Since I am having difficulty typing today, y'all are going to have to be patient with me in my spelling skills.
On monday we had p day and we had a phone conference for all of the zone leaders and it should have lasted 0.5 hours but instead it lasted an hour and a half because one of the zone leaders was overly ambitious and liked to speak over President Fluckiger, it was quite humorous.
On tuesday we had district meeting and a division with the assistants. They are good elders that really do help us out, but it is funny to see that they are stuck in a different mentality. We saw a fire in Coimbra that day that was really close to our house, but it was all good, it stayed in the other elder's area.
On wednesday we once again hit the pavement to find some cool people. We found some brasilian girls moving houses, so we helped them out, and we were invited over for coffee this week . . . that should be exciting. We also talked to natercia, and she was super excited to give a talk on sunday and got Maggie and Anete really excited for baptism.
On thursday natercia decided it would be a great idea to shine our shoes, so she sat down and shined our shoes for us since we helped her stop drinking and smoking.
On friday we had weekly planning, and then we realized that literally no one was home at all, we had a rough day on friday.
Saturday we went through a goal to have 35 people in church for the zone and we were all excited about it but on sunday it rained and a lot of people came up with the great excuse of saying that it was the rain.
Sunday it rained, and natercia didn't show up to give her talk, we found out later that she had a relapse saturday night and went to a club and drank and smoked there, but it's ok, we can repent and move on, she felt really bad.
So this whole week, there is a lady that we have marked named Maggie, that absolutely loves me. I will go over for important lessons and following up, but I don't go too often because she is in love with my "blue" eyes, even though they are green. This last week, I ended up having to go over there every day. On Wednesday she cooked dinner for us and told me that was to prove she was a good cook ready to be married off, and then Anete's kid was acting up, and she calmed him down, and said that she was a good babysitter, ready for kids. The worst part of it is that natercia is supporting it, and egging her on, so I showed her the only picture I had on me that wasn't my family, and i showed her Megan's picture, she looked at it, and I thought it had worked, I didn't say that Megan was my sister, nor did I say that she was my girlfriend. After about 2 minutes she looked and said she shouldn't have too much competition because I won't marry my sister. I don't know how she knew, but she guessed it right, so I had to tell her that I would not marry her, but she kept insisting. Meanwhile, back on the farm, Elder Alston is thinking that this conversation is hilarious, and is not adding in his two cents, or helping me out, so he sat there eating his food slowly and sipping on his Guaraná. Needless to say it was super awkward. She came to church on sunday and told people she was going to get baptized, and then said that she was doing it for god, not for any Elder, which is good. Best part of it all. She is from Guiné Bissau, which has people that are black as night.
Elder hope
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