Finalmente uma P-day eu posso fazer as coisas eu preciso fazer! Então How is everyone? I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a wonderful New Year. I have a lot to remember but Ill try and hit all the main points. First off we had Christmas Conference down in Teresina which was super fun. We all brought things we made and I brought some Cookie Brownies that I made. We played a bunch of games and had a blast. Then we continued working in our area until my trainer Elder Bustamante got super sick with an allergia that made it so we had to spend most of the day in our house. This was nice the first day but after that I just wanted to work. He is currently at the hospital in Teresina with the Companion of Elder Sly, the other American elder here in Floriano so we are in splits. Don't worry he isn't dying he's just in a lot of pain.
The week after Christmas conference we had Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve in the house of an investigator who loves us and so we played games and ate there until we had to return at 10:30 instead of the usual 9:00. Then Christmas where we opened our presents we got for each other and also the presents my mom sent with me. The non american Elders now love American candy because it's the best and we've been having a ton of fun with some nerf guns we got.
Finally we had New Years Eve which we spent watching fireworks from our building and stayed up til Midnight and had a little party by ourselves because we had to return at 6:00 in the afternoon that day. Where we were wasn't super big but I saw on some newscasts that they were having giant parties in other parts of Brazil. It was super weird being here for Christmas and New Years but still wonderful.
Some funny things that happened was first off on Christmas all the members gave us this gift basket with a ton of sweets in it and I mean giant. I would say probably like 20-30 pounds but we were at the top of a hill about 35-45 minutes away from our house. So I took the challenge to carry it home by myself and said that God will fortify me and give me strength if I have faith. I made it about 43 minutes until my arms were dead and I couldn't go any farther so all the other Elders said I didn't have faith which was a funny joke haha. Then a lot of our investigators dropped because of one reason or another but we continue to try with a smile on our faces (usually) We have one investigator that's doing super awesome and is preparing for baptism this Sunday. Also I am quasi fluente em português so I understand most of what people are talking about most of the time. That or I misunderstand them completely because I misunderstand a single word. It's a struggle but I love it. I love being here and I hope everyone is doing wonderful.
-Elder Pettingill
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