Yet another great week in Brazil.
They Call Us "Uncle"
So this week we accidentally ended up at a soccer court
where we didn't mean to be and ended up kicking a ball around for a few minutes
with about 30 kids. When they found out I was american it turned into a huge
shouting fest asking questions about what it's like there and why I'm here in
Brazil. They all kept shouting at me and my companion "Ò tio! Ò tio!"
(Hey uncle, hey uncle) and pestering us with questions. It was quite the site. We
managed to get the address of some of the teens to go visit them and their
families.
Grandma "Glory"
We had lunch on Sunday with a lady in the ward named Gloria
(Glory) that was baptised about a year ago when she went to Salt Lake City to
visit her daughter that is a member. We got talking and she mentioned that her
daughter works in Salt Lake Temple which is funny because I remember that when
I went there about a year ago with Grandma and Grandpa we talked to a lady from
Brazil that works there and it all adds up to be her daughter haha what a small
world. She talked about how she called the missionaries that baptised her her
grandsons haha.
More Exchanges
I worked outside of the area a lot again this week for
exchanges. One of the cool thing I noticed as I did an exchange with one of our
leaders was the way that he praises all the people around him. I started trying
to apply the same thing with my companion and realized how I started to notice
the great things that he is doing as well. I think that is a great thing for
any relationship is to praise the people around you.
I'm loving the mission and learning a ton.
Love you! Keep strong everyone!
Elder Della-Piana
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