4-01-08

Hello Everybody!

 

So, my companion and I set a new mission record.  We baptized 37 people last Saturday.  All were confirmed on Sunday.  Because it was also Fast and Testimony Meeting, not very many people got the chance to bear testimony because we had 37 confirmations to do.

 

April Fools!

 

Well, all of our baptisms fell through this last week.  Evelyn still has a problem smoking.  Maybe we´ll make her drink cigarette tea this weak.  Cigarette tea is a couple of cigarettes dissolved in water.  Apparently, it instantly makes the person throw up and lose the desire to smoke.  The hardest part is going to be convincing her to drink it.

 

Good news!  William has finally accepted to be baptized.  He´ll be baptized this Sunday, probably after General Conference.

 

Our Bishop is finally active again.  He was able to sign the baptismal forms that we needed to send in a few weeks ago.

 

A couple weeks ago, I bought a pocket watch.  It´s pretty neat.  I was able to use my recently developed skill of bargaining.  I´ve found out that if you buy anything here in Brazil and pay the original price, you´re getting ripped off.  My purchase went as follows:

“How much is this pocket watch?” I said.

“It´s R$20, but for you I´ll make it R$15,” he said.

(I opened my wallet to check my supply)

“How about R$12?”

“I can make it R$13, but that´s as low as I can go.”

“But I´m only willing to pay R$12.  How about it?”

“Ok, R$12 it is, but only because I like you.”

That´s how it´s done here in Brazil.  I´m still getting used to it.  Maybe I can pay even less for bananas once I get better.

 

Church on Sunday went very well, except for the fact the William was the only investigator to go.  In Fast and Testimony meeting, Juciane and Jailson (both recent-converts) shared their testimonies.  It is one of the best feelings in the world to hear and feel their testimonies, when just over a month ago, they hadn´t even heard of the simple truths of which they were now testifying.

 

Goodbye for now!

-Élder Allred

 

P.S.

I´ve been out of peanut butter for quite a while.