From left to right back row: Elder... Davidson Taggart Barbosa Muir Brown Owens Me Cirqueira Vance Moreira President Neves.
Front Row: Sister Neves Palmer Peralta Nawmanje
7.26.2010
7.20.2010
7/12/10 Email
We have 2 main stores that we visit. One is like a 7 11 and the other I call "Walmart" even though it´s smaller than the smith´s by our house but it´s the biggest store that we have access to so yeah. And what is this "measurements" thing that you speak of. I don´t think they believe in that here in cape verde. Unless it´s a belief of the catholic church then they probably believe it but they don´t know why.
World cup ended yesterday so maybe we won´t have to worry about that distracting people anymore (Spain won in case you were wondering I could really care less). Ah rain. I can´t believe your thinking that rain is a downside. If it rains here that means the members are paying there tithing. and guess what... it hasn´t.
Well anyways this week has been ok. We have a baptism this Saturday so that's sweet. I don't remember if I wrote about him but here is what I have deciphered out of the Portuguese about how e. moreira and his previous companion found there family. So i´m pretty sure they were knocking doors in the area and the area they were in is like a gigantic apartment complex delio. There's like a little area in the middle that is kinda like a little park and it´s enclosed in by all the apartment buildings around it. anyways that's not important. They were knocking doors and it´s an apartment complex so when they knock a door its not like a persons house door its to get into the place where there doors are. Anyways. They were in one of the areas and they knocked on the door of this kid (jwilson) and his family. His mom answered the door and i´m paraphrasing here because I don't know Portuguese but She said something along the lines of "oh you have the word of God don´t you? Enter enter. And they did and started teaching this family and there really sweet. Jwilson is the one being baptized this Saturday and he´s 15ish I think. But jwilson is the man. He comes to church every week without us needing to remind him. He´s already living the law of fasting and last Sunday he brought 2 of his brothers to church and the other week he gave us 3 references of people to contact. And he´s already working on the goals in the aaronic priesthood pamphlet and on Saturday he taught a lesson about repentance to his family and we gave them the for the strength of the youth pamphlet and his dad (who hasn´t been in any of our lessons) really liked it and almost read the whole thing while we were there lol. Yeah so this week is his baptism and in 2 weeks his 2 brothers that he brought to church have a date scheduled along with another 1 of our investigators. So yeah we´re gonna be busy this week. We´ll I guess we should be busy every week but whatever. Oh and we have divisions today with the zone leaders. Well tomorrow but tonight and tomorrow so yeah. Um IDK what else is going on.
Well I love you all and I miss you but as someone in my zone in the MTC said "I get to spend eternity with my family and if I go home from my mission I could be taking that chance away from someone else"
Love always
E. Weiss
World cup ended yesterday so maybe we won´t have to worry about that distracting people anymore (Spain won in case you were wondering I could really care less). Ah rain. I can´t believe your thinking that rain is a downside. If it rains here that means the members are paying there tithing. and guess what... it hasn´t.
Well anyways this week has been ok. We have a baptism this Saturday so that's sweet. I don't remember if I wrote about him but here is what I have deciphered out of the Portuguese about how e. moreira and his previous companion found there family. So i´m pretty sure they were knocking doors in the area and the area they were in is like a gigantic apartment complex delio. There's like a little area in the middle that is kinda like a little park and it´s enclosed in by all the apartment buildings around it. anyways that's not important. They were knocking doors and it´s an apartment complex so when they knock a door its not like a persons house door its to get into the place where there doors are. Anyways. They were in one of the areas and they knocked on the door of this kid (jwilson) and his family. His mom answered the door and i´m paraphrasing here because I don't know Portuguese but She said something along the lines of "oh you have the word of God don´t you? Enter enter. And they did and started teaching this family and there really sweet. Jwilson is the one being baptized this Saturday and he´s 15ish I think. But jwilson is the man. He comes to church every week without us needing to remind him. He´s already living the law of fasting and last Sunday he brought 2 of his brothers to church and the other week he gave us 3 references of people to contact. And he´s already working on the goals in the aaronic priesthood pamphlet and on Saturday he taught a lesson about repentance to his family and we gave them the for the strength of the youth pamphlet and his dad (who hasn´t been in any of our lessons) really liked it and almost read the whole thing while we were there lol. Yeah so this week is his baptism and in 2 weeks his 2 brothers that he brought to church have a date scheduled along with another 1 of our investigators. So yeah we´re gonna be busy this week. We´ll I guess we should be busy every week but whatever. Oh and we have divisions today with the zone leaders. Well tomorrow but tonight and tomorrow so yeah. Um IDK what else is going on.
Well I love you all and I miss you but as someone in my zone in the MTC said "I get to spend eternity with my family and if I go home from my mission I could be taking that chance away from someone else"
Love always
E. Weiss
7.06.2010
Email 7/5/10
Happy Independence Day everyone! Both American and CV. So to celebrate CV Independence Day the only thing I´ve seen so far is a commercial yesterday that had a cake and it played the happy birthday song in the background. We thought stores and stuff would be closed today like on other holidays but I guess not. So I´m starting to make a list of foods I miss in America or that I have no idea how to make (or if it’s even possible to make it here) so you´ll have plenty of things to make when I get home :D. This is probably the first time in my life that I´ve actually been hungry and now I don´t have all the yummy things we normally have in the fridge or pantry or wherever.
So here´s some things that happened this week. First we were walking to/from an appointment and we passed by 2 investigators of ours and a member that’s a fubeca and their little kids were playing together and one of them was running and tripped on the curb and fell and just laid there and didn´t cry and I was really surprised that there was no screaming or tears... and then the child of one of our investigators threw a rock about the size of my fist and hit him in the face and I´m not going to lie I had to stop myself from laughing. There defiantly were tears after that and the parent’s didn´t really even do anything about it. That´s how lax things are here. Other things that happened that were awesome this week happened yesterday. One of our investigators came to church by herself (I really didn´t think she would show up unless we went to her house beforehand which we didn’t) so that was awesome and then another one of our investigators who´s only 14ish brought his brother to church and that was awesome and then the same investigator got up in sacrament and bore his testimony and he´s not even baptized yet! He´s so awesome. His baptismal date is in 2 weeks so were really excited about that.
Oh Transfers! I didn´t even write about that yet hehe. Well that’s because nothing really happened for us. Our zone leaders are still the same and only 1 person got transferred out of our district and she got sent to fogo and were receiving an native African sister but she´s not from here and I don’t think she speaks Portuguese so idk how that’s going to work. So me and E. Moreira are still companions so yay. Oh and I think I kinda figured out how mail works here. Well for missionaries. So we have district meetings once a week and I think every other week the secretaries bring mail to those so that’s how often we get mail here in Praia IDK about other places. Most likely less often. I love you all and miss you.
-Elder Weiss
So here´s some things that happened this week. First we were walking to/from an appointment and we passed by 2 investigators of ours and a member that’s a fubeca and their little kids were playing together and one of them was running and tripped on the curb and fell and just laid there and didn´t cry and I was really surprised that there was no screaming or tears... and then the child of one of our investigators threw a rock about the size of my fist and hit him in the face and I´m not going to lie I had to stop myself from laughing. There defiantly were tears after that and the parent’s didn´t really even do anything about it. That´s how lax things are here. Other things that happened that were awesome this week happened yesterday. One of our investigators came to church by herself (I really didn´t think she would show up unless we went to her house beforehand which we didn’t) so that was awesome and then another one of our investigators who´s only 14ish brought his brother to church and that was awesome and then the same investigator got up in sacrament and bore his testimony and he´s not even baptized yet! He´s so awesome. His baptismal date is in 2 weeks so were really excited about that.
Oh Transfers! I didn´t even write about that yet hehe. Well that’s because nothing really happened for us. Our zone leaders are still the same and only 1 person got transferred out of our district and she got sent to fogo and were receiving an native African sister but she´s not from here and I don’t think she speaks Portuguese so idk how that’s going to work. So me and E. Moreira are still companions so yay. Oh and I think I kinda figured out how mail works here. Well for missionaries. So we have district meetings once a week and I think every other week the secretaries bring mail to those so that’s how often we get mail here in Praia IDK about other places. Most likely less often. I love you all and miss you.
-Elder Weiss
6.28.2010
Email from 6/28/10
Hey I´m not the only one who was sick! Don’t worry though I´m better now. I had some weird cold or flu virus but Sister Palmer (mission nurse) gave me some antibiotics and I´m all good now. I don´t think it´s possible to get used to this heat. Since I´ve been here I have seen 1 traffic light and it’s actually like 30 ft from me right now. But that’s the only one and I swear it´s not there sometimes. It like moves or something IDK. So to answer your suburb question I really have no idea. I just know that the place our house is in is São Filip, the area south of us which is also our area is ponto da água or waterpoint in English and south of that is where the church is and where we are right now but IDK what it´s called. The distance from the mission office.... não sei. Maybe 15 min drive I really have no idea. And what I mean about nobody having addresses is that NOBODY has addresses. I think there are a total of 5-6 places in CV that has addresses. The embassies of other countries and CV and the mission office/pres Neves house have addresses and that’s it. I have no idea how other people receive mail and stuff. Maybe they have PO boxes IDK. I don’t think we can give things to kids. It’s funny that you mention Paige because I was on a division with an elder in assomada and he knows Paige and her friend that I can’t think of her name but she´s the daughter of the crossing guard at quail hollow. Well I’m sorry it wasn’t CV Independence Day but my email said "or whatever holiday it is" meaning I really had no idea. Remember the person who explains things to me doesn´t speak English. I can´t believe Brian has lost 35 pounds that just seems crazy to me. I need pictures. And you probably gained 2 lbs of muscle.
Alright now that I’m done with questions for this week I´ll write some stuff that’s happening here. First off I need something for collar soil! Don’t you have some special bar of soap that’s magic or something? And maybe deodorant cause I here the stuff here sucks but were about to go to the store so ill probably just buy some anyways. BTW these thoughts are in random order so yeah. Tell Paul Cardall I love his music and I listen to it every day while I study. Oh and also here’s some more things I could use in the future but don’t need right now. Ok just one thing glasses cleaner like that little repair kit you sent me but just the cleaner. It’s really dusty here and I should probably clean my glasses more often. Also don’t think someone’s robbing me I made 2 withdrawals from my account that will total 2k escudos (probably 18 dollars). So want to hear a funny random fact? We were in a members home eating and they had the soccer game on between England and Germany and England has a player named A.COLE and I almost peed when I saw it. Oh and you know how Jake calls his mission the red deer mission since he was there for 11 months. Well elder moreira´s brother served in 1 area for 12 months so take that! He wins. Um not sure what else to write. I´ve already been on 4 divisions since I´ve been here and served with 4 other people than my companion. Guess that´s what happens when your comp is district leader. Oh and I decided when I get home it´s going to be impossible for you people to get me out of the shower because I miss it. Oh here´s some fun news. So you remember elder Vance right (I hope so or there’s something wrong) well his family is moving to Utah lol. That would be funny if he moved into our ward. But right now there not moving because his dad is still doing some training dealio for work in Arizona but they will be moving to salt lake area so that would be silly. Oh and the last thing that I wrote down that I needed to write is I need some recipes for some stuff that’s easy to make and maybe things like mint brownies and other junk that would be fun! Well I love you all and I look forward to your emails every week. I´ll still be on for a little be longer if you happen to get on send me an email it will probably be until 7:50 your time that ill be here.
eu amo vocês
-elder weiss
Alright now that I’m done with questions for this week I´ll write some stuff that’s happening here. First off I need something for collar soil! Don’t you have some special bar of soap that’s magic or something? And maybe deodorant cause I here the stuff here sucks but were about to go to the store so ill probably just buy some anyways. BTW these thoughts are in random order so yeah. Tell Paul Cardall I love his music and I listen to it every day while I study. Oh and also here’s some more things I could use in the future but don’t need right now. Ok just one thing glasses cleaner like that little repair kit you sent me but just the cleaner. It’s really dusty here and I should probably clean my glasses more often. Also don’t think someone’s robbing me I made 2 withdrawals from my account that will total 2k escudos (probably 18 dollars). So want to hear a funny random fact? We were in a members home eating and they had the soccer game on between England and Germany and England has a player named A.COLE and I almost peed when I saw it. Oh and you know how Jake calls his mission the red deer mission since he was there for 11 months. Well elder moreira´s brother served in 1 area for 12 months so take that! He wins. Um not sure what else to write. I´ve already been on 4 divisions since I´ve been here and served with 4 other people than my companion. Guess that´s what happens when your comp is district leader. Oh and I decided when I get home it´s going to be impossible for you people to get me out of the shower because I miss it. Oh here´s some fun news. So you remember elder Vance right (I hope so or there’s something wrong) well his family is moving to Utah lol. That would be funny if he moved into our ward. But right now there not moving because his dad is still doing some training dealio for work in Arizona but they will be moving to salt lake area so that would be silly. Oh and the last thing that I wrote down that I needed to write is I need some recipes for some stuff that’s easy to make and maybe things like mint brownies and other junk that would be fun! Well I love you all and I look forward to your emails every week. I´ll still be on for a little be longer if you happen to get on send me an email it will probably be until 7:50 your time that ill be here.
eu amo vocês
-elder weiss
Email from 6/21/10
Yay my memory card got there safely! Yes I just sent it regular mail IDK if they have like fast mail or something. Before I continue I would like to say that this computer doesn’t work as fast as a type so the leertts (like that) letters get jumbled really quickly so maybe you get to learn a new language this week but I try and fix it. My bed didn’t have sheets on it because I hadn’t put them on yet silly. And no they give everyone a new pillow. But the sheets you gave me don’t have a pillow case with them so I have to wrap it in another sheet or maybe Ill buy some fabric here. Haha so you want to know something funny before I continue with your questions? Gas here stss costs (ignore the misspelled words) 10$ for 10 liters lol. It’s so cheap. Anyways the elder I mentioned his name is elder Gomes. Yes we don’t have pasteurized milk. Instead we have irratiated (no idea if that’s how you spell it) milk and its so gross but yes dairy products are safe here. I have yogurt everyday but I guess that’s safe because it’s shipped in from Portugal. And we have cheese quiet often. I have no idea if its goats milk or cow btw. I got one of your packages and my guess is the other one is just in the mission office. The kool-aid will probably last for about 3 days since we have 1.5 liter bottles instead of the 16.9 oz or whatever .Yes the bread and egg thing was zac´s recipe and you can tell him that I have improved on it as well. I thought I already explained this but I guess I will again. The reason I can’t put photos on a CD is because I have no way of connecting my camera to the computer and I don’t have a card reader like we do at home. Also if I don’t send home the cards you wont have the audio files with them so Ill just send home the cards probably unless you want to buy me and send me a sd card converter that plugs into usb slots. Well anyways now that I’m done with questions....
We had like a little mini sandstorm here yesterday and we leave the windows of our apartment open during the day so we had fun cleaning today for p-day. Oh apparently there writing a bible in criolo and my companion translated some of it for me. One of the things Jesus says to Paul is: What are you doing man! Are you crazy! Another thing that one of the apostles says is: come over here and ill beat you. One of our investigators stared a prayer with Oh my god and I almost peed. Um what else. Oh we have 7 people committed for baptism right now but I’m thinking only 2 will go through with it. One is a 15 year old named Jwilson and the other is a woman named Su and IDK how old she is. Oh one more thing before I run out of time. Our district had a baptism this week which is kind of a big deal since our district is one of the 3 hardest areas in CV and I didn´t even know the woman that was being baptized but I was so happy for her! After she came up from the water she was soooooooo happy and I just smiled the rest of the day. Well I love you all and appreciate your emails stay safe!
-elder weiss
We had like a little mini sandstorm here yesterday and we leave the windows of our apartment open during the day so we had fun cleaning today for p-day. Oh apparently there writing a bible in criolo and my companion translated some of it for me. One of the things Jesus says to Paul is: What are you doing man! Are you crazy! Another thing that one of the apostles says is: come over here and ill beat you. One of our investigators stared a prayer with Oh my god and I almost peed. Um what else. Oh we have 7 people committed for baptism right now but I’m thinking only 2 will go through with it. One is a 15 year old named Jwilson and the other is a woman named Su and IDK how old she is. Oh one more thing before I run out of time. Our district had a baptism this week which is kind of a big deal since our district is one of the 3 hardest areas in CV and I didn´t even know the woman that was being baptized but I was so happy for her! After she came up from the water she was soooooooo happy and I just smiled the rest of the day. Well I love you all and appreciate your emails stay safe!
-elder weiss
6.17.2010
Email From Monday June 14
ola!
well to start ill go with your questions. I don't know if we can buy bleach, we cook for ourselves ill usually have a grilled cheese or cereal or ramen or pasta, we don't have to boil our water we have filters, I mailed the card because I have no way of putting the pictures on a CD or on the computer, Communication is OK between us he mostly speaks Portuguese and I try to speak Portuguese and that's how it goes. If i had an English speaking companion we could speak English yes, zone conference was OK, I didn't really understand much because it was all in Portuguese except for when the Simonsen's spoke because they don't know much Portuguese so one of the missionaries translated, and I dont' know how many missionaries we have in the mission but we have 12 in our zone. I don't know elder Calderwood's email address and it would be tough for you to email his parents anyways because I don't think his mom speaks English and its his dads second language. Well things are still tough here but ill get by. We had our first zone activity today. We went to the big tree in Assamada which is just a long hike to see a really big tree but it was pretty fun and I have pictures. Um what else. By the time I end my first transfer ill have served with 4 elders because of divisions. My companion is district leader so I have served with another elder (didn't speak English) and right now I'm with one of the zone leaders because my companion is with the other. I'm not sure what else to write. The things I´m going to write to you I write in my planner and I don't have it with me so I'm not so sure what else happened this week. We taught a lesson to one of our investigators and see went into the hall for a second and came back with a live chicken and it peed on the floor. Um what else. I still haven't gotten your package yet but that's probably because I wont get it until transfers because its just sits in the mission office since no body has an address.
Então, vocês dissem que gostam tentar e traduzir meu português no inglês assim eu vou escrever para vocês. Vou descrever cada dia para nós. Na menhã, nós levantamo-nos e orar. Então, eu uso a casa de banho. Depois desta, eu tenho cereal com leite grosseiro. Próximo, vou usar o duche se nós temos água ou eu vou usar muito desodorizante. Então eu vou escutar à música em meu ipod. Enquanto faço esta, eu leia O Livro de Môrmon até novo horas quando nós temos estudar companherismo. Então eu vou estudar português até saimos, ensinar duas lições normalmente e temos o almoço depois desta. Eu vou estudar mais depois de e então vamos trabalhar até oito ou novo horas. Planamos comer jantar e dormir. E isto é cada dia para nos.
There now you can have some fun. Well I don't have much else to write so I´ll just end by saying I love you all.
-Elder Weiss
well to start ill go with your questions. I don't know if we can buy bleach, we cook for ourselves ill usually have a grilled cheese or cereal or ramen or pasta, we don't have to boil our water we have filters, I mailed the card because I have no way of putting the pictures on a CD or on the computer, Communication is OK between us he mostly speaks Portuguese and I try to speak Portuguese and that's how it goes. If i had an English speaking companion we could speak English yes, zone conference was OK, I didn't really understand much because it was all in Portuguese except for when the Simonsen's spoke because they don't know much Portuguese so one of the missionaries translated, and I dont' know how many missionaries we have in the mission but we have 12 in our zone. I don't know elder Calderwood's email address and it would be tough for you to email his parents anyways because I don't think his mom speaks English and its his dads second language. Well things are still tough here but ill get by. We had our first zone activity today. We went to the big tree in Assamada which is just a long hike to see a really big tree but it was pretty fun and I have pictures. Um what else. By the time I end my first transfer ill have served with 4 elders because of divisions. My companion is district leader so I have served with another elder (didn't speak English) and right now I'm with one of the zone leaders because my companion is with the other. I'm not sure what else to write. The things I´m going to write to you I write in my planner and I don't have it with me so I'm not so sure what else happened this week. We taught a lesson to one of our investigators and see went into the hall for a second and came back with a live chicken and it peed on the floor. Um what else. I still haven't gotten your package yet but that's probably because I wont get it until transfers because its just sits in the mission office since no body has an address.
Então, vocês dissem que gostam tentar e traduzir meu português no inglês assim eu vou escrever para vocês. Vou descrever cada dia para nós. Na menhã, nós levantamo-nos e orar. Então, eu uso a casa de banho. Depois desta, eu tenho cereal com leite grosseiro. Próximo, vou usar o duche se nós temos água ou eu vou usar muito desodorizante. Então eu vou escutar à música em meu ipod. Enquanto faço esta, eu leia O Livro de Môrmon até novo horas quando nós temos estudar companherismo. Então eu vou estudar português até saimos, ensinar duas lições normalmente e temos o almoço depois desta. Eu vou estudar mais depois de e então vamos trabalhar até oito ou novo horas. Planamos comer jantar e dormir. E isto é cada dia para nos.
There now you can have some fun. Well I don't have much else to write so I´ll just end by saying I love you all.
-Elder Weiss
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