I like my apartment except for one thing. For the other companionship to get to their room or the front door they have to pass through our room. It really hurts our focus sometimes. But as far as quality of the house, it's great. Nothing to complain about. Oh except my bed is broken, but I ordered a new one through the secretary and it should be here any day now. I'm waiting excitedly for that. My companion and I are getting along ok. We work fine together, and when we are walking around we talk, but when we are in the house, I think we find one another a little annoying. No big problems though.
The ward just kind of asks everything of us. No one to give a talk, ask a missionary, need to find a new apartment, ask the missionaries to search, need this, ask the missionaries. We are always ready to serve but at the same time we still need to be working on actually missionary work. I think things are like this because 80 percent or more of the members are converts, they see the missionaries as the perfect examples. Its a little burdensome sometimes. Also all the wards are significantly smaller here, so that means less priesthood holders to help with things. It's good because we do have a close realtionship with a lot of the members and that means they are always willing to help us too.
I think that every companionship in the mission only cares for one ward or branch. As far as I know that's how it is.
I don't really live or work in Sao Paulo, I'm in the ghetto suburb of the ghetto suburb of Sao Paulo, ghetto not as in dangerous or anything like that, just really poor. The town I work in, Eldorado, has nothing of importance in it. Just one big market and a few other little stores. Prince Henry wouldn't take time to even look at Eldorado on a map.
We get something like a calendar every week. I'll send you what I get.
Yay Mitt Romney, even here some people know who he is. Only members really maybe a few other people. But no one really understands what is going on with him.
I got the package with the SD card, thank you. I'm already trying to fill it up for you.
There are only a few restaraunts here. And they aren't nearly as nice as the ones in Santos. But we eat at one almost every week. The members pre pay for us to eat there. I usually have, the fried chicken filet with french fries and of course beans and rice. But as far as my favorite Brazilian food.... I don't know. Depends sometimes stroganoff is really good. Churrascaria is always good too. Depends on the cook really.
I think we get to watch conference live. I really don't know how it works here. Guess I'll find out soon. I know they have sessions in the Stake Center. But when.... not sure.
Yes we can go on the church website, but I hardly ever have time. I've seen a few of the New Testament videos.
My shoes are doing great. No problems yet. Everyone says that after a year they just start to fall apart. Oh my tennis shoes are falling apart though. I don't really use them too much so it's not really a problem yet.
Answer to Dad
I'm doing great in terms of health, wealth (ONLY SPIRITUAL), and wisedom. As far as the work goes we haven't had any baptism yet here. We only have one young man (20) that is really progressing, he really is the only light in our teaching group right now. He is already finishing Alma in the Book of Mormon. He probably already finished it actually. He is really excited for his baptism next week. He lives with a returned missionary (which helps) and has a lot of the contact with the Bishop because they work together in a business called Mona Vie (It's very similar to Yoli). So he is doing great. I'm really excited for this next week. Our new Chapel MIGHT be ready. But no one is sure still. I'll be sure to send pictures of the chapel when its finished. As far as other investigators we have a bunch of people we are teaching, but they just aren't progressing. We meet new people almost everyday and always we have to stop teaching some people almost every day because they aren't progressing. It's a little rough sometimes. I worry sometimes that we stop teaching people to quickly but at the same time we need to be searching for the people that are ready. It's a difficult thing to keep in balance but with lots of prays and fasting I think we are doing what's right.
When it rains here it POURS and there is always a lot of lightning and thunder to accompany the rain. The longest roll of thunder I have counted so far was 13 seconds. Everyone says Sao Paulo is one of the most lightninged(?) places in the world. I believe it too.
I'm glad you're finally back at work. Which one is Fulton? I only remember one other clinic that wasn't in the hospital. But I don't think it was Fulton. I think it was just a letter and a number like D4 or something. As far as golfing, I had a dream that we were golfing at Ft. Lewis. It was nice. I still don't know if I'm dreaming in Portugues. I don't remember anyone talking in my dreams. But something that is interesting about my Portugues, when I think of past memories, especially conversations I've had, I recount them in my head in Portugues. As in you are speaking Portugues to me. It's funny because I don't realize it when I start to think. But after a little while I go, wait, he doesn't speak Portugues.
Well BYU will win it's first and sadly lose to Marquette. That's my prediction, oh and Kentucky beats Ohio State in the championship (I don't even know if that is possible). But oh well. Rory huh? Good for him. And I guess Messi is pretty good.
Well I'm going to go read mom's email now. Until next week.
Te amo
Elder Cameron Bruce
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