Well, another week down! It
was a little bit slower than the previous one, but still a good one! It
was super rainy this week. It's rained pretty much every day for the
past 6 days. About a month ago, we had a stake fast (all the Wards in
the Sumaré stake, maybe other Stakes too) for it to rain, because it had
been years since it had rained for a week straight, and it wasn't doing
any good. Since then, it started to rain every now and then, and then
last week it came down hard. That was really cool to see; fasting really
does work.
Also, I finally got a
haircut! The cabeleireiro (barber) was interesting haha. He was kind of
old, and had been cutting hair for 50 some years. He was talking about
how he was still learning! Haha, but he spent about 30 minutes on me,
making sure everything was even. I hadn't cut my hair since I left the
CTM, so it was a lot of hair. You probably saw all those pictures and
were thinking- What in the world is he doing with all that hair! Haha,
we just didn't have anytime to get it cut, and then we always forgot on
P-Days. But, here I am now!
On
Thursday, we went to the main plaza in the centro of Sumaré and sung
Christmas songs for the "Noite da Amizade" which is a weekly Ward
activity. We usually meet at the chapel and have a special message, a
brincadeira (game), and then a lanche (snack). But, for last week, and
this week too I think, we are caroling. We also set up a little table
with gifts for everyone who passed by. Haha, there was also this crazy
dog who had been roaming the city. Elder Holder and I started petting
him, and he got so excited because no one really did anything like that
for him. He starting jump around in joy, and then tried biting our ties.
Then, he ran over to this one woman with a dress, and then pulled on
it, dragging her with him. The bishop ran after them and then wacked the
dog to get it off of her. It was pretty funny.
Well,
there's that little update. Hope all is going well back home! That's
super awesome to know that the shoes are here! Tomorrow, we have a
multizona conference up in Piracicaba. We'll all be going up there, so
I'll be able to pick up some mail! I don't know if they are gonna send
down any more mail before Christmas, but I hoping they do something like
that. I get to Skype on Christmas Day, and it will be at a member's
house. I'm not for sure who its going to be, as of right now, but I'll
tell you guys more next week. Also, thanks for the Christmas package! I
am super excited to get it! I don't know if it will get here before
Christmas, but I know I'll get it sometime, and anytime is a good time
for me.
Thanks for all the emails again, and until next week, and CHRISTMAS!!! I love you all!
Elder Collins
PICTURES!!!!
My hair cut, and also a little break from walking
The other side from that picture of my hair cut
This one sign we found that talked about a killer on the loose in that area! What you can't see is the scratched out part of "de gatos". A CAT MURDERER! Still kind of scary haha.
Us leaving our house to use the internet!
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