Week 2 in Brazil is done and I can hardly believe how fast things move by here! This city is awesome though. I think I am actually understanding less Portuguese this week than I did last week! Not sure but I don´t think it is supposed to work like that haha.. Oh well, the work moves forward despite my slow tongue. We had a baptism this week for our investigator João! João found work this week, which was a huge blessing because he had been looking for a while and he was able to get something that doesn´t make him work on Sunday. He does, however, work every other day of the week 10 am to 10 pm which made it really hard to prepare him for his baptism. We had to get up and ready and leave for his house by 7 every morning and then return to the house for studies, but we did it! We had a really great baptismal service after church yesterday and the ward just welcomed João with open arms. It was so cool, I love to see how quickly the gospel can penetrate someones heart and how much it can change their life. My head is still spinning a little trying to adjust to the fast pace of missionary here, it is so different because the people are so much more humble and ready to apply the gospel.
We are teaching a mãe and filho, Selma and Aparecido... I think I already wrote a little about them last week. They are amazing! Selma is soaking up every bit of information we teach her. This week they came to church again and Selma had already read all of the lessons and she was prepped and ready for Sunday school and every thing. People thought she had just moved into the ward and she is already giving opening prayers and such. Its amazing! They will both be baptized this week on Saturday.
The rest of the time this week we spent teaching people who have been learning for quite a while but are afraid to commit. We are searching and praying for more `Joãos`and `Selmas´right now and I know that we will find them. We are all gearing up for o Copa do Mundo which starts in like a week or two. It will be interesting to see how the work starts changing since the whole world will stop for the games.
Winter is just starting up here and it has been raining none stop., Yesterday we were waiting to cross the street at a huge intersection and there was this lake of water next to us. I remember looking at the water thinking wow, that is really dirty and then I look up and next thing I know a bus drives by going like 50 miles per hour and hits us with a wave of that dirty water so huge that it went over our heads! We were soaked all the way through.. and the worst part... I was surprised so my mouth was open. If I end up having some kind of worm or parasite I will have no doubt where it came from haha. Some days you just feel more like a missionary then others.
AHHH sorry I am out of time! I love you all!!
Love Sister Seagraves
"..I have been called of him to declare his word.."
~3 Nephi 5:13~
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