I am in a new area, Mangabeira. (maanga bear a), and really excited to get to work. It’s always nice to start over. I have a new companion, her name is Sister Mares, and she is from Minas Gerais. She doesn’t speak a word of English, likes to dance and do crazy things, has a wonderful testimony and will be a great companion. We are working a lot here which is really tiring in this ridiculous sun! Just walking in the sun leaves that fried, dry skin feeling, but you are sweating at the same time. Ha ha! Even the people who live here think we are crazy to work in the sun. O well!
I am excited for this transfer. There are some wonderful families here that will be baptized this transfer. My house here is huge and kind of scary. I don’t really like it, but I am getting used to it. Last transfer, Sister Pozete and Sis. Mares found a scorpion, spiders, huge cockroaches, rats, and a snake in this house! So we´ll see what happens. We are looking for a new one.
My Portuguese is improving a lot because that’s all I can speak! I think in Portuguese, and starting to dream in Portuguese and English is getting harder to speak. That’s a good thing.
Well I don’t have too much to say, I hope I will in the future. I downloaded a ton of photos- O! When someone has 9 months on the mission they take a picture with their belly. The rest are saying goodbye pictures and stuff. Love you all and pray for you!
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Love sister Gordon
Note: I (Jenn)had to add some personal notes she wrote to her parents, I thought there were worth sharing.
It’s funny, but we always laugh about how worn out we look as missionaries. The sun just destroys your skin and hair. Our feet our horrible and sad looking. And I pretty much am always tired. But, it’s part of the mission. I was thinking the other day- Wow. Half of my mission is gone. I don’t want to go home with any feelings of regret. So when I arrived in this new area, I had a new energy to work and do everything perfect. I think I scared my companion a little, ha ha! But I am trying really hard to give it my all, sacrifice everything and be 100% obedient. It’s really tiring! So much to do and think about. Ugh. Plus I am senior companion now, so if things don’t go right, it’s my fault. But I’m not worried; we will have lots of success.
I am only speaking in Portuguese now, and it’s great! The other day I was talking with my mission president´s wife in English, and it was so hard! I had to think a lot. I was pretty happy about that.
Açai (aw-sigh-ee)and friends- yum.
Coconut Juice and Ibuprofen....remedy when sick
