Final week is done, pretty much just waiting for tonight when I leave. This week has been pretty bitter-sweet. I love my district and it's going to be super hard to say goodbye but I'm super excited to go out. We have had so many awesome experiences this week. Pday was a blast, we took all the money that our wonderful parents gave us to Mr. Cheneys, a local bakery for the missionaries, and had a cookie party which was awesome. Also an Elder in our room wanted to know if I could take his fat tie and try and make it skinny but I had never done that before but he said I could try with his tie. So I did and it came out really good, so now some other missionaries asked me to do the same. Basically I am just known as a pro at everything to do with clothes. Also the other Brazileiro in my room was a barber so he showed me how to shave with a straight-edge and not die. So I'm buying one out in the field and going to do that. We did a lot of teaching this week because you know got to prep for only Portuguese in like 24 hours for the next two years. I actually love teaching so much, it's probably my favorite part here which has been super fun. So last week I was working on Isaiah 58: 6-12 and I was able to fully memorize it which truly took so many hours of study and definitely know God helped me out with that. Portuguese is super fun to speak and I love the Brazilians.
It's super nice to feel like I can generally say everything I want, even though sometimes I have to change how I say it. Also another super funny thing from this week was that most of the Elders in my district shaved their heads super short which is just so funny to see since most of them had decently long hair before. I didn't do it though which most people have told me I was smart not to. I love it here, it's super awesome, the people are awesome, and I love everything about being out here. I have grown so much since being here. I love hearing from you guys and I love seeing pictures. Next time I email I'll be fluent in Portuguese (crossing my fingers/knocking on wood).
-Tchau,
Elder Pettingill
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