I cannot believe that is it June! I
realized that it will be one year ago that I recieved my call on the
14th of June. I feel like happened yesterday and here I am with 7
monthes of my mission gone! I really am no longer one of the new ones :)
This week was a normal week for us,but we did have
Conferência de Zona this week. We spendall day at the church and
Presidente and Sister Gonzaga speak to us, the AP´s,secretaries and have
other training. It iswith all the missionaries who are serving in
Sergipe so it is fun to catch up with people. I was able to talk with
two Hispanic elders who left the CTM with me. I can understand
everything they say now! Before I rarely talked to them or ifIdid it was
notmuch because I don´tknow Spanish, Ididn´t know Portugués and they
don´tknow English (although one of them had an American companion and
theamericancompanion is teaching the hispanic elderabout the
US,includinghow he shouldroot forthe Giants :). How wonderful it is when
you know the language and you can communicate with people :) They are
so awesome!
As some of you may know, my mission president
wascalled to be an area seventy and was atGeneral Conference in SaltLake
inAbril and they hadsome training from some apostles andSister Gonzaga
told us themain reasons for lowering the age for missionaries,one being
theneedformissionaries andtwo to strengthen the youth. The world is not
getting any better and it will notget any better and the youth needto
stand strong to their values and keep strong testimonies and I
canpromiseyou that there isnothing else that willprepare you for
life,strength your testimony and keep you on the path likeserving a
mission. Itis unbelieveable the growth you have,thethingsyou learn
whileservingamission. I am SO grateful forthe missionandeverything I
havelearned this far andI am soexcited to seewhatthe next 10/11monthes
holdforme.
Idon´t have any other amazingstories to tell, so I
thought Iwouldtell you alittleabout the culture (because I have
heardsomepeople have asked :) ). For foodhere,every mealwe have
rice,beans, somekindofsalad/vegtables, chicken or meat and
pasta.Sometimes there isalsopotatos andvariousfoods
thatpeoplemake,butthisisthestaple. Thereisalways juice todrink too
(juice thatismadefrom realfruit... yum!). It sounds borning, butit isnot
that bad andI have yet toeatsomethingthatI had chokedown :)
Also, we are starting into The World Cup season and
lifewillbedifferent here. Wewillnotbeabletoworkduringandafter
gameswhereBrasil, the United States or Germany play. Literally
everythingwillclosedown though when Brasilplays.Likeitisaholiday- no onw
will go to work. We will have to stay in ourapartment...lifewill
beinteresting :)
Also São João is aroundthecorner here too. It is
really big here in the NE. Itisonly oneday, butit is the wholmonth of
June here really. I don´t exactly know what thepurpose or reason for the
holiday is,butyou can googleitandfindout more:)
Well,that´s all I havetimefortoday! Iam sorry that a
bunch ofwords are puttogether- the space bardoesn´t really
worktoowell...I hopeyou can understandthough.
Ihopeyou
all have a great week!! I knowthisgospelis true with allof my
heart.JesusChristisourSavior. He died that we can each livewith
ourfamilies again.How beautifulis thisgospel!!
I loveyou allandmiss you somuch!!
Com amor,
Sister Chilson
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