Bom Dia, meu amigos!
Hope you're ALL having a good week! If not, well then I
hope a good ol' dose of Elder Buchanan will perk your spirits ;)
Today marks the halfway mark of my first transfer! For
those of you playing at home that means there are 3 weeks left in this
transfer. And the end of the transfer means that I have halfway done with being
trained. That means I've already completed 1/4 of my training!!! BaH! Scary
stuff right there haha. Why is that, might you ask? Because of the increase of
missionaries, they want missionaries to be prepared and able to train new
missionaries at the end of their own 12 week training period! Crazy stuff.
So we mark Roqui for baptism! Which is awesome. She's so
excited and so are we. I just wish Quintino would get baptized. He says he
knows that the church is true, but something’s holding him back. He's just
unwilling to put both feet in. He even takes pride in the fact that he brought
the missionaries home that led to the rest of his family being baptized. But I
just want to ask him, then why won't you?! He has a testimony, I know it. He
wants his sons to stay strong in the gospel, but we're trying to teaching him
that showing is better than telling. We're still working on it :)
We have some perspective people that I'm excited to talk
to becasue they seem super cool. We've been getting most of our contacts out of
the Area Book, which is the record of whom the other missionaries in the past
have taught. It's hard to be able to talk to people when ever you say anything
more than "Hi." everyone tends to say "Não quero nada!"
Meaning they don't want to hear our message. It makes me sad for them.
The people here are very stubborn. A funny instance was we
were talking to a lady and my companion asked her what she would say if she
knew a prophet of God was on the earth, would she follow that church. Her
answer cracks me up. "No, not even then. I was born a catholic and I will
die a catholic."
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So we would have Roqui's baptism in the Rio (River) Tejo
which is just down the hill from us, but its too cold right now. I'm honestly
sure its fine, but these Portuguese are whimps haha. I can get away on most
days(unless its raining) with just my white shirt on. And I honestly think its warm.
But when I talk to a member of the branch they're all "não tens
frio?!" you're not cold?! They're all bundled up in their thick coats. and I
kinda laugh. Saying, no. Home is about this temperature most of the year. It usually
about in the low 50s high 40s. Maybe its because I'm always walking, I don't
know. It's nice when it rains though. But the sunny days are just as good :)
I'm working hard out here, still the same old me, with a
few upgrades. The Portugues
One time in a lesson with a recent convert, I said
something to her (Irmã Carmen) and when I finished she said "Ok now in
Portuguese." and my companion just started laughing. You might think that
was my first week? nope. Thursday. haha
Alright. Hope I've improved y'all's weeks :) Have a good
rest of the week and feel free to send a note! I love you all!
Love,
Elder Buchanan
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