My umbrella is worthless...I need a knew one

Oi all! Hope everyone is great! Thanks for your love and

support!

I just want to tell you a little about my past Saturday.

It started with me waking up and doing everything

normal but 8:57 we left the house to get our hair cut.

(It was the only day we could do this) By 9:23 we were

back in the house and I was wondering what was

going through my head to make me want to get my

hair cut by a Brasilian. In all actuality I just wanted a

trim but I got a cut. It took her longer to wash my

hair than to cut it. Lol! Life goes on right?

After that I went to make copies for the English

class I would give later that day. I was in a rush

cause I was running late and I left without paying

the guy and he didn´t say anthing. I didn´t realize

it until I went to buy tape at another place and

didn´t have my money. So I went to my English

class and that was an expirience that can only get

better with time. But I went back after the class

and paid the guy so all is well.

We had two people that were planning to give

lessons with us and both of them fell through.

As did all of ourappointments. All is well, we

found one of our investigator families at home

and decided to visit them. We started our

lesson and we were going to talk about the

Plan of Salvation. Then the rain started. We

were shouting to be heard which wasn´t

really inviting the spirit and I wasn´t

sure what to do. Then the neighbor came

in and said that the corridor was flooding.

So we went out to look and sure enough, it

looked like their house was going to flood.

Huh, well...Let´s pray...It was amazing,

Sister Da Silva prayed and asked that their

house be safe and nothing happen to it. I

though she was crazy to ask for that as the

other house had already started flooding.

By the time the prayer ended our way to

leave was flooded with water close to knee

high. We decided to stay and get buckets

to help get rid of the water. Close to 15

minutes later the water started to lower

and so we could think again. Amazingly

enough, our investigators house was fine.

Just enough water entered to mop the floor

a bit. Her neighbors house flooded close to

8 inches. Man I felt like a war victim walking

out of there. There were tons of people that

had come to watch and me and my comp

were walking out of there looking like

drowned rats I´m sure. Lol! But it was all good

and I think the family is a little more excited

about hearing our message after we helped

them. (The dad couldn´t do much cause he

had shoulder surgery recently.)

Anyways, It was a fun day. Broke up the

monotony and that was the closest I´ve

come to swimming in the last 5 months

so it was good. Lol!

Other than that I´m healthy and happy and the

language is still coming along. My companion

wants to make a dictionary of all the words that

I make up trying to sound like I know Portuguese.

It´s a little pathetic. Lol!

I hope everyone is liking school and work

again after the Holidays and I hope you all

aren´t freezing to death. I´m sweating off all

the weight that I gained this winter. Either

that or I´ve got a worm. Only time will tell. Lol!

Love you all lots and lots! Peace out.

Love,
Shelle