Carnaval, Wedding & Baptisms

We didn't get our traditional email from Connor this past Monday because it was Carnaval and all the internet houses they go to were closed. During Carnaval things get pretty crazy and so the missionaries have to be in their houses by 6 pm each night. Carnaval ran from Friday to Tuesday. He and his companion  hardly got any teaching done this past week because of the festivities.

 

They still had a super amazing wedding and baptism combo this past weekend of the 9th. Elder O and Connor had been working with the couple from the first week he got in Sobral, but Elder M and Elder A (the elders he's living with) got to baptize them because they taught them for the last half of the discussions. It was super amazing for Connor to see them get married and baptized one day after the other.

This coming week... Connor will have his first baptism! Her name is C and she's about 40 years old. Connor says that she is super super amazing and is definitely going to be a leader in the church. Connor wrote, "She's literally the most perfect investigator and future member and she'll be my first baptism. I'm super stoked!! I've been practicing the "wording" for the baptism like crazy this past week because I really don't want to mess up my first baptism hahaha."

D & C's wedding day. Hahaha this was seriously the weirdest picture ever

.... but they wanted to do it and it was their wedding haha. We got some looks from people ;)

 

D & C's baptism!

4 Month Mark

Connor hit his 4 month mark! He wrote "only 20 more to go". Hahaha

This past week he and O went to Camocim which is right on the end of the ocean. It was super pretty there! They went there to help out a companionship in their district. They set up a table in the middle of a park and just did contacts for about four hours. He said it was actually really fun, but kind of tricky at the same time.

Connor wrote:

"So about the food. I haven't really eaten anything too weird. It's literally beans, rice, and spaghetti noodles every meal and you mix it together. There will usually be chicken or beef with it as well. I think we've had lasagna about three times and that's probably the only "different" thing we've eaten haha. Nothing too crazy! I've seen some weird stuff on the streets though. You'll be walking and see a HUGE heart from some animal with flies all over it and a puddle of blood underneath it hahaha. Kinda weird ;)"

He is happy, healthy and having an amazing experience sharing the gospel to the wonderful people of Brasil.

Teaching in Camocim

Ward Activity

Had to stick a grocery bag over my bag because it was raining so much.

I look absolutely ridiculous with it, but it worked! Hahaha



Elder O and I being silly with a machete

 

The dead lizard we found in our water pipe.

Our washer is still flooding. Maybe there's one more in there.



Life in Sobral

 Tracting the streets of Sobral.

 Our apartment enjoying some pizza!

Map of where Sobral is in northeastern Brasil.

My room!