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| Fernandos Baptism Day. October 19, 2013
Yeahhhhhhhhh, Cuiabá is the best!!! So not much time today its
pretty late but I´ll try to write what I can. SO yeah, got transferred to what
seems like paradise haha compared to my last area. Transfers went good we got to
Cuiabá at about 1 in the morning, the bus was slow again. We got there and the
secretaries weren't waiting like we expected them to, it turns out they had
waited till midnight and then finally went home, nobody had cell phones so we had
to find a phone booth and to make a charged call to the assistants, they said
to take a taxi to the secretaries house and they would reimburse us. The problem
was we had so many suitcases that it would take at least 2 taxis to carry us and
all of our baggage. There were 3 of us in total that took the same bus to Cuiabá,
me, Elder Lima and Elder Molina, they were both going to Campo Grande but would
have to wait till the next day to take their bus, so we talked to all the taxi
dudes and they wanted to charge like 40 reais for two taxis. But then there was
a taxi guy that also had a truck and said that it would fit all of our baggage
and us without problems. He said that he would charge 30 reais which is still
outrageously expensive but it was the best that we could do because there was no
way we could haul all of our suitcases to the secretaries house by hand, its
less then a mile away but we had a ton of suitcases that were super heavy. So we
got a ride with this dude, it was pretty funny when he started up his truck to
drive toward us and pick up our luggage he ran into a pole. I just laughed.
Luckily we he got us to the secretaries house without any problems. Flip,
every ones leaving already so next week I will fill you in on the rest. But my
companion is great, he doesn't seem too trunky and he is willing to work, Fernando
was baptized yesterday and I think his wife will be getting baptized probably
within the next while. That made me super happy. So our street that we live on,
also has the stake president, the bishop, the old bishop, the member that takes
care of our lunch schedule and several other members. I feel like I'm in Utah
again. We have already had several activities. The members are really excited
here we have ward missionaries that actually have the calling of going out with
the missionaries on visits. I'm stoked about that. This week I think we have had
dinner every night in the house of a member and also we have had bbq 3 times this
week. That's alot! Im living with 3 Brazilians again. Its me Elder Almeida, ELder
Moraes and Elder Moura. They are the bomb we joke alot and have a good time.
they are great missionaries and are good examples of how to work. SO today we
went fishing already, ahaha we went with some members to the river Cuiabá. We sat
on this barge thing that is tied to the shore and fished. I bought a huge straw
hat for 5 bucks that kept me from burning. We still used a ton of sun screen. I
kept 5 or 6 fish I think but they were all pretty good sized. We had a blast. We
are already planning on taking a trip this transfer to the chapada which is the
most famous tourist attraction in mato grosso. its a huge bowl thing with a
waterfall I don't know how to describe it. But the members here are more than
willing to give rides. Ohh , it's only peace and happiness here. I'm super excited
to be here and I'm super excited that Fernando got baptized yesterday. To bad I
didn't get to see it. They sent a picture though. I worked 4 and a half months
with him visiting him every week and the first Sunday that I am transferred he
got baptized. Oh well I will always think of him as one of my baptisms because
we got so close in the 4 and a half months I was in sorriso. This week we spent
alot of time visiting members and getting to know them. So yeah have to go for
real but I'm super stoked. Love you all sorry for the short letter, next week will
be alot better and I will have alot more pictuers! I
love you all so much!!
-Elder Kennington
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| Fisher Man Kennington in his 10 Gallon, $5 Hat. |
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