the days but I have to keep track of the important ones. I think I´ll buy a pizza and some oreos. Something tasty. 

We haven´t had rain here since back in april and so the water supply is going down. Every now and again they have to turn the water off for like 2 days. Hopefully we get some rain soon, I don´t not taking showers.

So my comp and I have been teaching lots of people for the past 3 weeks and we had two baptisms yesterday! One was a yong kid and the other was a woman in her 20s. It´s been really cool to see there progress over the past few weeks and then to see them make an even better decision in their lives and be baptized. I love the people here in my area and they are so kind to us. We´re always getting free food or free rides from the buses. Obviously not everything or everyone is perfect here. There are some parts that we always try and avoid but we also try and do our part to talk to everyone. Time is passing by quickly and I´m getting use to waking up and going to sleep with a cold. One thing I want to leave with you all is don´t be afraid to talk to show that you belive in God. Talk with people. Don´t be like Peter when he denied Christ 3 times. If you´re scared, have faith. Faith conquers fear. Anyways, things are going good here. I love you all.

Elder Shannon

Week 19 and pictures!

Hey Everyone!

So 2 weeks ago we changed companions again. I´m waiting for the day when I will be able to stay with a comp for more than 6 weeks. We´ll see...haha.

It´s been getting pretty cold here in the past few weeks. I´ve actually had to use blankets and jackets. It doesn´t help that we live really close to the water. The cold isn´t like it is in the states but people here act like it´s freezing. The worse thing about it is we always have a lot of congestion. Running nose, stuffy nose, the whole works. Also i´ve been able to play volleyball with my zone., We get a good 6 on 6 going. It helps that we have one american that played in college and one that´s 6 feet 6 inches tall. There´s also a few brazilains who´ve played a fair amount before. So we had some good games going.

And of course, happy mother´s day! We didn´t celebrate it too much since our moms aren´t here but we were able to skype home. 

Other than that we just continue to work. I think this past week we taught almost 20 different lessons which is a lot for us. I got a bit tired of talking towards the end of the week but this is what we´re here for. To talk to people. We have a phrase that we often use a lot, ´´ Fala com todo mundo.´´ It simply means, talk with the whole world. This week was also really cool because we saw people recieve answers to their prayers about what were teaching.

Anyways I´m pretty tired, I think i´m gonna go sleep for the next 10 hours. I love you all!!!

Week 18

Hey everyone!

So it´s been some time since I sent an email. Sorry. My new area has been treating me well. It´s a lot more flat than Mauá which is a blessing and I actually live in my area too! My comp right now is a Brazilian from Minas. Which is close to Rio De Janiero, I think. He´s an interesting person. He doesn´t dis-like americans but sometimes he gets fed up with us. One thing I´ve learned to deal with is that Brazilains are prideful and don´t have a lot of respect for other nations. Obviously not every person in brazil is like that but there´s a good number of them that are. But it´s all good. He´s a cool guy. His name is Mike Beâta.

We´ve been working hard. We were able to bring some people to church these past few sundays which is good. We get a lot of help from the church members here for references to go talk and teach to and also for other things. We know a member that gives us free food from his small restaurant throughout the week too.

These past few months i´ve been trying to forget english so i can learn portuguese but recently i´ve had to begin teaching english to people here. I don´t like teaching english, partly because I don´t remember any of the rules for why things are they way they are and also because it´s hard to teach when I don´t know portuguese. Haha oh well. Anyways I love you all, stay safe!

Elder Shannon 

Week 17

Baleza!!!

So I´m in my new area now, Apurá. It´s a little closer to the city of São Paulo and it´s quite different. We have a nice little suburb area that´s pretty much flat. Then there is a massive field of hills and then the other part of our area which is much bigger and has a few steep roads. The area is a little bit more friendly. I´m really liking it. Oh and we switched companions. My comp I have now is a brazilian, elder Beâta and we live with elder mantilla, a columbian and elder J. Frost, an american. Our house is much nice than the one before though our shower is a bit ghetto. The bathroom is literally all blue and when we shower we have to hit the showerhead a few times.

The people here are relaxed and super nice. We´ve been able to teach a lot of people here. It´s a new place to get use to but I´m enjoying. It´s still hot, as always but we still got the rain! Haha anyways short email this week. I love you all!!!!

Elder Shannon