This week was crazy! We had a baptism and an almost flash flood. We danced in the rain on the roof. We went hiking and everyone but me got poison ivy. I went to a missionary's birthday party and participated in a food fight. Good times. Also, I have some pictures.
-Elder Michael Carlson
[We did ask Michael a lot of questions this week so here are his answers]
Letters: I haven't been getting anything. We've had one time to get mail and that was like my second day here so I'll probably get a bunch next week at transfers. Another request to put in the package: lots and lots of deoderant. Their deoderant isn't very good and it's really expensive. Like a normal stick costs about 10 american dollars.
Weather: It's really hot here. It's not too bad when it gets dark (5:30 every day) and there's always a nice breeze but it's significantly warmer then -27 degrees. We only had one really bad day of rain. It was like a flash flood. I had to change clothes 3 times, I got that soaked. It was all good though. My sunscreen does fine. I only got sunburnt once and that was on the first day, when I didn't have time to put it on. My skin is fine. I have lots of freckles but I don't have any problems with dry skin anymore.
People: It's a good little ward, really small. We had 60 people last week and that was high. The people are really nice. They don't really help a whole lot but we do get fed every single day, which is really nice. The teaching pool is crazy. Last week, we got 10 new investigators and my companion was sad becuase that was low. Basically, if people don't get baptized in 2 weeks or less, we drop them.
Day to Day: Our apartment is nice. Nothing is symmetrical or level but it's nice. And it's really small for 4 people. There's a bunch of bakeries all around that we'll buy snacks from. We don't have to buy much, because it's usually just breakfast of a fruit smoothie that we have to worry about. There's a couple of super markets that we go to if we need more american-style things. There's a lot of street fruit vendors that we buy most of our stuff from. We use the busses a little bit. Mostly just to get to like conferences and exchanges. There is a loooot of rice and beans and couscous here. Like that's all we eat. If we're lucky, we'll get some meat. My favorite food... I'd have to say Resquinhas. They're like doughnuts but healthier and almost always fresh. They're good and only like 50 centavos, which is like a quarter.
Language: I think I'm doing alright. People ask me how long I've been in Brazil and so I respond, like 3 weeks. And they're always like, WOW! only three weeks and you're speaking this well already. I definitely have gotten a lot better at speaking. I have language study every single day, religiously. And I have been teaching bits of the lesson. There's two results: Hmmm, alright, I'll believe that. Or, I didn't understand a single word you just said. It's kinda weird.
Companion: My companion and I are doing fine. I just found out this week that he's going home at the end of the next transfer. He's got that mind set that he has to work really hard and finish his mission at a sprint, which is good. Also, he used to be a zone leader but he was moved to district leader so that he could train me. So we went on splits with the zone leaders this past week and they told me that when I'm done with the two training transfers, I'm going to be a district leader. Which I'm pretty nervous for. But I guess I'm supposed to do it.
Love you all bunches! Talk to you on Sunday!
-Elder Michael Carlson
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