Happy first day of OUTUBRO! So I don't have luck with pictures.. again. I promise. One of these days I'll have pictures. But anyways, so first I'll start with the baptisms. :)
These week we baptized 3 young men. 10, 12, and 14 years old. Rulin, Edson, and Keven. Consecutively. They are all super cool and dedicated! The moms of 2 came to the baptism, but one mom had to miss it because she was in Praia. :( We are in the process of teaching all of their parents, but there are alot of barriers... like getting married, and not being able to read (all three moms can't read) or understand much Portuguese. (Have I mentioned that I sometimes have to teach in Creole? Weird!) But the most interesting feat is that Edson's mom is scared of water! hahahah. When the first kid got in the water her hands went up over her eyes. hahaha. Poor thing. We marked her baptism date for October 13. I told her I'd find the biggest priesthood holder in our branch. hahaha. I really like her. :) Rulin's mom came to church, but she feels really uncomfortable because she can't read. :/ But she loves what the church has done for all of the people she's meet in it! So yeah. We'll see how that goes.
We also just got a bunch of references that are a bunch of Young women. :) Which makes me happy because for a while we had only been teaching young men. But yeah! I'm stoked about them. :)
An update on the Isabel story: SHE MOVED OUT OF THAT HOUSE!! :D And now she lives in the other sister's area with a family of one of their investigators. She was really excited to go to church Sunday, but I didn't see her there. I haven't had a chance to talk to the other sister's to see if she went to their branch or if she couldn't go because of the rain and her baby. :/ When I woke up Sunday morning the clouds were SUPER dark! The first thing I thought was Oh No. None of our investigators are going to be at church. And sure enough, we had 1 investigator at church. :/ Sadness!
Also, mom should be really happy with me.. I think I like coconut. hahah. I know! So strange! I like coconut bread that they sell here and come coconut cookies that Sister Arlete makes,... But I had coconut icecream today and wasn't a huge fan. But I think the more I eat, the more I'll like. Maybe. haha.
So it turns out we aren't watching conference this weekend. SAD! But to avoid internet problems the branches are going to download it and watch it next week. And our mission president told everyone that they had to watch it in portuguese.. so I'm a little bummed about it, but not too too much since I understand portuguese. It's just a little annoying with the voice over. Hearing a brazilian man just isn't the same as the prophet's voice.
Other than that... hm. I don't know. I still super hot. A member is coming to out house today to unclog our tub drain. Hooray! I guess you know your mission emails are getting boring when you talk about your clogged tub drain. haha.
I love my companion. Sister Robinson... cooks DELICIOUS pancakes. One day I'm sure she'll read this and laugh, but seriously. They were the best pancakes of my LIFE! Also, she's really good at looking at the bright side of things. She has a lump in her throat. We took her to the hospital to have it looked at. The Doctor wrote her a prescription. When we get to the pharmacy the woman pulls out some HUGE 3 inch needles! I ended up calling President's wife and double checking that we wanted to go through with that. Long story short, the Cape Verde Dr wanted her to take Penicillin made for animals and another type of penicillin that no one knows what it was. haha. But yeah. We think she's getting better anyways.
I also got to see Sister Vanderhorst this week! :) She turned 22 on the 28th. :) happy birthday to her!
Ok. That is pretty much everything in my life. I hope everyone is doing well!
Love, Sister Buhler
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