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HELLO FROM BRASIL!!!
Well this week was great! Today we had an intense game of tennis with one of our investigators named Leonardo. He is the principal of 3 English schools around here called FISK. An American guy owns this school. Leonardo heard us talking English on the street and stopped and started talking English with us. He asked if we would stop by his school because in order to learn a language you need to speak it so he wanted the people in his schools to speak with Americans who speak well and give them the opportunity. Its great because they always ask about the church so we get to talk to them about that. We taught him the first lesson a few days back and gave him a Book of Mormon. He asked for one in English. This guy speaks better English than we do because he doesn’t speak a lot of slang so he uses very big words. He invited us to go play tennis with him. Being a baseball player and golfer tennis is very difficult for me because I tend to hit the ball as hard as I possibly can every time. By the end game my hits were untouchable. Haha!! He was a catholic for 10 years and left because he didn’t agree with the doctrine that they teach so he has been looking for somewhere to go since. I think he will love it here! We have already baptized an Michelangelo, if Leonardo is baptized all we need is Raphael, and Donatello and we have baptized all 4 of the ninja turtles! Just a little fun fact. Haha.
Mission conference was pretty awesome! President Didier, the president of the Brazil area was there. He gave a great training on how to teach the restoration of the gospel better.
Last Sunday we got to church and President Saul, the branch president, came up and asked me to speak in church. I had to say yes but during the next two hours, (in brazil you go priesthood, Sunday school, the sacrament meeting), I was writing a talk. I got up and didn’t even use the words and was able to go on for my five minutes. I spoke on Nossas testemunhas. Our testimonies. That’s talk number two.
Two more weeks until transfers! I don’t know what is going to happen. If I do get a new companion or go to a new place I hope to get a brasilian companion. That way I will forget speaking English and just speak portuges every day. That would help a lot with the language!
Well….I must bid farewell until next Wednesday but I leave you with love and appreciation for all of your help!
-Elder Jeffrey Johnson