Well I have never had such a wild transfer week.
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| Elder DP & Elder Johnson |
As some that are serving or have served missions know the week
of transfers is always a week of high anxiety and anticipation. This time I
wasn't worried because I'd already assumed I would leave São Bento since I've
been here for so long and so I was just waiting for where I would be sent - I
was wrong. The call for transfers came in Monday and I was told I would stay in
São Bento and that my new companion would be ELDER JOHNSON - one of my favorite
elders in the whole mission and someone that I look up to a ton. Even better
because we were already serving in are
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| Change of plans - not companions |
Anyways, now I'm with Elder Alvarez from Chile. He has even
less time speaking portuguese than I do which is interesting because he can't
trade into English to clarify and I've had to try to remember Spanish to
understand. It's great though he's excited.
So, funny story of th
e week. There was a drunk guy (at 10 am
in the morning) that came up to a group of me and 5 other American missionaries
at a bus stop and asked if Mormons are a cult or a religion. After explaining
that it's a religion he said "I like you guys, even though I just threw
down a few 'pingas' (alcoholic drinks) you guys still talk to me." Another
missionary - a big, blue-eyed, blonde-haired german-american, started inviting
him to go to church on sunday and in the middle of explaining the guy blurted
out "Why do they always send the good-looking ones here for us brazilians,
you have beautiful eyes." We got a kick out of that one. |
| Elder DP & Elder Alvarez |
Well the work of salvation is great here. We're working a
lot to bring back those that have drifted away from the Gospel. It's cool to
help people that have already been baptized renew their faith in Christ and
become active in following him once more.
Love you guys,
Elder Della-Piana
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