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| Good-bye Cacador |
Another week down!
This week started off pretty tranquil, just the regular tons of walking and tons of teaching! Got chased by a drunk guy and had to hide in one of my investigators house so that was interesting! (Mom: He said that he didn’t know why the guy was chasing them, but I wonder if it was because he knew Andrew was American. He kept yelling English words at them as he was chasing them.) Anyway, finished this week with a phone call from the president saying i was going to be transferred! Which is weird ‘cause people never get transferred the first transfer! Anyway, I got the call on Sunday, and on Monday I had to take a 13 hour bus to Floripa City, and then meet my new companion (Elder Merino from Colombia, out 7 months) and then another 6 hour bus ride to my new area... very tired writing this email haha. (Mom: They didn’t arrive in his new area until 2 AM).
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| Elder Merino |
Anyway, my new area is like the opposite of my other area, very flat! (Mom: He’s super happy that it’s flat so he doesn’t have to hike up all the mountains/hills like in Cacador!) I think my new companion is good, but still trying to get to know him haha. My new city is called Vacaria, which is known for lots of grilled steak (vaca = cow) so hopefully i don't get fat haha. Anyway, for sure still adjusting to my missionary life, but trying to have a positive attitude about everything! Here are a few pictures from this week!
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| Common sight in Brazil: stray dogs |
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| Another common sight in Brazil: soccer fields |
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| Little red dots |
From our conversation:
- He’s got little red dots all over his body. We think he might have been sleeping with bed bugs in his last apartment. YUCK!
- His new apartment is huge like the last one. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms! It’s weird to me that they have these huge apartments but barely have enough money to pay for food and no money to pay for the city buses. I am betting that the mission is very careful to put the missionaries in safe apartments in safe areas on the mission even when the apartments are too big.
- He was told that his new area is much slower than his last area for missionary work. They had teaching appointments everyday in Cacador.
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| Zone Conference |
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| One of the many hills he had to climb in Cacador |
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| Wildlife photo of the week :) |
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| Weird food picture of the week. ;) |
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| Leaving his name of the Obama wall hanging in his apartment. WEIRD. |
Mom email questions:
How was your interview with the mission president? How did you communicate?
It’s not very hard for me to get across what I need to say, it’s just a little clumsy.
Did you have any baptisms this last week?
we have 2 for Saturday but I got transferred
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| It's really beautiful, if you look beyond the trash |
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