What´s gucci and Tudo Bem?!? This week was so fun and way less stressful than last. So first of all, São Paulo drivers are crazy! There are literally no rules, and in one lane of traffic there could be a motorcycle, longboarder, and giant SUV all side by side. Motorcycles weave in and out and there are THOUSANDS of them everywhere. #squadgoals #fastandfurious8. Anyway, on Thursday, all of the new missionaries went to the police station to do something for our visas. We needed our IDs and our passports were locked up at the CayTayeMay (CTM but portuguese ya know), and I left my TX drivers license at home so I really needed my passport for this procedure. They told me a man named Diego would be bringing our passports, and long story short, Diego got in a MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN THE RAIN!!! Poor Diego!! He´s okay!! But we didn´t hear from him for an hour, our drivers ditched, and everyone else had to go upstairs, so my companheira and I j chilled for a long time... we couldn´t communicate with anyone effectively in charge because we had not learned the correct words in Portuguese yet, and there were tons of people in handcuffs just walking in and out with police officers of course. It was a good time!! Diego finally made it, and I did not get
deported!!
Ok so I have a problem, all of the wild dogs here are so cute!! I want to pet them all, but apparently they´ll bite you! Such a dilemma. I don´t know how it got to this point, but one time during exersize I went "ruff!" and all of these dogs barked back!! It was so cool! I have a gift!!
Also, Gabolice in Portuguese means swag, but it´s not a thing in Brazil at all. Most of the Brazilians have never heard it and I have to show them in the dictionary, but they still don´t really get it until I tell them about the Justin Bieber song that says "3,2, Swag" and "swaggggie" and they´re like OOOHHHH gabolice!!! S/o Justin Bieber for helping me make new friends.
Last Wednesday we had to take our "dork dots" off our name tags (colored dots on our tag that indicate we are newbies or first weekers), so naturally Presidente Swenson would walk up to my row and ask me to say a prayer in front of the CTM in Portuguese! I was shaking, but I´m glad I could get over that fear because I´ll be doing it all day everyday!
My district great! Everyone is so hilarious, and I´m glad I´m surrounded by people that make me laugh 25/8. The only bad news of the week is that we´re splitting! I´ll miss my seeeesters soooo much! The only people that have to go are a sister companionship, and one Elder from a trio! Our district is so tight, and we´re all really sad to be breaking up. I really do have so much fun here, and all of language training, exhaustion, and overall life adjustments have been made so much easier with God´s help. I´ve noticed in the moments when I do get upset, I´ve felt an outpouring of love from Heavenly Father. This is where I´m supposed to be! I love you all! Have the best week! xoxo
...other comments Mallory made in separate emails....
...We just got back from the Sao Paulo temple. The inside is amazing! Stained glass everywhere... it didn´t look like real life. For some reason when I walked in to the celestial room it reminded me of walking in and seeing you and dad and ....
...I say obrigada to everything!! I've almost forgot the English word 'thank you.' It´s also getting harder to say prayers in English. I play volleyball every day too!! My arm is sore from serving. Someone told me I have to start under-handing my serve because they were coming in too fast. In my head I was like `" I'm sorry I thought this was volleyball???"
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
benções on benções (blessings on blessings)
TUDO BEM, fam?!?!!
I'm so sorry because I dont have any time this week so this is going to be really jumpy, and also this keyboard is so
confusing, and I can´t hit enter, but at least I have !!!!!!!! marks!!!!!!!
Ok so I´m finally a seeeeester!!!! On my first day I learned the day 1 classic banger "cabeca, ombros, joelhos, and dedos" or
"heads, shoulders, knees, and toes...", and the first day was an absolute blur so that´s all I really remember!! And learning a ton of
portuguese, and all of that fun stuff!! I feel like I´ve been here for years. In the words of Jason Derulo,"been around the world don´t
speak the language".
By the second DAY, we started teaching lessons in portuguese. We teach a lesson everyday in portuguese, and everyday my
brain hurts!! However, I´ve learned more in portuguese than I ever thought I could in a week, and that´s only because I know God is helping me. I can understand about 90 percent of what American speakers say, but the Brazilians talk soooo fast!
One of my favorite things is playing volleyball everyday! Whenever anyone messes up we yell "QUE ISSOOO"... the CTM´s version of "what are thooose?!"
Saturday was really hard for me because the exhaustion/stress of learning a new culture/language caught up to me. I´ve had the worst
cold all week. I was reading in Mark 4 verses 38-40 when Jesus calms the seas, and he says to his disciples "why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?" That´s something I try to ask myself everytime I get discouraged with the language. He will always help us! Some of my favorite phrases in portuguese are "esquadra metas" (squad goals), "serio?" (really?) you can say it to just about anytime when you don´t know what´s going on.....and just yelling seeeester in general is fun. The Brazilians say it the cutest way. I have awesome Brazilian roommates who are the kindest/most Christlike girls! They teach me all the slang lingo so I can hopefully someday be in the know with the locals?!
According to the CTM Presidente Swenson, the CTM is holding the most missionaries right now since he´s been here.
There are about 400 of us! On sunday night we sang "Called to Serve" and it was so energetic and powerful. All of of the Elders were trying to wipe their tears quickly, but A SCHEMER KNOWS A SCHEMER. I see everything!! lolz. Seriously though, it was so beautiful! It let me know I was in the right place.
S/o miss Julianna Brassfield!! Happy early birthday GF! ALSO, if any of you know any brazilian soccer team facts PLZ send them to me!! I need new bonding material besides,"Neymar esta caliente?" jk but really. Today we went to the Campinas
Temple, and it was the most beautiful Temple I´ve ever been to. It overlooks all of campinas, and I´m in awe of this beautiful country
i´m in!! This week has been the hardest ever, but God changes my heart everyday, and it gets easier. I love yáll, and thank you so much for your sweet emails! I´m going to try super hard to write you all back this week!!! SO MUCH LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU! Also, mom my cheetah pj´s were a hit you were so right!
ok XOXO, Sister Moon.
I'm so sorry because I dont have any time this week so this is going to be really jumpy, and also this keyboard is so
confusing, and I can´t hit enter, but at least I have !!!!!!!! marks!!!!!!!
Ok so I´m finally a seeeeester!!!! On my first day I learned the day 1 classic banger "cabeca, ombros, joelhos, and dedos" or
"heads, shoulders, knees, and toes...", and the first day was an absolute blur so that´s all I really remember!! And learning a ton of
portuguese, and all of that fun stuff!! I feel like I´ve been here for years. In the words of Jason Derulo,"been around the world don´t
speak the language".
By the second DAY, we started teaching lessons in portuguese. We teach a lesson everyday in portuguese, and everyday my
brain hurts!! However, I´ve learned more in portuguese than I ever thought I could in a week, and that´s only because I know God is helping me. I can understand about 90 percent of what American speakers say, but the Brazilians talk soooo fast!
One of my favorite things is playing volleyball everyday! Whenever anyone messes up we yell "QUE ISSOOO"... the CTM´s version of "what are thooose?!"
Saturday was really hard for me because the exhaustion/stress of learning a new culture/language caught up to me. I´ve had the worst
cold all week. I was reading in Mark 4 verses 38-40 when Jesus calms the seas, and he says to his disciples "why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?" That´s something I try to ask myself everytime I get discouraged with the language. He will always help us! Some of my favorite phrases in portuguese are "esquadra metas" (squad goals), "serio?" (really?) you can say it to just about anytime when you don´t know what´s going on.....and just yelling seeeester in general is fun. The Brazilians say it the cutest way. I have awesome Brazilian roommates who are the kindest/most Christlike girls! They teach me all the slang lingo so I can hopefully someday be in the know with the locals?!
According to the CTM Presidente Swenson, the CTM is holding the most missionaries right now since he´s been here.
There are about 400 of us! On sunday night we sang "Called to Serve" and it was so energetic and powerful. All of of the Elders were trying to wipe their tears quickly, but A SCHEMER KNOWS A SCHEMER. I see everything!! lolz. Seriously though, it was so beautiful! It let me know I was in the right place.
S/o miss Julianna Brassfield!! Happy early birthday GF! ALSO, if any of you know any brazilian soccer team facts PLZ send them to me!! I need new bonding material besides,"Neymar esta caliente?" jk but really. Today we went to the Campinas
Temple, and it was the most beautiful Temple I´ve ever been to. It overlooks all of campinas, and I´m in awe of this beautiful country
i´m in!! This week has been the hardest ever, but God changes my heart everyday, and it gets easier. I love yáll, and thank you so much for your sweet emails! I´m going to try super hard to write you all back this week!!! SO MUCH LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU! Also, mom my cheetah pj´s were a hit you were so right!
ok XOXO, Sister Moon.
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