Week 69 - Undocumented car ride in Castanhal

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Hello!!

This week was good. We recieved a referal of a man that lives in another city that is about an hour from our area. Igarapé Açu. By bus. But this city doesnt have the church yet so tecnically it is part of our area. When we asked the president what we do when we recieve a refferal that far away he burned us saying it is a soul and child of God. So we went!! It is actually a big city and has a lot of people!! We even thought about asking the president to let us open a new area there. Super nice city. So we went on Wednesday And got there at around 4 o clock. We taught the guy and his wife. They arent married but they are really interested in the church. But it will be tough bringing them on Sunday. They told us the last bus leaves at 6 o clock. So we left the guys house and made it back to the bus stop at 5:30 but the place was all closed and they told us the last bus already left. So we were stuck in a city, with no members and no way to get home. Then this guy came up saying he was driving people back to Castanhal for 20 bucks. So we went with him as our only hope. There we 5 men in a car that only holds 4. So the good part about being big is that I got to sit in the front. WHen I looked back I could only see my companions head because he was crammed in between these other full grown men!! So I was dying laughing the whole trip. Almost arriving in Castanhal, there were a bunch of cops stopping everyone in the road. When they stopped us they sayed the car wasnt registered and we had too many people and the driver didnt have a license and a bunch of other stuff. The ticket was gonna be around $1,500. Our driver said and I quote, "Look officer, I´m brazilian too and I know how this thing works, so I´ll give you $50 right now for you to pocket and lets just forget about the whole thing". So that caught me a little bit off guard when he said that, but I got even more surprised when the cop took the $50 and let us go!!!! SO we were planning on getting the receit adn get reembursed for the $40 we would hae to spend. We asked the guy if he had receit and he said yes, but when we got to our house he said he didnt have any!! So we got pretty upset with him and we ended up only paying $35. But it was quite the experience.

We have been teaching Fernando for 2 weeks and he is super excited for his baptism this Saturday. He is 21 years old and plays football. REAL FOOTBALL! They have a little team here that he plays for. Super cool. 

So for the first time in a year and a half I got poison ivy!! I couldnt even believe it! I got it on my arms and fingers and on the palm of my hand!! Not fun. But I went to the farmacy anf bought some cream and pills and now it has completely gone away. That brazilian stuff seems to have worked better than American stuff! But thankfully I got rid of it! 

Love yall!!

Elder Green