Sunday, January 19, 2014

Week 18

Hey Family!
It was great to skype with you guys this week as see your faces! As far as celebrating Christmas, we had dinner with members Christmas eve and lunch with members on Christmas day. Christmas isn't that big of a holiday here, and was pretty low key.
This week was tough because many people didnt want to receive us and those who did didnt want to mark return appointments until mid January.  But we were able to teach several awesome families. One man, Marcos, told us that he had no idea why he invited us in, but that he just had a strange feeling that he needed to hear what we had to say. This week I learned what the words "hot" and "humid" really mean. I had already heard a lot about how hot it gets here in Sorocaba, but you dont understand until youre actually here. Imagine walking in a greenhouse/sauna at noon and then throw in a couple of space heaters and wear a shirt, tie, and long pants. But when we are out in the heat we are blessed! Yesterday we were walking down the street and one of our investigators, Paulo, that we had lost contact with pulled up in his car and said that he was running some errands but to meet him at his house later that day. If we had been in our house napping or enjoying some shade in the nearby park we wouldn't have had that opportunity!
It's so sad to hear about Ashton Riley. I'll keep him and his family in my prayers.
Ate mais!
Elder Carr

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