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.