The Adventures of Sister Guilott: Week #4 - One month (almost) in Sao Paulo

How has it already been 4 weeks here in Sao Paulo? Time has definitely flown by. But I sure do love it here. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!

This week has been a blur with all of the classes we have had. I guess the one downfall this week is that I got a cold... Some elders in my district got sick first and our instructor told us, "Wow, you guys are the first district to not all get sick!" He definitely spoke too soon, because we are now all sick with bad colds. But that hasn't stopped me from trying to learn! I am feeling better but that was rough. My district decided to have an "English Fast" meaning we wouldn't speak English for 24 hours. But, then while we were in our meeting for our zone with the district leaders, someone in our Branch Presidency told us that the way we say English Fast it has more of a negative tone to it. So he challenged all of us to call it a "Portuguese Feast." I really liked it when he said that. So we have have had two "Portuguese Feasts" this week and it really helped with our language.

One new thing is our new roommates we have. One of them is from Brazil, and I can never understand her when she tells us where in Brazil she is from, so I don't know where. But she is such a kind soul. Very quiet. The other one is from Peru, and she is funny. Her bunk is right under mine and sometimes I dangle my feet off the edge (and remember that I am short) as we all talk and get ready for bed. One night, all of a sudden I feel her face hit my feet (she knew I was there) and she yells OWWWW super loud and then she just stares at me holding her face like she is hurt. I felt so bad and I thought she was serious, but she is just very dramatic but so funny. They love to help us learn Portuguese and read The Book of Mormon with us to help our pronunciation. I love having them with us and meeting other missionaries from all over is so much fun!

This week we went proselyting. When we do this, we go in a bus as a district and get dropped off in the middle of nowhere in Sao Paulo and go and try and get the contact information from people. We had talked to some sisters about it and they said it was so hard and how they usually get only 2-6 contacts. The most we had ever heard of was 12! So we decided not to focus on how many people we get, but to try and share with them what we love, THE GOSPEL!! By the end of it... We had 17 contacts. CRAZY! It was awesome to feel the spirit guide us to the people to talk to here.

We now have a new CTM President and he is amazing. He speaks English, so we no longer need to wear headsets so that is super nice! But since Presidente Milder left, we now don't have anyone who leads our music since all the other people left with him. So last P-Day, some lady came up to me speaking mad fast Portuguese and asked me if I could lead the music. Next thing you know, I have lead the music for the past 4 Devotionals... LOL!! I love it, though!

Funny story: I was so excited to not get any bug bites this week and then all of a sudden... BOOM! I get one of my foot. Today. It's part of my Brazil experience to get bug bites!

Thank you for the love and prayers. Remember to let everyone know I love emails!
(email: caroline.guilott@missionary.org.)

Eu te amo!! XXOO

Sister Caroline Guilott

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