Hello amigos! My first week of being in the mission field has been GREAT. I got lucky with my area, Pedregal. The people here are so welcoming to us and always willing to give us some snacks and juice and other goodies, even though they have no money. It is a very poor area and the people have a hard time making it to church because they can´t afford the bus ride. This obviously makes it pretty tough to get investigators involved. Also a lot of people can´t read which is a real bummer because we have a very good book to share called the Book of Mormon haha. But the people are SO kind, humble, and accepting.
Speaking of humility, I have been getting plenty of it here. I was already the most humble person ever before the mission but learning a language makes me feel pretty dumb sometimes.I just wanna say that classic line "This aint the language they taught me in the MTC."
We teach A LOT of lessons. I LOVE IT. Lessons are the best part of each day, which lucky for me we get to do it nonstop from about 3 to 9:30. It gives us a chance to get to know these awesome families and helps me practice my portugese.
There are some INTERESTING people here. There is this one guy who is very nice to us but has a couple of loose screws. EVERYTIME he sees us he somehow manages to mention his weird outy belly button and then pulls up his shirt to show us.
Another funny thing was that this girl told me that if we had a baby it would be a work of art. lol. I did not know how to respond to that, especially considering I had to respond in Portugese.
We got two baptismal dates this week! So pumped. I did not contribute much to be honest it was all my trainer.
But the Brasilian culture is AMAZING. They are just soooo giving and unselfish. They are always willing to talk and invite people in their homes.
Honestly a great week! I have had some hard moments but some really awesome moments too!
Love you all and miss you all! If you want my email it is payton.maclay@missionary.
<3 Elder MacLay
Heres some pics. Our favorite investigator named Ruy took us to this sweet waterful for p-day. Ruy is the guy in the middle that looks like Bin Laden. Dont worry, he brought the knife to protect us
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