WOWZA.
So I was talking to my dad on skype last p-day when we
received "THE call".
THE call that comes every 6 weeks that determines whether
you stay in the same city with the same companion, or if you will have 24 hours
to pack all of your bags, throw sheets and dirty clothes and pillows into your
suitcase and head off for another apartment with completely different people
and new adventures (wow also everything that I write in English just looks so
weird hahah) !!
I was to find out that I would be staying in the area,
but would receive ANOTHER NOVA (new) FRESH FROM
THE CTM MISSIONARY. And get this -- unlike the first time, MY
COMPANION TOTALLY DOESN'T ALREADY SPEAK PORTUGUES.
I AM TRAINING THE FIRST MISSIONÁRIA MEXICANA (Mexican missionary) TO HIT
NATAL.
EVER.
It's the funniest thing, for the first time in the
entire time I've been here - our house has 4 sisters from 4 countries
diferentes (different) and NENHUMA (none) IS BRASIL.
Sister Hernandez - 8 meses (months) da
Colombia
Sister Vega - 2 meses do Bolivia
Sister Arámburo (BEBEZINHA (baby girl)<3) - 1 MÊS do Mexico
e the única pessoa (only person) that's
NOT hispanica ....
Sister Staheli - 10 meses dos Estados Unidos.
ALL LIVING IN BRASIL - HOW IS THAT NOT CRAZY.
#whoopwhoop
So this week has been hilarious as we are all freaking out
like oh my gosh I am TEACHING her how to speak Portugues when even I was always
asking my companions questions and practicing ainda (still)
!! It’s SO FUNNY because the newbies are super cute and will speak a
couple of words in Portugues but then will just turn into straight Spanish
(which I can actually understand a majority) and I'm just sitting here laughing
like oh my gosh this is going to be such an interesting transfer.
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| View out their apartment |
Sister Arámburo is also SUPER pretty and so as we are on the
street talking to people, we had this one guy that we stopped and we introduced ourselves saying we're missionaries and he just stops, gazes intensely at Sister Arámburo and
goes 'holaaaaaa Señorita'
and just gets super close and we're like yeah PAZ E ALEGRIA TCHAU. (peace and happiness, goodbye)
But
she also got pretty sick this week too with all the changes AND the fact it’s
been raining nonstop every day, so we had a pretty crazy day on Saturday with
Sister Vega when our companions stayed at home and we had to finish the goals
of TWO DUPLAS for the week - MAN IT WAS CRAZY.
#60contatos(contacts)-12newpeopletoteach-3hourstogetitalldone
ALSO
MINHA FILHA (my daughter - she calls the new sister she trains her daughter and Anne is the mom) IS ACTUALLY THE SAME PERSON AS ME IT'S A MIRACLE. She loves to run every
day (truly blessed), likes to eat a variety of fruit, pipoca, (popcorn) and amendoims (nuts) MUCH more than is common for
the average person, and also speaks fluent Spanish (lol on the last one) but
seriously is a weeee bit quiet but all the more querida (dear):)
Eu amo vocês!! (I love you)
Yo amo ustedes!! (I love you)
I don't know any more in English!! ;)
Sister Staheli
<3
