Hello Friends and Family,
This week out here in the field was kind of difficult mainly
because I'm trying to become accustomed to this new way of living. First off,
my area is well known for the lombas, or hills, in Português. My legs are
taking a massive beating. At some points my tie is just about touching the
road! That's a little bit of an exageration but you know what I mean. Elder
Queiroz has a bunch of knee problems because of this so we spend a lot of time
at the doctors office. There is a chance I could get a new trainer at the end
of this transfer, we'll see. Also, the humidity was so bad this week. Two
minutes out in the sun and we were drenched in sweat. I guess this is the life
of a missionary it makes me way jealous of missionaries who have cars, and
bikes back in the states.
Life out here in Rio Grande do Sul is very different than
life back home. No air conditioning in the apartment just a bunch of crappy
fans. No dinner! This one kills me, Brazilians in this state just have a
gigantic lunch and then little snacks throughout the day. I do not know how any
missionary in this mission could possibly stay fat you only really have one
real meal and you walk the whole day, in my case you walk vertically! And there
is a bunch of other little things I wish I had but I will stop complaining
because I knew what I signed up for. The American missionaries all feel the
same but they say you get used to it. Oh I have noticed that there is not very
much variety in food here. There is like 5 things and all includes meat,
rice, and beans. If you get lucky a member will make lasgna for us. I'm sure soon
this will all be second nature.
We did a lot of walking this week, taught a few lessons, and
did a tiny bit of contacts. My compainion does not like to do contacts and
neither do I, but I think we should man up and do a little more this week
espically in our down time when we dont having anything on the go. We taught
Renata again this week. She is super stoked to be baptised. She knows
everything we tell her is true and she lives up to all our commitments we give
to her. Pretty much the perfect investigator. Also, I think there might be two
brothers of a less active member that want the lessons. We have an appoinment
today so we will see how it goes.
The Português is slowly coming along. This week it was a lot
easier to understand what was being said. I can pretty much get the main points
of what people are talking about. Speaking is difficult because of the little
rules and such. There is a lot of conjugations and other things you have to
worry about while talking. I know with time it will get better. I will take
dad´s advice and just talk about anything with anyone. Try and be their friend
first.
I enjoy getting your emails and letters and I will be on the
lookout for some packages. Now on to some questions, Elder Taylor in the photo is just one of
my good buddies I made while in the MTC. And the other photo was of my
district. I have a lot more pictures in the MTC but I can only send like 2
pictures at a time through email.
Some Elders here wait until they fill their
camera full of photos and then put it on a zip drive and send it home in a
letter or something. Tell me if thats a good idea or not. Lots of missionaries
accidently delete or misplace photos so this is one way to have a back-up.
My
apartment is this little 3 story building with a few rooms on each floor and we
do have a stove. Yes, my companion can
speak a tiny bit of English. He took a couple years worth of classes in High
School, he is like me he can understand whats being said but talking is
difficult.
Anyways, that's it for now. I will try and take some photos
this week.
Love ya,
Elder Miller
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