Missionary Man: Communication a Bit Delayed by Carnaval...

Hey Mom!

I didn´t email until today because both of the Lan houses [places to buy time online] in Xanxerê were closed for Carnaval. The holiday started on the 14th and ended yesterday, so today was my first chance to email this week. Apparently the whole mission had the same problem with Lan houses.

I do enjoy being a missionary when good things happen in the work. We´re expecting some baptisms here in the upcoming weeks, so that makes me happy.

Sunset in Xanxerê

And I´ve been able to help a couple of less active families start coming back to activity, so that´s been nice to be a part of. Two Sundays ago I was able to teach a member couple with a six year old child. The husband is inactive and he and his wife have not been sealed. I was able to share my experience of being sealed to you and Dad at the same age as their son and what a blessing that experience has been in my life. He has a testimony and has wanted to be sealed and he decided he´d start coming back to church! So that was cool.

Dramatic skies

To answer some of your questions:

No, I have not seen real dancing in Brazil. The people around here don´t really dance; they just kind of jump up and down.

I´m afraid the smell of Chapecó and Xanxerê is not very pleasant--garbage and sewer, mostly.

(They´re kind of dirty cities.)

For the package: I do need more toothbrush heads; I´m on my last one. Snack food, maybe....I know I thought of other things, but I just can´t remember what they were right now. Looking forward to receiving the package!