Easter here is different, easter in portugues is the same word as passover, its basically a three day holiday about jesus. They have plays all over brasil of his death and everything and they had tv specials about him everywhere. On saturday one of the Elders told me that where he is from all the kids make judas iscariot dolls and torture them all day and at the end they hang him. They do not have an easter egg hunt but they do get a lot of chocolate and bunny chocolates. So that is similiar.
Well the work is going, my companion goes home in two weeks and right now he is sick. But we are working, we have some good investigators but by the time they are baptized i will be gone because i am getting transfered for sure after this transfer. We are trying to push some to baptism the last week but its difficult. I still dont know the language and its starting to get really frustrating. But its good, brasil is starting to get cold, so i am going to have a double doce of winter this year. Lucky me.
But nothing really new is going on just the missionary work and my crappy language skills, also here is a better address to send my stuff too. It gets there faster and everybody says to use it.
Caixa Postal 0339
Santa Maria - RS
97001-970
Brazil
i love you and miss you,
Elder Boiteux
Serving a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Lansing, Michigan & Santa Maria, Brazil. 11/10-11/12
Sao Borja, Brazil
São Borja is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. São Borja is the oldest municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and was founded in 1682 by the Jesuits as the first of the Seven Points of the Missions, and named São Francisco de Borja, in honor of Saint Francis Borgia. It is situated on the Western Frontier of Rio Grande do Sul on the border with Argentina which is defined by the Uruguai river.
São Borja is known as the Land of the Presidents as it is the birthplace of two Brazilian Presidents: Getúlio Vargas (1883–1954) and João Goulart (1918–1976).
The city is linked to the argentinian city of Santo Tomé through the Integration Bridge.
São Borja is known as the Land of the Presidents as it is the birthplace of two Brazilian Presidents: Getúlio Vargas (1883–1954) and João Goulart (1918–1976).
The city is linked to the argentinian city of Santo Tomé through the Integration Bridge.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
The Bishop is a funny guy
Well i am not in a trio anymore. Elder ****** is my comp and trainer. We still live with Elder ******* he got a new comp and there are two duplas in this area. So there are now four of us in that tiny apartment haha. Oh well we usually arent even in it just mornings and night.
The bishop is a funny guy and helps me with my language. We ate at his house and elder ******* played a trick on me and instead of saying 'I am full', I said "I am pregnated thank you" freak. We got a good laugh at it and then the bishop told me what to actually say.
There arent too many animals here, I see a bunch of horses and also a bunch of dogs and cats. Other then that only like birds. I am in country sides and farm country so the cities are mainly small little ones but they are good and fun. and yeah districts here are cooler, they find ways to bond with eachother better and it is really cool.
com mais amor,
Elder Boiteux
The bishop is a funny guy and helps me with my language. We ate at his house and elder ******* played a trick on me and instead of saying 'I am full', I said "I am pregnated thank you" freak. We got a good laugh at it and then the bishop told me what to actually say.
There arent too many animals here, I see a bunch of horses and also a bunch of dogs and cats. Other then that only like birds. I am in country sides and farm country so the cities are mainly small little ones but they are good and fun. and yeah districts here are cooler, they find ways to bond with eachother better and it is really cool.
com mais amor,
Elder Boiteux
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The people here are AWESOME
Well, i am in Brasil. And it is totally different. I am in a trio again. My fathers (trainers) are Elder ******* (He is a brazilian from Sao Paulo and this is his last transfer) and Elder ****** (American from Idaho), they are the Zone Leaders here in Alegrete and they are super awesome. P-Days are on monday and its the only day i can email now. Also its cool here because we got together with our entire district and had a picnic and played soccer, we didnt do stuff like that in Michigan. Elder ****** was way happy and said we had the father son connection with soccer haha.
The apartments are different, the kitchens are a lot smaller with less sophisticated stuff, but we dont have to use it often because we always eat at member houses. I am liking the camas (beds) they are way better then the ones i had in Michigan, also i havent had to use the mattress sheets, either all the beds already had them or there are no bugs in this area of Brasil, we also dont have any crazy animals like monkeys (sad) or those big spiders (yeah, saves my life).
Portuges is hard though, everybody speaks really really fast and although i have loved brasil and the people so far its been a week in (the inferno) i cant understand anything to save my life. I have beared my testimony in church and some things in lessons, made 1 contact that failed, and taught about prophets twice, plus a member lesson. But thats it, i can only talk, if someone says something to me i am lost, and i am pretty sure my portugues isnt very good.
Lucky for me the people here are awesome. The members are really positive and tell me that when i come back to Alegrete i will be fluent. I love the members a ton here, i cant talk to them and i already feel love, in michigan it was hard for me to do that, but here i do. Being a soccer player helps, and now i am a Gremista, a fan of gremio, its the team in Rio Grande do sul. Area i am in. So that is awesome.
Well nobody here can say my name. I have been called Elder Bottom, Batuch, Batukki, Bateaushhhh, its quite funny. When i have to introduce myself i hand them my name tag and say voce tenta (you try) and its funny to hear. Or sometimes they just look and wait, which takes about 6-7 tries before they get it.
Oh that reminds me, all letters/packages/anything you mail just needs to go to the mission office. They get everything and then send by way of missionary to us. So everything must go to the mission office. Thats how everything here is going though, nothing to crazy.
com mais amor,
Elder Boiteux
The apartments are different, the kitchens are a lot smaller with less sophisticated stuff, but we dont have to use it often because we always eat at member houses. I am liking the camas (beds) they are way better then the ones i had in Michigan, also i havent had to use the mattress sheets, either all the beds already had them or there are no bugs in this area of Brasil, we also dont have any crazy animals like monkeys (sad) or those big spiders (yeah, saves my life).
Portuges is hard though, everybody speaks really really fast and although i have loved brasil and the people so far its been a week in (the inferno) i cant understand anything to save my life. I have beared my testimony in church and some things in lessons, made 1 contact that failed, and taught about prophets twice, plus a member lesson. But thats it, i can only talk, if someone says something to me i am lost, and i am pretty sure my portugues isnt very good.
Lucky for me the people here are awesome. The members are really positive and tell me that when i come back to Alegrete i will be fluent. I love the members a ton here, i cant talk to them and i already feel love, in michigan it was hard for me to do that, but here i do. Being a soccer player helps, and now i am a Gremista, a fan of gremio, its the team in Rio Grande do sul. Area i am in. So that is awesome.
Well nobody here can say my name. I have been called Elder Bottom, Batuch, Batukki, Bateaushhhh, its quite funny. When i have to introduce myself i hand them my name tag and say voce tenta (you try) and its funny to hear. Or sometimes they just look and wait, which takes about 6-7 tries before they get it.
Oh that reminds me, all letters/packages/anything you mail just needs to go to the mission office. They get everything and then send by way of missionary to us. So everything must go to the mission office. Thats how everything here is going though, nothing to crazy.
com mais amor,
Elder Boiteux
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