It's so crazy that this is my last week here. Next Wednesday, I will be in Recife! Its crazy! Last Wednesday, we got Burger King. We gave our instructors money, and they went out and got it for us. It was so good, tasted just like in the states. I didn't love Burger King at home, but it was so good here! Our Instructors are amazing, and they do so much for us! T--------- messaged you, mom and dad! He is the kindest person you will ever meet! He is like a puppy! He speaks very little English and was assigned to teach a lesson to new missionaries on dress and grooming in English. He was so nervous, so we helped prep in for it. Our other instructor is R-------. When I call at Christmas, remind me to tell you about him. He has a really interesting life, that I cant even start to explain here. He speaks 6 languages, and is learning a 7th.
I got my scriptures today, and I am super excited.
One day an Irmã that helps us prep for lessons promised us that if we spoke nothing but Portuguese for 3 days, we would be fluent. So we decided as a district to test her out. I spoke nothing but Portuguese for 3 days... I prayed in Portuguese, talked to Americans, it was crazy! I can get most things across, I just have to word it differently than I would in English. We are not fluent, but it definitely helped us learn more Portuguese.
We had Postlighting in downtown Sao Paulo again on Saturday. This one was awesome! For the first 30 mins, we didn't get any references. Then, in the last 45 minutes, we got 6! That is the first time we got references the whole time. We did more in 45 mins than we did in an hour and a half two weeks ago. Its incredible to see all the help that the Lord gives us.
One thing that I realized is that I haven't been taking seasonal allergy pills, and I have been fine! Plus it's their spring time, so that's cool. I hope they do this good in Recife.
We did celebrate Halloween. All the Americans bought candy last P-day, and we went around and traded before bed, but it was weird not having it be a big deal. No one mentioned it. We did teach the Brazilians to say trick or treat, and then we would give them candy. It was really funny!
We are working on a musical number as a district to sing on Sunday, so that's going to be fun. Its Savior Redeemer of My Soul. It is not going to be super good, but its going to be a lot of fun.
Last week before Burger King, we went to this bakery, and there was a butterfly on a can of soda we picked up. So we were holding it and getting pictures. It was really fun. There was this one lady who was really scared of it, that was trying to get past us. Turns out that Irmão R------- went back this week and gave her a Book of Mormon. It will be cool to hear how that goes.
Anyways, It was a really awesome week, and I learned so much! Thanks for all the support, and I love you guys!
Elder Nielson
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