7 December 2015
This Week
Hey, hows it going? Cool!
This week was very uneventful, as in I honestly don’t know
what to say. Its getting pretty
hard to think of cool stuff that’s happened because its like, right now: Im
training. That IS the thing that’s
happening. And that'll be for the
next 10 weeks. So... Ill just talk
about that :)
I love Elder Rodrigues! He is really turning out to be my favorite companion. Who until now was other Elder Rodrigues
:) He just BARELY turned 18 and is
really cool. He's going through
the whole start-of-the-mission
thing, but he’s a lot better than I was when I got here.
Sorry for the short letter. Im saving all the good stuff for Christmas! See you next week!
Elder Biggs
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14 December 2015
Another Week
E ai? (that means what’s up) Glad to hear from you guys, I
really do love hearing about what’s going on back at home, don’t have to worry
about long letters (Dad), if im running low on time, I just wont read it all :)
So this week was another week of just work. Elder
Rodrigues and I are really good friends at this point. Id like to think
that he doesn’t hate my guts, but there's probably a couple times when he
doesn’t like me too much, but whatever. Part of the experience.
Right now we're working with a woman in a rich neighborhood
named Valésia. She is a young mom and is absolutely eating up everything
that we and the church are offering to her. The only problem is that she
isn’t married to her husband (super freaking common here) but she received a very
strong answer to her question if the Book of Mormon is true and is half way
through 2 Nephi! She is the one with the cool dog named Mike, here’s a
photo:
He's a super rare type of dog called Shah pay or something
mandarin or something. I don’t know exactly...
This week we also did a service project where I used a
normal shirt in the sun all day. Well its been awhile since my neck has
been exposed to the sun so...
Yeah, that isnt feeling very good right now.
Oh and you guys have to send this to DeWitt. The ward
secretary here is named Theo (pronounced tell). He served his mission in
Argentina and got back just a little over a year ago. I asked which
mission he served in and asked if he knew and Elder Evans. He said
"Was he a secretary?" I said yes, and he got super excited when I
told him he was my cousin! So: DeWitt, Elder Da Silva told me to call you
a "Bunda Mole" I'm sure you know what that means. Also, he told
me some pretty funny stories...
Alright I gotta go. I love you guys, Dad, if you could
send me the skype info thatd be great. Next week we can get all set up
for that!
Elder Biggs
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21 December 2015
Good Week
This week was a very good week that I would like to start by
sharing a picture of me eating "Tapioca" (basically starch cooked
like a pancake) with eggs - a delight here in the Northeast of Brazil - with my
instate hat and hammock:
Anyways, Tuesday was our Christmas Conference. Super
cool and super spiritual. We started with pancakes with honey (they don’t
have maple here) and later on watched Kung Fu Panda! A MOVIE!!! The
conference lasted all day and was a really cool experience. Tempted me to
stay for next year's too!
This here is Elder Amaral, who’s basically my best friend
right now. He lives in the same house as me and super cool!
The rest of the week was pretty normal. We’ve been
talking with this mom, Valécia, for the last week or two and she was nervous of
what her husband would think when he got home from a business trip. But
when he got here he was very prepared and the two are really excited at the
idea of Temple marriage.
I'm pretty much all out of time now, but it’ll be a lot
easier to talk to you guys this Friday. I love you guys so much and I'll
so you guys this week!
Elder Biggs
Ready for Christmas!
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28 December 2015
Christmas is Different Here
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| Skype Call! |
So ever since I can remember, Dad’s always been telling me
how magical Christmas on the mission is. And receiving emails from my
friends in the field in the US, the same thing. But here... well... its a
lot different. Basically, here there’s a big party the night of Christmas
eve, a huge dinner at 10-11pm, the at midnight they trade presents (secret
santa) Then sleep, wake up at noon have a big lunch, the Christmas ends.
After noon, everything was totally normal. People drinking and partying
in the road, just like all the other holidays. It kinda made me sad to
see that no one really thinks about Christ on Christmas (even less than in the
US) but maybe it’s all good and I'm just not used to it here. But this is
my last Christmas so, its whatever!
The day after Christmas I woke up extremely sick. I
was so weak and so bad that I couldn’t even sit down and study. I called
President and he told me not to eat anything or drink anything for the rest of
the day. Anyways, it started with the worst diarrhea of my life, followed
by very painful vomiting. And it was worse because I wasn’t vomiting
anything. I think it was like what happened to Mom when she was a kid (if
I remember the story right) [dry heaving] anyways, that night I was
(trying) to throw up and a tiny little thing came out and I instantly felt a
hundred times better! Apparently I ate something that wasn’t supposed to
be eaten, and my body was like, "no no no no no no!" So
yesterday and today Im still pretty wasted, but its getting there :) Fun
mission stories!
All right, I gotta go. It was so cool talking to you
guys and I'm so excited to see you guys again in 5 months!
Elder Biggs
Me and Wedekind are pretty bummed about not be able to see
Star Wars, so we made this. I also should point out that this is
COMPLETELY in camera. That means there are ZERO effects on this
photo. Not photoshop, at all!
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