opa everyone! how are things going? thinks are still going fine here. this was a pretty tough week. it is pretty crazy with the change from using english so much to only portuguese all day 24/7. we are pretty busy, but not impossible like i had imagined it would be. in the mornings, we wake up and do a little work out and then my comp will shower and i will eat and study. then i will go take a shower like 45 mins later haha. he takes the longest showers. after we shower and get ready we study til 11 then we go eat lunch at a members house. that is a huge meal. which is good cuz we only have toast in the morning and when we get home at nights. then at about 1 we start teaching lessons. we never really go tracking cuz there is always someone that said we could come visit which is pretty cool. we get back at about 9:30 and i just study some while he plans. then i eat and get ready for bed. then i try sleeping and wake up trying to think of a word in portuguese or there is a car outside my window. we are above a pretty busy street.
i have learned more and understand more every day. the first day i had no idea what was going on. it was so weird to be in lessons not teaching. i felt like i was with dad home teaching again haha. i understand a little more everyday. well i understand most the stuff but it is so hard to speak. that is way harder. i cant translate fast enough to speak.
so i am glad the fourth was good for you. that is the day leandro committed to be baptized so that was an alright way to celebrate. i also wore my red, white, and blue tie. that was about all. oh...i got to pray in english as well. they didnt understand anything but they asked if i could.
i went on a split yesterday with elder alves. i didnt know until last minute. so i grabbed a towel, some garmets(turns out i got two tops), and some shorts. i tried brazillian pizza outside the ctm. it was alright. it is really weird though. they put like string cheese on the pizza as the topping cheese. for a little bit i wished i was working at papa murphys again. oh and while we were there i saw that michael jacksons funeral was yesterday. i am so sick of hearing about him! it is on the news in every house we go in. i cant even watch tv and i am sick of seeing him on the tv. we taught a man and i asked him to be baptized and he said he would. then all the sudden he was like i have already been baptized in the name of christ so i dont need to. and he told us not to come back. i didnt understand that at all. he said he believed heavenly father and christ appeared to joseph smith and he doesnt think his pastor has the authority of god but he still doesnt need to be baptized again. i dont understand. i felt bad though cuz i could tell him anything cuz i suck at talking.
thanks for the advice becca. i would like alot more advice though ha. i can see how people like there missions so much. i think i will once i can talk to people with no problems. well i guess i will talk to you all next week. have fun. choose the right! love you
COM AMOR,
Elder Long
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