Caro familia,
Happy birthday to Grandma (woo, 81!) and I´m glad to hear that the reunion was good. It actually rained a lot here in Ji-Paraná, but you would have no idea because it´s pretty much completely dry now. Womp. Although, it´s hasn´t rained here in probably a month. AND, I don´t know if it´s getting colder here or if I´m just adjusted, but it doesn´t seem as hot. There are times at night when I feel cold! Opa!
Elder Santana is cool though, and I like him. He´s 21, comes up to about my mouth or chin, and is actually really smart. He can read people really well (investigators). So far, so good. I´ll send a picture of him next week.
So, we had a baptism this Sunday! Maria Raimunda, the Indian, who we´ve been trying to baptize for 3 weeks. It finally happened. Yay! Now, we´re working on teaching her neighbor and other people to get ready. The biggest problem here, is that almost nobody is married. It´s kind of ridiculous. Ilsemar didn´t come to Church this week, but we talked with him about how he needs to stop smoking and drinking coffee (and eventually get married...) and he said that he would stop using the bad things for his body. So, we´re gonna keep working with him.
Also, there was this BIG celebration in the middle of the city (right in front of our apartment) this Saturday. Basically just a big excuse for people to dress skanky and get drunk at 10:30 in the morning. So... we weren´t allowed to leave our apartment til 5 in the afternoon. Hahaha. I got some much needed rest though! We looked outside and it was kind of insane: Crazy loud music, beer, horses in the street, drunk people ON the horses, etc. But we were completely safe in our apartment. Thank goodness.
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