A little more about Elder Ahmed (my companion): He was a Catholic growing up and went to church every week. He was converted when he was 13, and he has an awesome testimony and tons of gospel knowledge. His experience/conversion gives him a unique perspective that he shares with the people that we teach. He's been super helpful at helping me learn portuguese as well.
Towards the end of this last week I had been feeling like my portuguese was going nowhere. I still couldn't understand much, let alone say what I was thinking. However, I realized while I was sitting in church yesterday how much I really did understand, especially compared to how lost I was the week before. So I'm improving, slowly but steadily.
The area authorities have said that missionaries are not allowed to play soccer here, so yeah, that's all I have to say about that. We follow the rules because we know that we will receive blessings for being obedient.
And we have already seen these blessings! Because we are opening this area, we had no one to teach, and we didn't know anyone here. As we were unloading our bags, a lady approached us, and it turns out that the previous missionaries had been teaching her. This has happened multiple times, and now we have lessons scheduled for the entire day!
The branch here is great and we have had great lunches every day. Beans and rice with every meal, with some type of meat, and sometimes a type of pasta or casserole and vegetables - which I love so much. But seriously, I'm usually so hungry that even vegetables taste absolutely delicious.
All in all, everything is good in brazil!
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