Missionary Letter #6 (November 8, 2010)

Well, first of all, i think i chose my mission plaque scripture before i forget. k i really like john 21:15. (So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.)

so i have no idea what it's like brazil, but the people we've met here from brazil are always SO nice and SO friendly and not like mean and are always interested. uuuuuuuh, are you KIDDING me??? anyway. we also knocked on this lady's door this morning who was so excited to see and and was like, i'm christian! i'm so happy to see you! would you like to come in for tea! it's just so important for my sons to know that jesus atoned for them! all this stuff like that, but making it very clear she's very apart of her own church. but we're going to go on thursday because she said she'd read the book of mormon. it's so nice to talk to people like that. who care. so many people just don't even care, it's ridiculous.

  

okay so there are a ton of young single adults who are students at kent university, and like ALL of them are lit/creative writing students. gaaaaaaah it kills me! haha. i keep asking what they're studying. this one girl is studying the romantics so i was talking all about it to her and told her to watch bright star. and then i was like, is this allowed? ha. oh man.

  

we also went to these two sisters' house. a spinster and a divorcee. they are the best ever. oh man. one of them owns guinea pigs that are like her children. she showed us tricks where she'd put a carrot in her mouth, lay on the floor, and then the guinea pig would come get it! anyway, we practiced giving pass-along cards with them, and they were so hilarious. their house looked like it hadn't gotten anything new for like fifteen years. everything was vhs, and old movies like free willy, and then the posters they had in the room were like of horse heads and stuff. and they insist on showing every missionary that comes this video of their dad with a wig on just saying a load of nonsense and they think it's so funny. oh man, they're so good. loved going over there.

thanks so much for all of your emails and your prayers! i'm happy to be here even though sometimes it's hard not to think of all of the other things i'd rather be doing...hahaha. i'm starting to stop looking forward to any "me" time i can have. i'm not here to have "me" time. there's not really time for me to just escape into my brain and think about things that i wish i could be doing. instead i have to think about how i can get to know members better, how i can engage someone on the street, how i can serve my companions. anyway, obvious things, but hard to do and remember to do.

i love you all so much and thanks for your emails and prayers! it's been a good week.

love,
sister emma