WELL IT'S CARNAVAL! NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE PURPOSE IS, SO I DECIDED IT IS A CELEBRATION OF SIN. ITS NOT SPECIFICALLY BAD IN PONTE, BUT THE STREETS ARE CROWDED AND THERE'S ALWAYS DRUNK PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, AND LOUD LOUD MUSIC BLASTING. AND HALF THE WARD WENT TO THE CHURCH SPONSORED CAMP TO KEEP MORMONS AWAY FROM CARNAVAL. IT STARTED SATURDAY, AND ALL 5 OF THE LESSONS THAT WE HAD MARKED FOR SATURDAY FELL. THEN YESTERDAY THERE WERE NOT MANY MEMBERS AT CHURCH. MARINALDO WAS THERE, NOT MUCH TO REPORT ABOUT HIM. WE HAD A FUN FHE AT HIS HOUSE LAST WEEK, WE MADE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES TOO. PEOPLE HERE ARE AMAZED WITH THEM.
IT WAS COOL AT CHURCH CUZ A RANDOM GUY JAILSON CAME UP TO US AT CHURCH. IT WAS HIS FIRST TIME, AND HE SAID HE WANTED TO START COMING EVERY WEEK. WE TALKED TO HIS MORMON FRIEND FROM A DIFFERENT WARD ON HIS PHONE AND SHE TOLD US ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP HIM, SO WE'LL BE TEACHING HIM TONIGHT (IF WE CAN FIND HIS HOUSE). STREETS/HOUSE NUMBERS HERE ARE A DISASTER. THEY MAKE NO SENSE, THEY'RE USUALLY NOT EVEN IN NUMERICAL ORDER.
ALSO CLAUDIO AND HIS FRIEND ERICSON WENT TO CHURCH. CLAUDIO IS UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR MESSAGE AND WE ARE TEACHING HIM OFTEN NOW. HE AND HIS FRIEND WERE ALSO THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP TO THE ENGLISH CLASS THAT ELDER HALVORSEN AND I STARTED ON FRIDAY. THE CLASS WENT WELL, AND I ENJOYED TEACHING ABOUT CONJUGATING ENGLISH VERBS. IN THE PRESENT TENSE. WE ARE EXPECTING A FEW MORE PEOPLE AT THE CLASS THIS WEEK.
ELDER HALVORSEN WAS SICK YESTERDAY AND BARELY HANDLED CHURCH, AND WE STAYED AT HOME THE REST OF THE DAY. WE PROBABLY DIDN'T MISS MUCH PRODUCTIVE WORK THOUGH BECAUSE SUNDAY IN CARNAVAL IS ESPECIALLY PARTY DAY. I LEARNED HOW TO SOLVE THE RUBIKS CUBE THOUGH, SO THAT WAS NICE. AND WE PLAYED UNO WITH THE NEIGHBOR BOYS.
I HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE TO SELL MY GUITAR TO NOW BECAUSE THE PRES. SENT AN EMAIL THAT NOW GUITARS ARE AGAINST THE RULES. TOO BAD, CUZ I JUST ASKED HIM AND HE GAVE ME PERMISSION TO BUY ONE 2 MONTHS AGO. BUT WHATEVER.
I ASKED ELDER HALVORSEN RIGHT NOW IF ANYTHING ELSE NOTEWORTHY HAPPENED THIS WEEK AND HE SAID "NOTHING." SO THAT IS MY WEEK.
THANK YOU ALL AND I LOVE YOU TOO!LOVE
ELDER HOOKE
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