Monday, January 7, 2013
Wow, for Tony that is awesome, I am really excited for him
and I am super happy that he will be speaking Portuguese. I think that it
is the coolest language in the world! That is awesome. The only
thing is that nobody told me when he is going. Do you know when he will leave? I am looking at the blog right now, waiting
for Tony’s video to load. I did read the email, and I am glad that you
are already making plans for me when I get home, because I will need something
to do, and I have not really thought about anything...but we will work on that
when I get home.
My week was good and bad. The start of
the week was hard because everybody was traveling, but we really set out to
work. We worked both Monday and Tuesday and it paid off. A lot of
the people that said they would make it to church were not able to make it
sadly, but we did have 4 visitors there, and if all goes well, Karina will get
baptized and her mom said that after her divorce process she will also be
baptized. So, it is good. We are teaching a lot here, and we have a
big teaching pool. Most of the time there is not time to do everything, so we
are running all of the time. Poor Elder Nunes gets tired sometimes, but
it has been a long time since he has baptized so the idea of baptizing picks
him up a lot. We are doing well together. I did have an interview
with president this week, the routine interviews and it was great. It
really did not seem much like an interview. We talked a little about the
area and them missionaries here and a little about my future plans, which I
think he noticed are rather limited because he gave me permission to think a
little bit about home, lol. He is great. I sure loved Elder
Oliveira, and I am loving Elder Reber. So, there is my week in a
nutshell. Pretty simple, but more because there was so much that I do not
know how to say it all. I did almost punch a drunk guy this week.
We were walking on a dirt road when a drunk guy came and starting messing with
us and yelling and would not let us leave. He had a cup of whisky in one
hand which I took and threw away, gave him the empty cup, and told him to stop
drinking. He got made and picked up a stone and said that he was going to
kill me, but I took the rock from him too and told him to go home, but he just
got really mad, and when we were trying to walk away, he ran in front, threw
the glass cup on the ground, shattering it, and punched me in the chest.
Out of reflex, I grabbed his arm, pulled it into me, and clenched my fist to
knock his lights out when I saw a couple coming on the road and decided that
that would not look good for the missionaries, so I twisted his arm and quickly
told him to go home before he got hurt, and this time he listened and
left. I said good evening to the couple and they responded as if
everything was normal, but after walking for another 10 minutes, the man and
his family that we were teaching came behind us in their car and asked if
everything was okay. The couple that passed was the man's cousin and had
told him that a crazy drunk was messing with the young men in white shirts and
ties. So, our investigator came behind to be sure that we were
alright. We were, and it was cool that he ran behind us to be sure.
Good thing that I did not punch the guy though, huh. I think that a
different story would have been told at our investigator's house. Anyway,
there is a fun story for you. I love you all, and wish you a great week.
Love,Elder Lee
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