I arrived and was immediately paired with a Brazilian who
speaks English with no accent and he speaks fluent Spanish. While I was in the
airport I heard a British kid say "Oh mommy, Florida is MUCH better than England."
And it seems like everybody thinks that way. There are so many people here; I
met some Danish kids the other day. And every person I’ve met so far is
bilingual.
As far as the local talent goes, we have almost exclusively
elders from Utah and Idaho here. We have 6 older missionary couples that work
in the office. The mission plan is to knock on doors and offer "Peace 'n'
Blessings" which works sometimes. We are restricted to teaching Portuguese-speaking
people only so there are still a lot of Brazilians around. They are the most
receptive people.
I was told by a Brazilian
family that I still talk like a native so that was encouraging. It seems that
the Portuguese part of this mission might be dissolved soon because there's not
even a branch to support them and they just go to the Spanish ward because it's
really close.
We've taught a few
people that have potential and we have a baptism for sure within the week. Everybody
follows the rules all the time here, but we at least have a car.
Having a good time
here and no problems.
Elder Willard
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