So, surprise, it´s me, middle of the week, full glory fashion. Our LAN House went down so it took a while to get this off.
So, food. Powdered milk on popcorn, fantastic. Apparently, they make cottage cheese without curds?
Lastly, in food, a Parmesan cheese flavored pudding. Little strange.
Things that just kinda happened? There was a dog walking around our area with chains, Tupac style. Clearly a baller dawg. We saw a man at the bus stop flick a cigarette and it landed upright and stayed there for like fifteen minutes.An old lady told me I was the spitting image of Kirk Douglas
So first, what you've all been dying to hear. How was my lunch with the richest man in Brazil? Well, it was nice. We had steak, and chicken heart, and cheese shish kabobs, and sausage, and other good eats. For a multi-billionaire, he lives a rather modest lifestyle, which I found rather nice. was it the biggest house I've seen in Brazil? Yes. Mostly because the houses all have walls and you can´t really see the houses unless you´re inside them. But, it was nowhere near as big as one would have expected. we also played soccer, pool, tennis, ping pong. I mean, he's a pretty cool guy. Offered me a job which was sweet. He told me when I got off the mission, he would start me off at a cool 120,000 R$ a year. However, that also requires living in Brazil and giving up school so I told him I´d think about it. Never thought I would ever tell a billionaire that I´d "think about" his job offer. the things you find in Brazil.
Other highlights of the week.
On Tuesday, last Tuesday, we taught an old lady who had some sort of memory loss problem which led to some rather interesting, if not repetitive, conversation.
"Can we begin with a prayer?"
"Yes, please do, I love praying"
"okay, I can say it, *Begins to Pray*"
"So this one time I was praying and I fell and hit my head and I saw Jesus. *Tells whole story*"
"That´s an amazing story, what a wonderful experience to have."
"Speaking of wonderful experiences, let me tell you about the time I hit my head and saw Jesus....*tells story again*"
This continued for about fifty minutes before we finally got out of there. While we were leaving, this 80 something year old lady decided to go for a run. We´re talking with another person on the sidewalk, and she passes us, one arm pumping crazy and the other working her cane. We finished up, walked pass her and the same thing happened again about two minutes later. Her run was about the pace of a small child's walk, but she was going, really moving to get that fast. Never let age be an excuse.
Also this week, we were teaching a man and his wife, who were from Bolivia (native Spanish speakers). At the end of the lesson, we left and Elder Silva was talking about how the lesson was amazing and he was really impressed with me and when I asked why, he told me. Apparently (i´m still not convinced he´s not pulling my very sore legs) I taught the second half of the lesson and prayed in Spanish. Ms. Lovejoy, Ms. Rose, shout outs to you guys here (also, if someone could try to get those to them).
And lastly, I ran out of contact solution on Saturday, at night. thus, unable to procure more until Monday, which turned into Tuesday, I had to wear my glasses. Unluckily, on Sunday, it also decided to rain. Which meant I couldn't see out of my glasses. So I took them off. for those of you who don´t know, I´m relatively blind. I see the world different without glasses. everything looks like an old-masters painting, a mix of Van Gogh and Monet. It´s an amazing view, walking, seeing lights, stationary and passing by, colors, dull and bright, a moving world that blends and flows way out of the ordinary. while i was viewing this, I thought, why don´t I do this more often? It´s so much prettier, so mesmerizing. However, as I was viewing the sights, I found myself stumbling and tripping on unseen cracks or bumps, slipping and splashing through puddles. What looked liked dry ground was the deepest puddles, and what was shining and gleaming in the streetlight was actually the safer place to walk. The gospel of Jesus Christ is kinda like that, I think, like a pair of glasses or contacts. When I put them on, I could clearly see where I needed to walk. When we have "worldly" or "natural" vision, we find ourselves walking where we shouldn't be walking. Only when we apply the gospel as a constant guide in our lives can we see the path that is safest for us. And, as we walk this path, others will see us and follow. But first, we need to find and stay on that path.
I love you guys, keep following the path that you need to be on,and, if you haven´t found that path, I encourage you to find it. It is there but we must make the choice to take those first steps.
From the land of the broken LAN Houses,
Elder Spartacus with the mean Chin Dimple
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