Day Thirty-four

I had the chance to catch up with sleep, I haven't been feeling well at all so it was nice to be able to sleep past my regular wake up hour! Ligia woke me up for lunch, my favorite meal! Beans and rice are the best here and this will sound weird to everyone back home BUT TRUST ME..beans, rice, corn, wheat, eggs, and ground beef is fantastic together. I am pretty sure I heard you say EW out loud after reading that mixture. And I don't blame you, if I were reading this blog from someone else I would not believe that that is a good combination. But it totally is! I am definitely making this for myself in america! :) So that was lunch, and then we had down time..time for relaxation and then we had some pizza later in the evening before Tiago and Li went to school and Mae, Pai and I went to church to see a baptism. And you may ask, "what are mormon baptisms like?", "is it different in Brazil?"..this was an ordinary baptism, old life washed away and new life is given through Jesus Christ..IN FREEZING COLD WATER! Everyone was shivering because we all knew how cold that water was! It was a happy moment for the church, it was in a small room so a lot of people were standing outside and watching but there was a mirror so the people in the back could see what was being reflected from down in the baptismal pool. The "president" and his wife had us over for some brazilian finger foods. They are a family of 6 (or 7) and all from Utah, it's just the mom dad and one son that are here in Brazil. They are really really nice, the dad (president) was talking to me in portuguese and finally Ligia said, she speaks english, she's from America. I could understand him, I didn't want to be rude, but he was quick to ask how I like it here! They are really sweet people with a beautiful home! I really enjoyed spending my evening with them and hearing about other missions that they have served. More to post soon!!

Beijos

Tchau

xoxo

Rachel