Another week in the
books and it was an awesome one. This week I want to focus on the adventures of
being a missionary here in Brazil. This week I had three new experiences or
adventures that happened.
1. Elder Muller and I
were teaching a lesson to a family about the restoration. Mid lesson the
grandma of the family walks into the room and greets elder Muller with a huge
smooch on the cheek. Of course this means I was receiving a kiss to haha. So I
anxiously waited for this ancient grandma to kiss me on the cheek, and she did.
I was hilarious. Elder Muller and I just looked at each other and cracked up
mid lesson haha.
2. I experienced my
first day of work in the pouring rain. Let me tell you it was brutal. I left my
umbrella in a member’s car... so we had nothin to protect ourselves from the
pouring rain. Imagine proselyting for 7 hours in a wetsuit full of cold Hebgen
Lake water. It was a long day to say the least. But probably the most
productive of my missionary career. Also my shoes aren’t water proof so that was
also pretty brutal.
3. I experienced
something I was hoping would never happen. We were in a baixo (town) called
aeroporto going to teach Valdir. Valdir has an insane dog... Usually he has him
chained up, but on this day he didn’t. We walked into his front yard and the
dog started sprinting at me. For some reason I froze. You could see the fear in
my eyes. The dog started chompin at my legs... and I just stood there doing
nothing. He probably only was biting me for 10 seconds but it felt like an
eternity. The adrenaline rush was real. To my surprise once Valdir pulled the dog
off me, I had no bites, blood, or anything on my leg. My pants were barely
ripped. A miracle of protection happened cause that dog for sure had rabies.
In other news, I think
I’ll have my first baptism this upcoming week with Valdir, and we had 7 investigators
at church.
This week was great because
we saw a lot of success in our investigators, help from members, my language abilities,
and much much more. Being a missionary has its highs and its lows. This week
was for sure a high. I’m hoping I can continue to make as much progress as I
did this week every week. I know the church is true and through the power of
the spirit anything is possible. I miss you all and thank you for all your
prayers.
Love
Elder Bodine
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