Sister Neves taught me how to make a chicken dish and I was being all squeamish with the raw meat and she exclaimed, "Grab the meat Sister! Ahh.. you are so white!" Lol!!!
Just so you know, the chicken dish was so delicious and wonderful. I have really matured in my fear of touching raw meat.
I'm a big girl now Mama! =D
My latest planner....they are becoming more practical. Something that I can use in my teaching.
I ate the weirdest fruit this week. I have no idea what it is called. Sister Neves said that they have these in Brazil. It was kinda like a melon with giant seeds. It was really good.
We made some cake this week....my comp is really cute. =)
My Letter Home:
My Letter Home:
BOM DIA IRMÂOS E IRMAS!
(That is how you start a talk over the
pulpit in Portugal)
This week was new, fun, and an adventure!
So a while back my comp got a bug thing in her stomach, and she
got REALLY sick. She is a crazy hard worker, and basically never took a break
even though she was throwing up all over the place. So I finally put my foot
down and called the missionary couple that is in charge of helping us with
health issues. They booked an appointment for us at the local hospital and on
Friday we went. Let me tell you, it was absolute CRAZINESS! There were people
crying, and I didn’t understand what was going on, and it was NOT clear where
to go or who to talk to or what we needed. We basically wandered around asking
everyone until we finally ended up in the right place. But then we found out we
had missed our appointment and it had been cancelled, so we had to make another
appointment and do it all againnnnnn. Oh my goodness, such a waste of time.
That is one thing I see a lot here. Ways that things could be more efficient,
ways for businesses to save money....things that they are not doing. If I was
the Queen of the Azores, things would run so much more smoothly. It would be
glorious. (I like to think so anyway. LOL!) =P
This week we marked Joana’s parents, Minda and Marco, to be
baptized on Sunday! They are really good people. They truly want to live like
Christ. They have the purest intentions. I hope everything goes smoothly for
their baptism and their marriage. They will be in my prayers a lot this
week. I love them both so much.
I used one of my stories a lot this week. It was the story of me
and my friend Whitney back when we were in high school. One day during the
winter, we went to school. When we got there everything was CRAYCRAY because
the entire student parking lot was covered in a thin sheet of ice. Cars were
stuck everywhere and people were all stressed out. We were walking into the
school and there was this huge white van
stuck in the ice. My friend Whitney said that we should go and push the car and
try to help him get free. I was kinda skeptical because we were two girls, but
I agreed. We went and pushed that van with all our might and LO AND BEHOLD the
van got free! The man drove away and he was very thankful. We got SOOOOO
excited, we were so happy that we had helped someone. We started helping other
cars and calling out to passing students to come and help us. I didn’t even
care if I would be late to class because I was helping others. When I finally
got into school (NOT late) I started telling all my classmates " If any of
you see a car stuck in the ice, go and help them! It makes you feel so
good!" It really is true. When we help people, without having to be asked,
you get this special feeling that doesn’t come any other way.
Random fact: I conduct all the music in our branch! Everyone laughs
at me because sometimes I have a hard time reading Portuguese, singing, and
directing all at the same time. Good thing they all like me! =D
Até logo!
Sister
Barron
