So
this past week was really good. Sister Dabelko and I got 20 lessons
(the standard of excellence here is 22, so close!) and have seriously
been working like crazy... it´s been good. oh! And my one shoes are
officially dead. my left one has a huge tear down the side and I totally
didn´t realize it until like 3 days after it happened so hopefully i
don't get some strange Brazilian foot disease... hahah I should be fine.
=] Hopefully I´ll be able to send pics.
We also had interviews with President Tanner this week and
they were awesome! I love President and Sister Tanner so much! Sister
Tanner is so amazing. I never thought that I would ever feel so much
personal love from someone who had spoken in General Conference
before... It´s a little mind blowing. And she loves/knows all about y'all
too! She tells me every time I see her how much she loves you guys for
how supportive you are and I tell her all about you guys all the time.
hahah But yeah interviews went really well. oh and Sister Tanner made us
cookies! hahah Real American chocolate chip cookies. It was fabulous. I
have no idea where she got the chocolate chips from but we were so
grateful!
Also, Sister Dabelko got bit by Bobby this week......
hahahahahahha not really... Bobby just likes to get excited and start
jumping on us and nawing on our limbs and clothes... usually it´s not
too bad but he got Sister Dabelko pretty good and actually managed to
scratch her an insy bitsy tiny winy bit and she freaked out a little bit
and thought she was going to die of a strange disease, even though bobby
is a domestic dog and had never left the yard... hahahahah she ended up
making me ask our District Leader about it, Elder Lago, and he pretty
much just died laughing (especially when he saw the actual scratch, it
was like nothing)... it was all pretty funny. But it´s actually pretty
funny, the whole mission knows about Bobby... and you are either
terrified of him or love him... I´m stuck somewhere in the middle... I
usually just quote theIincredibles to him (I´m not happy bob, not happy)
and expect him to think it´s funny and stop... that usually doesnt work
though... hahahah
Alrighty, time for just a bunch of randomness... The sun is
bleaching my arm hair... like seriously... it glistens in the sun, it is
getting so bleached... How long does something like that last?? And is
my actual hair gonna start doing that?? Goodness... I´m gonna come home
looking like a straight up freak...hahah
Also, I am losing feeling in both of my big toes... hahaha I
don/t know if that is normal and it´s probably just from all the walking,
but yeah... part of my big toes feel like they just got shot up with
numby stuff at the dentist office... and it´s pretty strange... but at
least I don´t feel very much stuff with my big toes... so i guess that´s
a blessing... hahah
Also I ate corn candy today. No, not candy corn, corn
candy... candy that tastes like corn. It straight up tasted like I was
chowing down on some corn on the cob in hard candy form... it was
probably one of the weirdest things I have ever put into my mouth...
OH! And time for the big news of the week! Are y/all ready for
this? I don´t think you are... I have officially lost 34 pounds since
being here in Brazil! Yay! Go me! Yay for walking everywhere all day
every day! I am officially back where I was when I came out on my mishh
(yes yes yes the MTC and New Mexico did me wrong, I know...) But yeah,
that´s pretty exciting... 34 pounds in a month and a half... and I still
have 12ish months left. Who knows what I am going to look like by the
end of it... =]
But yeah... sorry this has been so random... here's a
spiritual thought for y'all. Sister Dabelko and I watched the movie "
Finding Faith in Christ" the other day in portugues for our language
study and while watching it, it kind of just hit me the fact that Jesus
Christ will never have a perfect body. We all will have perfect bodies
after the ressurrection, because of Him and His atonement, but He will
always have the scars of His death on His hands and wrists and feet...
The only perfect being to ever live on the earth is the only one who
does not recieve a perfect body after being ressurrected... Think about
that for a little bit... Or maybe I´m wrong and He will, but I don´t
think so... If I am wrong, please tell me, but that just kind of blew my
mind a little bit. The more I learn about Him and His atonement for us
the more I am overwhelmed by His love and my own unworthiness.
But yeah, I hope y'all are having a fantastic week and I love
you all so much and thank you so much for all the prayers and support!
I´m gonna try and send some pics now! =] Love you all!
-Sister Rice
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