Firsts

Hey everybody!! I had a lot of firsts this week. It was a good week.

Sorry, about the pictures from last week. Some of you might be able to see them now. If not, I think my mom should be able to see them, and she´ll probably put them on my blog thing. Also, I may or may not have a necessary cord for showing you guys my pictures, so it might be a week or two before I can send more....sorry.

Guys, learning a language is really hard. There are a lot of times when I don´t know what the heck anyone is saying. But, it´s amazing. Everyone is willing to help. I can tell that I am progressing. Every day, I can understand and speak a little bit more. I am learning so much. About mission life, Portuguese, the gospel of Jesus Christ, me, other people, how to teach, and more and more. It´s amazing.

Some of you might be wondering what exactly I am doing here so I´ll give a brief overview of an average day. We wake up at 6:30 and eat breakfast and get ready for the day and stuff. Then, until about noon, we plan and study. We need to plan exactly what we´re going to do for the rest of the day, and we study the scriptures, how to teach, Portuguese, and other stuff. For lunch, we go to a member´s house. Here, lunch is the big meal of the day. So we eat a lot and then we´re really tired, but it´s all good. After lunch, we hit the streets. We try to make contacts and visit people who said we could come teach them. It's good. We spend a lot of time walking, but it´s really awesome when someone lets us in. We don´t have dinner until we return to our house at 9. So yeah. That´s the average day.

It´s an interesting clashing of worlds here in Santos, I think. The other day, I saw a normal looking teenage boy with his headphones in, riding in a cart being pulled by a horse. I´m a little surprised how often I see horses on the streets here. I like it though. It´s really beautiful in a dirty city kind of way. Plus the mountains in the background. Once my camera situation is worked out I´ll send a picture. The weather is kinda unpredictable. I had my first day proselyting in the rain. That was fun. Umbrellas are nice. I think the rain might help us get in the door.

A thought on food: I love Brigadeira. It´s just like gooey chocolatey goodness. It´s really good as frosting for a cake too. Also, pretty much all the food here is good. Rice and beans are growing on me. Its just like a good staple for every meal. Rice and beans and some sort of meat and a salad. That´s pretty much every meal. Yesterday we had lasagna. That was good too. I might come back from my mission really fat....

Some exciting things about the work from this week:  I made my first baptismal invitation, and she accepted! Her name is Paula, and all her family are members, but her mother is inactive. She has a cute little family. On Saturday, the ward hosted a little birthday party for the daughters of two of our investigators, Jenifer and Douglas. It was their first party, and I almost cried when I thought about that. We helped prepare some food for the party. The girls were so cute and so excited and happy. Jenifer and Douglas should be getting baptized soon! They just need to get married first. So hopefully, the end of this month or the beginning of next month. So yay!!!! 

Tchau, tchau

Sister Herron