Week 45: Extintor de inferno

Oiii, tudo bem??

This week was a great first full week here in Brasil! I'm learning a lot, that is for sure. Whenever we walk somewhere, my comp Sister Queiroz (truly an angel) asks me "how do you say ..." it has been super helpful, I've learned a lot of new words. To explain the title of the email, I have been trying to learn the word for fire extinguisher, but it is not going well. For the longest time I kept saying "extintor de inferno" which would be hell extinguisher. Soooo not quite the same thing but I'll get there some day!

In other news, I didn't move! Wahoo! So I get to serve here in the Campinas 3 ward. Sister Mesquita left which was really sad, but we still get to talk with her all the time because she is our new STL!  And I actually get to serve as a Social Media Specialist here in the mission! So kinda wild because Sister Queiroz and I are responsible for managing all six of the facebook pages here in the mission! Kind of wild because I do not speak Portuguese (see above if you need a reminder). But, it is going ok so far! But if anyone knows how to work FB business suite please let me know! Because I watched 3 hours of training videos about it which would have been great if the guy teaching wasn't speaking in high speed Portuguese haha!!

It's also been fun to help people with their english! One Elder got "mad" at me this week because I mispronounced his favorite word "mountain". I guess not saying the t is not cool! Another Elder asked me to explain the difference between "small" and "short" and "long" and "large" and I attached a picture of what I drew. Thoughts on how I did??

Anyways, I love Brasil with my whole heart! I still do not understand a lot of what is going on, but I have faith I will get there with work and the Lord's help!

Amo vocês! Let me know if there is anything I can do for you!

Sister Johnson



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