May 29, no title letter

Sounds like everyone had a great week, and I did too. Everything is normal here, doing some walking, talking, translating, and explaining why in the world an american is in brazil. It was actually funny the other day, we were walking and a man stopped us and said "state?" and I said yes, and he said that he is looking for a person to teach his daughter who will be going to the united states soon and we then tried to change it into a teaching appointment but he said he was a jew and just wants a teacher and that he will pay well... very very very well; I know I cant do it but it left me wondering exactly how much...🤑😅 JK. We also did a awesome P-day in Coite with the sisters of your district, complete with lunch and water ballons (thanks mom). We also went to a local concert which had several members playing and one of our investigators and it was so cool, I have some videos but they are too big to upload, and it was funny because they said to sing along because its a classic, but its brazillian original so I didnt know it. 😁 

They started decorating the town for a festival they have in June, I dont know what/which festival but I hear it will be awesome! Today for P-day we did a lunch with some teen investigators and everyone brought something, some girls made pasta, another boy brought soda, and I made flan in the oven (which is the picture attatched)

Dinner, which some people have asked me, is usually 3 reais of bread and 1 real of some lunch meat, unless we dinner at the house of some member with bread or cuzcuz.  

Thats some content for this week right? I always draw a blank when I come to sit down and type. Love you people!

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Elder Benjamin Barton

June 8, Transfer news

This week week was great, we had some good times! They have a holiday called São João and so lots of people are having bonfires and we get invitations to go too. They will also have some famous brasil singers passing through our town so maybe we will get to watch some as we are passing by. We got to know this amazing kid Emily (which is actually spelled Hemilly) and this last sunday we met her and we've been teaching her this week and her baptism was on saturday and her confirmation yesterday, miracles do exist. She is so awesome and funny, she's 9  years old, she took hold to the gospel so fast, she had already been going to church with her aunts, so she was already accustomed to church and when we found out she wasnt baptized and and asked if she wanted to be she smiled and nodded very happily "yes".

On the other hand I'm getting really frustrated with the lan houses of brazil because I keep getting viruses! I fixed the last one but now there is another one that  deleted only this last week, which isn't too bad except it had the baptism photos in it; I'm still trying to fix it to see if I can recover them but they seem like really gone,  and I will be sad because I think they are the only photos that we took.? But I will work to find/fix this.

The other photo is us walking in front of a catholic march to their church. It was funny that the two mormon missionaries were "leading" their little march but it was just coincidence, so we took a picture. Which is also the last photo...

In the transfer I will stay in Serrinha and my companion will be Elder J. Silva who I do not know yet, and my companion Elder Dos Santos will take the 20hr bus ride to Barreiras which I think is as far as you can go in the mission. 

I think that's all the news for  this week other than  realizing that I've become more tan and blonde :) Tchau!  

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Elder Benjamin Barton