I Want Chocolate, But I Don't Have Money

Sister Ferreira, Sister Ortiz, Sister Bouwheis and me

View from their apartment

Boa tarde, gente. This week was transfers, but I´m staying here in Areia Branca 2 with Sister Ferreira. Sister Bouwhuis and Sister Ortiz are staying in Areia Branca 1, too, so all is well. Not a whole changed for me. Sister Ferreira is pretty awesome, so I´m glad that I´m staying with her. One fun thing about being companions with a Brazilian is that she is trying to learn a little bit of English. She has a couple of phrases, "I want chocolate, but I don´t have money," is one of them. She´s fofinha.

I´m really glad that I get to stay in Areia Branca. We have a lot of work to do here. Currently we are trying to teach 29 people, and a lot of them are progressing really well. Our area is small. It´s only 3 little sections of the city of Santos, so we walk everywhere. The only time we ever use the bus is when we need to go to the stake center or another church building outside of our area. The people here are a little more humble than other parts of Santos. Some of the people we are teaching are so ready for baptism, but they don´t have money to get married. It´s hard for them, but like Nephi said, The Lord giveth no commandment save He shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which He commandeth them.  

This has been a wet couple of weeks. I think it has rained everyday but 1 for at least 2 weeks. But it´s good because it keeps it cool. 

Have a boa semana! Beijo!

Sister Herron