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
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.