Popular!

Hey yáll!

I got so many emails today! I feel so popular, thanks!

I made a list this week of all the things to write, so it should be easier. :)

The first few experiences were some lovely instances of culture shock for my new companion. Poor thing. I´ve decided that training is actually pretty great, because there is never a dull moment.

First things first. We saw a girl who got hit by a car. We didn´t see her actually get hit, but we got there right afterwards. She was yelling a lot about a broken foot. But considering how far she flew, she probably broke some other things as well. We didn´t know what to do, but we decided that it would be rather insensitive to do contacts with the crowd that had gathered. As we left, she started yelling about how she had just gotten robbed on Saturday. It was only Tuesday. Poor lady.

That same day we went and visited a couple who were interested in learning English. We told them that we couldn´t just teach them English, we had to teach them the gospel too. They agreed, but they are already very active in a different church. I forgot to warn my companion that a lot of other churchs here pray differently than we do. I think she was a little disconcerted at first, but she took it pretty well. They just use veils when they pray and anyone can say anything during the prayer if they ´feel the spirit´.

There was a giant spider crawling on my arm during a lesson this week. Gross.

Speaking of nasty bugs, we were going to lunch one day when we got attacked by this gross bug. We all walked out of the apartment complex and this bug landed on Sister Alldredge. I, being the super helpful person that I am, screamed, "Ohmygosh there is weird Brazillian bug on your arm!!" She started flailing around, trying to see it/ get it off when it flew off and landed on the side of my companion´s head! She didn´t see it, so Sister Alldredge, also a very helpful person, screamed, "Ohmygosh it´s on your face!" Obviously perturbed, Sister Day called for assistence, and as we were trying to help, the bug flew again at Sister Alldredge. It then proceded to chase her as she ran, screaming, down the hill. Then it flew away. Brazillian bugs are brats.

Best of all, we got to teach an English class this week! For one person. Because he was the only one that showed up. But it was still great. We were trying to teach about the past tense, and we unfortunately picked the verb ´to sleep´. Sister Day wrote it on the board and pronounced it. "Sleeped. Sleeeeeeped." We all stared at it for a second. Sister Alldredge finally said, "I´m pretty sure it´s actually sleeped. Like Sleh-pehd." More staring. Sister Nestor finally resonded, "Actually guys, I´m pretty sure it´s slept." Obviously, being American does not qualify one to be an English teacher.

Anyway, time has been cut short by my popularity today.

Have a good week!

Sister Peart

My companion, Sister Day

Sister Day took a secret picture. I would have tried to walk more attractively had I known...I was on the phone, that´s why I didn't notice.

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