We are grateful to have a missionary serving, and grateful that we get to talk to him every week. However, without a written account of the weeks' events, I'm afraid we aren't very good at keeping track of everything that we talked about during the call. But Elder Nielson sent us some pictures of A-------'s (Brazilian Napoleon) baptism and said it was a great experience.
He said that they have been busy preparing for transfers this week, and they will also go and do some apartment inspections this week as well. Elder N---- will leave the office this transfer, so it looks like they will be back to just a twosome again. Also, one of the AP's, Elder N-----, returns home this transfer.
I always like to get a food report each week. We tried to find out what kinds of vegetables Elder Nielson has to eat. He said he likes a kind of root that reminds him of potatoes but not really. And they have corn and other types of vegetables. They like to go to a place for lunch where you can fill a plate, kind of like an AYCE salad bar except you have to fit AYCE on one plate. And there is a large variety of vegetables with that. He also reported that he cooked up some Chicken Alfredo over noodles this past week using a flavor packet from Sister Houseman that was going to expire. He thought it turned out pretty good. Mixed reviews from his companions.
We also like to find out how much things cost in Brazilian reals (pronounce hey-eyes). One real is about 25 cents U.S. So it's fun to do the math on how much food costs. One interesting thing he mentioned is that they don't have apartments plumbed for natural gas... you have to buy a big canister and connect it to your gas stove... kind of like we do with our grill outside. We did that math on that it was about the same price in Brazil for a container of gas as it is in the U.S.
Here is Elder Nielson's photographic journey as of late:
These are cookies... kind of like oreos except with a chocolate filling.
No comments:
Post a Comment