Well, everyone! Sorry this is coming to you so late in the week.. but my companion Sister Gomes was sick on pday and sunday night. And we had a special training yesterday with President soooo.. yeah. Hooray for finally getting to a computer!
Well, Here's how Fogo is... HOT! HOLY GOODNESS its like a bajillion degrees here! I'm so niot even kidding about that. And we don't even have a fan in our apartment. It's nuts. But I do really like it here in Fogo. We share an apartment with 2 other sisters. Sister Routsen and Sister Arlete. They work in an area way farther up the mountain and we work in the lower part of the mountain.. But they have to walk 15 minutes to walk to where their area starts. I kid you not.. Our ENTIRE AREA is on a slope like this --> \ And its a bajillion degrees. During like the second day of work here I sat down in someones house and I could see sweat stains on the front of my shirt.. on the top AND towards the bottom... I didn't even want to look at how my pits or back looked. I just kept my backpack on and my arms down the whole time.
So there is a Campain for President going on here in Fogo. There are trucks that ride around ALL the time with huge speakers in the back blasting catchy campain tunes. And everyone parties everynight during the time of campaining. OH! And it's also a bunch of holidays for Saints going on every few days or so. So basically they party ALL NIGHT LONG everynight. It kinda sucks bc we have to leave our windows open at night to not die of heat so.. Yeah, sleep isn't super easy here, but campaining should be over soon. :)
Other than that... Having a portuguese companion is lots of fun. She's really interesting and likes to talk alot. I don't like to talk a whole lot, but luckily my language is well enough off that we can hold conversations really well. She's honestly a real sweetheart. She really cares about people and it's good that I get her as my companion before she dies off.
As for my companion being sick,.. Let me tell you the story.
So she said that she was experiencing discomfort from gas Sunday night. So we made a few street contacts near our house and went home. She ends up throwing up A WHOLE LOT. Like the whole night long. President and Elder Benedict came over to give her a blessing at 11:30ish... Pres was going off about how the chili she ate probably wasn't a good decision and yadda yadda.. And then President asks who cooked the chili she ate... We were all standing in a circle (in candlelight bc the power was out) and EVERYONE turns to me as I timidly raise my hand. MY CHILI WAS DELICIOUS! And was NOT the cause of her sickness. No one else got sick... Geez. My chili was not the cause. JUST SAYIN'!
People here speak Creole not Bidou... I'm not even sure I know what Bidou is... Everyone says something different. But these people forget to open their mouths all the way when they talk so it's a good thing that my companion's portuguese is better than mine.
As for the branch here, I love it! We share the area with Elders.. but they are getting transferred this week to another area. Soooo... They so graciously left us 45 uncontacted references from members. HOLY goodness. I'm really excited to teach all of these people and do alot of work.. I hope my companion is ready for lots of running and teaching!! These people here in Fogo are SO READY for the gospel! You just have to teach by the spirit, love them, and fight the fact that almost everyone was baptized in the Catholic church and don't understand why they need to be baptized again.. hahaha. But Seriously. They're wonderful. I love them. :)
And just a side note, I got a free mango from our investigator last night! I LOVE mangos! Mangos from Fogo are delicious!
Anyways, I really love Fogo. And even though its hotter than Hades all the time, I hope I don't get transferred anytime soon. :)
I'm out of time, Until next week!
Love, Sister Buhler
PS. The person who wrote me a Dear Elder from the orient.. You know who you are... I need your dang mailing address! The one you left is weird! Send your mailing address to Vanessa and she'll send it to me! Por favor! :) Rapido!
And for them and everyone else, my mailing address is and always will be:
Sister Buhler
Missão Cabo Verde Praia
Caixa Postal 420
Praia, Santiago
Cabo Verde
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