8/12/2019

Oi friends and family! Sorry for the lack of emails but these last few weeks have been pretty wild. But Im still alive! Sobreviva for you portuguese speakers out there lol.

I won~t lie i was pretty nervous about my companion at the beginning. but turns out she just had dengue so we are cool now! week two was spent in a different area with the two other sisters in our district so that she could rest and I wouldn´t get behind on training. Last week we made it back to Acariquara. Sooo hot and soo humid. My skin seriously feels like a sticky hand all the time haha. 

I still kinda have no idea what anyone´s saying but the people are awesome. Razors and pants do not exist here. Lilia, the naked woman who lives upstairs, taught me to say ´´Pois e´ which slang for Í understand´ so thats what I always respond when someone asks me something that i actually didnt understand haha.

I get asked the best questions. People think I´m some kind of sweaty alien. 

Missions are hard but as my mission president likes to say at every zone conference, ´Tovey was barfing the first night and her companion had dengue and she´s still here´ so basically you can do anything you put your mind to! The church is true and Manaus is hot but so fun. Amo vocês:)

Also one day I will figure out how to send pictures




































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