Weeeell, once again I don't have a lot to report. I'm still stuck in
the apartment most of the time, studying and waiting for my leg to heal,
so not much has been happening here in Maringá. I have a physical
therapy appointment today, and I'm hoping that
they'll give me the OK to take this boot off and get back to work! It
really feels completely fine, so I'm guessing that will be the case.
It's been an interesting experience to have so soon after arriving in
the field, but I really have appreciated the
opportunity to study more and develop more confidence when I speak and
teach. Having a Brazilian companion has helped a LOT with the language,
I think. I find myself thinking in Portuguese at times, and I've
started to say my personal prayers in Portuguese
too...it's been helping a lot. I still have a reeeeally hard time
understanding people, especially people who talk fast or have heavy
accents, which is basically everybody. haha :) But I can understand
Sister Scapin more or less all the time, and I'm sure
I'll continue to improve as time goes by.
Even though we haven't been able to go out and teach much this
week, we were still able to see the blessings of missionary work
yesterday. Mariana, one of our investigators, was baptized! She is 16
years old, and her mom and little brother were baptized
a few months ago. She wasn't sure about baptism at first, but last
week in church she told us that she had finally made the decision to be
baptized. It was so wonderful to see this beautiful family and the
blessings that the gospel has brought to them!
The elders in our district have been awesome and really helpful to
us for the last few weeks while we haven't been able to do much.
They've been taking care of our area, visiting our investigators,
teaching lessons, and finding new people to teach, so
hopefully there will be a lot to do once we get back!
Yup, that's pretty much it for the week. Hopefully I'll have a lot more stories to tell next time!! :)
Sister Gee
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