Looking up in Fortaleza

Wjp

I am serving in an area called Siquiera. It is somewhere in Fortaleza. To be honest I have no idea where in Fortaleza I am. It is a very poor area even for Fortaleza. Everyone here has cement homes with basic plumbing and electricity. A good salary here is 7000 dollars a year. People do not have much but they always like to give us things. Members that is.

 I do like the weather here. It is the same weather everyday. Around 80-85 I think ( I have no way of knowing ). The sun goes down every day at 5:30 and it cools off to a nice 75 so nights are nice. I am happy with the weather but some change would be nice. There are bugs of course but not many. I have not found a basketball but next week we are going downtown to go shopping so I will look then. There are sister missionaries but none in our zone and the only missionaries I ever see are the same 6 guys and I see them every day. We practically all live together as 4 of us live together in one house and 2 feet away the other guys have an identical apartment. 

 I cannot really understand people yet here so I never really know what is going on. People here speak terrible Portuguese. Our bishop is from Sao Paolo and I can understand him much better than people here. My  companion says it's because people here who have less education speak worse Portuguese. I guessing that is universal for all languages. Nobody here speaks English. Nobody. You would think some people would.

 We are teaching a guy named Claudio and his wife. The both believe the church is true and we have to go get them married next week. That is one of our tasks when we go downtown. Hopefully we can get a ride with the guy and not take the bus. I wish you could see what the busses were like. I feel like a sardine. There are not exactly regulations in the country. Last night I saw a huge fire burning in a forest. I guess that is normal. People here are really lazy. They will always listen but it is hard to get them to actually do something. 

Thank you for the sports update. Good luck with your talk. 

Lots of Love,

Will