Yes I do miss baseball. And yes the shoes are great and
waterproof surprisingly. It has been quite nice. I try not to eat Ramen too
much but I really do not have to. We find other sources of food that members
bring us or gift cards they provide. It's not terrible. We got tired of Monopoly and are taking a break from games. The orange properties are the best to own though.
Haha, it's funny that you call the people we teach my "students". They are investigators, or pesquisqadors
in Portuguese, but no, we are pretty dry as far as a teaching pool right now. We
have either dropped or given up on seeing some people due to lack of them
answering the door.
Yesterday was a big day for me. I had to speak in church
and our mission had a big fireside in our building later at 7:00 pm. About a
third of the mission got together and we sang songs and bore testimonies. It is
a really spiritual event and we invited all the people we teach to it. (2
showed up). It was really good. I was asked to bear my testimony in Portuguese
so that was interesting. A few people got a good laugh that I was not in Brazil
but instead bike in the rain all day in Tacoma. It was fun and we are hoping to get
invited to the fireside March 9th in a different Zone.
Someone gave us cornbread
the other day and I made the breakfast dad made me when I was a kid, corn-bred, milk, and sugar. It was heart-warming. Things are pretty slow here as far as
people to teach. If I have to stay here another transfer in Washington, I am
lobbying to move to another area. I wish I had left Washington earlier because
I have made some good friends up here since I have been here a while and they
will be hard to leave. I will enjoy seeing the guys in my district though down
in Brazil.
One thing I miss now that I have been out here is playing the oboe.
It is weird but I look forward to coming back and picking up the oboe again.
Max is pretty much done with swimming. He is planning on making another movie this summer. He sent me the script so I have had fun reading it.
And yes,
coming to this church is a big step in someone's life and a big change. But I
have seen people do it here and it does change lives. If only people would open
their eyes and have some faith to take a step. We talked to an atheist women
who was nice but was too smart for her own good in my mind. We handed her a
Jesus card with our number and she laughed and told us Jesus was not white. I
was tempted to tell her that how we draw pictures of Jesus in not important to
our salvation but I held my breath. I have gotten good at nodding and
listening. Pray we can find some people this week.
Will
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