Elder Rhodes Missionary Experiences while serving the Brazilian people

This week was pretty busy but unfortunately we didn't have a ton of time to work. On Thursday we have to do about 8 hours of travelling because I had to do a baptismal interview in a different city which was far away.  The interview was for a guy named Gabriel and he was super cool. I used him to do something I've always wanted to do lol. We left the interview with serious looks on our faces and told the sisters that he didn't pass in the interview.  I told them that he had some problem that we would need to resolve first. The sisters looked so worried it was hilarious.  He did get baptized this week so that was good. On Friday we had our last interviews and conference with President Bangerter which was really cool. We had the interviews and it was basically him just telling me how awesome I am lol. ;) Then we went to lunch at a members house in our branch and it was like the best and most expensive lunch that I have ever eaten on the mission. It was steak, bbq...

Well my week was pretty good, I went to Piracicaba for a leadership council Tuesday and Wednesday which was pretty good. The council was over Tuesday but we missed the bus so we ended up staying there another night, which kind of sucks because we missed 2 full days of work because the bus ride is like 4 hours.  We slept on the secretaries floor.  Oh well it was good, we got the stuff done that we needed too. We were able to baptize Luciano this week and he chose me to baptize him even though I have only been here 2 weeks. I felt a little bad for my companion, but he got baptized and that is all that matters. The interview for his baptism was super funny he didn't really know if he wanted to be baptized and when we were talking to him the Zone leader Elder Grigio used an example from Alice in Wonderland saying that Alice got to a part in the road where there were two paths.  She asked the cat which path she should take and the cat responds that depends on where you want...

Well the first week in the new area was good. There is a what I would call a ton of apostasy and the members could be better, but we do what we have too and get the work done. We have a few good investigators and one of them should get baptized this week. The only thing that I really have to say that is cool is that I got bit by a dog! I was walking and a dog jumped up and put its head in a hole in the fence just to bite me. My comp was like dude that dog just bit you, and I was like nah man I'm good. And then it started bleeding and the lady walked out of the house and was super nice. She cleaned it up and we taught her a quick lesson and marked to go back to her house. It was a good week. Also, I got to go to Maris house on Tuesday to eat lunch, they are doing well and she is the Relief Society secretary now. They were happy to see all of us and we had a good time. I really love that family. Love you guys and hope all goes well this week with you guys. Have a good one. ...