Another week down already. Its almost transfers again. Ive been here longer than I was in Nebraska. WOAH! Time is starting to fly! I need to apologize for not telling you about whats going on here! Lets begin. Curitiba Brasil is sweet! Its a really nice city and quite rich. It is the model city of the world! It supposedly has the best bus system in the world as well (even though ive been in two bus crashes already!) BUT, Im not in Curitiba! Im in a city called Sao Jose Dos Pinhais. Im in the Jardim Ipe ward. My companion is Elder Nascimento. He is a native from a town up in Northeast Brazil. He has a strong accent but all is well. He doesnt know any English except a few slang words. This makes it incredibly difficult to communicate when I have questions, but people say that this is the best way to learn. I am now comfortable talking to anyone about the gospel. Its hard to understand outside of that, but Im working on it. Its slowly starting to come. The mission president was once asked how missionaries can better learn the language in the first couple months. He responded ´Just survive´. Thats what Im doing right now! The area im in is one of the poorest in the mission. Ive seen some things that are tough to watch and talk about. Its sad but incredibly humbling. Some houses are made with random board planks and about the size of my room. And a FAMILY lives in it. Yet, the people are so happy and grateful for what they have. Lets all learn a lesson from them! The kids love tofly kites. EVERYWHERE! The powerlines are littered with kites. Its pretty cool! Ive seen my fair share of breast feeding...uhh..yeah. My area is also one of the biggest in the mission. LOTS of walking. Some houses it takes over an hour of a very fast paced walking. We have met some awesome people and families. It is hard to baptize for the cause of people not being married. I eat lots of beans, rice, and bread. The other day, we were walking to a house and there were 2 cows in the front yard of a house eating the shrubery. uhhhh...I had to look twice. And then again. And then a few more times. I wish I would have gotten a picture! There are soccer fields everywhere! One of these days, Im going to play! The kids play in the ´streets´ as well as cricket. Its pretty awesome! Chocolate pizza is the best thing so far. I think Im going to a Brazillian meat house thing next week!!!!! Am I excited? No. My clothes are getting super dirty. The washing mashine doesnt really work at all so hand washing it is! My apartment is fairly small but plenty large enough. This week, ants decided to take over. Thousands! Grrr. And a fair amount of mold. But hey, its a ton better than other homes Ive been in. My bed is obnoxiously skweaky but I sleep just wonderfully! Everyone here plays extremely loud music and usually, its in English. Its been very hot this week. One of these days, I think it will cool down. No stories to tell this week. Look forward to next week!!! I love you all!
--Elder Lakey
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