Corpo stà diret (Creole)

I may have been chased by a cow this week, super scary.

It’s been one crazy week! We have been working with Nelida, Kelida, and Rosangela this entire week, every single day. They have been progressing incredibly; they are so prepared by the Lord and have felt the Holy Spirit and never want to stop. They are awesome. We were planning there baptism for this last week. On Friday they all passed their interviews and were ready to go and they were super excited. Then on Saturday, we passed their house and they were not there, then we went to the church to wait for them and they were not there. We called their mom and she told us that their real dad that lives on the island of Sal doesn’t want them to be baptized. We had already gotten the permission and signature from the mom and step dad, but at the very last minute, it went down hill. We are not even close to giving up. We talked to the mom yesterday and I think we made some good progress, she said she would support her daughters decision, because it is what the Lord wants. We are going to plan them for this Saturday, but we will see what happens.

Also, Jacinto and Elton, unfortunately had been lying to us, they in fact had a problem with alcohol. We have had some GOOD lessons with them and made it very clear what they need to do. They have a ton of desire to change and want to be baptized this week. They asked us for a priesthood blessing yesterday, I know they are going reach their goal.

Ze and Nininha are doing super solid. We are going back to the Registry to mark their wedding date this Thursday. The ward has been very supportive and they are going to help organize a little party afterwards. Nininha couldn’t be happier. It’s going to be a truly beautiful day.

We have also been teaching a woman named Siza. We are pretty sure she has a mental problem because she is super quiet and does not understand very well, but she is progressing a little bit every day. She recently has started to say prayers in front of us. She is the sister of one of our recent converts. We made some flash cards that say things like ''Who is Jesus Christ, what is repentance, what is the word of wisdom...' and we gave it to some of the neighbors that are members. They are going to go by every day and review the questions with her. Our only worry is how she will respond during the interview.

It rained quite a bit yesterday, which is not cool. I don’t really miss rain at all, especially when you are in a suit, white shirt and tie and you feel humid and sticky and nasty for the entire day.

It’s going to be a marvelous week. We are going to Praia tomorrow for missionary leadership conference and transfers are this next Sunday, CRAZY!! I hope I stay here for a few more transfers, I love it!!!!

Love,

Elder Rice