Hope everything is going well with yall. Thats cool mom got to go to Texas. I bet you are having fun. Is your wrist getting any better? Sally and Jim are serving a Family History mission in Salt Lake? That is so cool. Thats on my list of things i want to become really good at when I get home. That was a funny Alabama joke! I laughed!
My week was good here in Óbidos Prime. We took a boat Tuesday night to Santarem for the zone meeting so that was fun. We met up with some sisters when we got there and went to the church. Once the zone leaders got there I went with Elder Kautai (the only other American in our zone) to the police station to get my address changed or whatever they did. Elder Kautai is super cool. He is from Texas but his family is from Tonga so everyone thinks he is Brazilian. He finishes his mission with Elder Capello in December. But then we took about a 30 minute bus ride back to his house to let him pack because he came back to Óbidos with us to observe. Since we are so far out no one visits here very often. We also got all the packages and what not for the zone. I did recieve one package with candy and gatorade and stuff in it. I didnt get the one with the debit card yet but transfers are in a week or two so I will probably get it then. We went back to the church and had a really good meeting. The president was not there but I am pretty sure he comes in a couple of weeks. Then Elder Capello Elder Kautai and me and one set of sisters had to take a boat back to our area. So while we were waiting we ate dinner at this sushi place. It was really good. But we were a little late getting to the boat so there was already a ton of hammocks taking up all the space. But we finally found three open hooks but they were reeealy close together. We were very packed. The old lady next to me was kicking me all night. But it was good! We made it!
We went as normal and Elder Kautai tagged along. He was really fun to have around. He is a big time football player. He has a brother playing at BYU right now and another brother at Utah. But the one at utah will be serving a mission in December. Then he will play again when he returns. Elder Kautai will also go play at Utah. So we talked a lot of football. He served in New Jersey in a Portuguese branch for 10 months waiting for his visa so he was already fluent in Portuguese when he got here. He is super cool. So Thursday and Friday went by and he was supposed to return to Santarem on Friday night but the guy feeding us dinner was super late so he just decided to stay one more day. Then on Saturday we were eating with the bishop and we found out there is no boat on Saturday. So Elder Kautai had to stay Sunday as well and just left last night! His companion wasn't very happy but we had a good time here. Every bit of the food in that package is gone haha! We went crazy on that candy and gatorade! I still have some gatorade but that's it! I made the spaghetti last night and I think I messed it up but I gave half to Elder Capello and he said it was good so whatever!
It was ward conference this weekend so the Stake Presidency was here. So that was good. We had 4 baptisms on Saturday but 2 of those were for the ward so we really only had 2 for the mission. One girl is 10 years old and was baptized when she was 8 but we found out they forgot to do the confirmation so we had to baptize her again... 2 years!! But that was good.
So something I have really learned here on my mission is the importance of prayer. Prayer is the key to everything! No one will be truly converted unless they pray to know the truth. It is sad because most people here have never prayed. We have to teach and help grown adults pray everyday because they don't know how. When we pray we are literally talking to an actual being - having a real conversation with the Creator of the universe! I have really tried to make an effort to make my prayers more meaningful. We should prepare before we pray. Not pray for things in general but specific things we need that specific day. I have felt so much peace in my life when I pray with real intent. It is not an easy thing to do, but it is one of the most important things we do here on the earth. Alma 13:28
Love yall and thanks for all the support and what not!
Elder Green
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