Elder Calazans is a lucky guy because he'll be walking in on 5 free baptisms! Not to mention a dope teaching pool with a couple of other people who could possibly be baptized this transfer.
Andreia and Alexandro will get married! We are still planning things out, but they will get married in the next few weeks and want to get baptized right after (along with 2 of their 4 kids).
They are really recognizing God's hand in their lives. They have said how their move to Porto has changed their lives so much for the better, thanks to a couple of dumb 19 year old missionaries who came knocking on their door (aka me and Elder Almeida lol)
Andreia, Alexandro, and their kids think my missionary tan lines are the funniest things ever. Priscila starting drawing on my upper arm because it's "branco como papel." She ended up giving me some pretty sick tattoos of a friendly shark, a snake dragon, a heart that says 'Mãe,' my parents names, and a bunch of other great stuff.
Also Deusina will be baptized on February 22nd! She was a reference from a recent convert and she is super prepared.
We had 9 investigators at church this week. The attendance of members was really low, though. There were more investigators than members until some people showed up late after sacrament.
We've been giving an insane amount of priesthood blessings so that's been really awesome.
I have some funny little stories because the brakes on my bike aren't working.
We went down this MASSIVE hill and the hill just did not stop. For about 30 seconds straight, I was zooming down the hill at about the speed of light (going way further than our destination because I couldn't stop). Well at the bottom of this long road/hill was a giant pond. I don't know how I did it but I made a super sharp turn and missed the pond by inches. I've gotten pretty good at riding bikes. To give you an reference point, I'm somewhere in between Lance Armstrong, Rod Kimble, and Ricky Bobby. I can even ride without the handlebars, but I try to refrain because I don't want to look too gangster.
A funny thing happened with transfers. My district leader screwed up and told me that I would be going to the mission office. I was absolutely ticked for about 10 minutes before he cleared it up that I would actually stay. Good thing he figured that out before I took the 14 hour bus ride to Brasilia.
Welp... See ya later
<3Elder MacLay
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