So! I don't even have a clue where to start, because I'm in a foreign country, and I don't exactly speak the language yet, mainly. It's so nuts out here in the real world of Brasil!
Okay, so I'm definitely gonna be sending more pictures your way next time, of my new area, Lagarto, but I don't even have any yet, so I'm sending a few of the MTC right quick. There's one of campanheiro number one, Elder Willis and I first day at the CTM, second there's the CTM President Degn and Sister Degn with me, third Elder Willis and I on the basketball court where we spent so many of our CTM days (pulverizing everybody else ;) ) with the rim in the background being one that Elder Anderson from our district TORE down with a nice light dunk, and a photo of our CTM district.
Alright, I now get more than 30 minutes for EMAILLL! YEAH! FREEdom! And, as it turns out, looks like I won't be getting real-life letters more than once every 1-2 months out in the field, when the mish President visits the missionaries. So EMAIL me! (Letters are really, really awesome, it's just good to remember that I might not get it until the next full moon ;) ...or the one after...)
Last Tuesday, we arrived in Maceió to get our new companions, meet the mission President and his wife, and get broken into the field. Turns out... Maceió is nuts. And I'm not just talking your salted, honey-roasted can of peanuts. I'm talking up the wazoo, trail-mix variety with way too many raisins and almost NO m&ms kinda nuts. It's the poorest large city in Brasil, and it shows. When we stayed there overnight before going to our designated areas, we witnessed a few crazy people outside of the apartment building, acting like they came straight outta Sodom and Gomorrah. I honestly just laughed from a safe distance because it was so ridiculous. But honestly, when it comes down to it, makes me think how powerful the Gospel is, how it changes lives so dramatically. These people are some of the most receptive to the gospel in the world, yet some of the poorest in the world. SO grateful to be here because of that. Humble people are WAY cooler than the prideful ones!
So, Lagarto is pretty dang sweet! It's a pretty friendly area...but it's crazy, CRAZY. But it's a good crazy! One of the first things I found out when I got to Lagarto is that they really, REALLY like their elections here. Turns out, for the spot of the mayor, they party for 3 MONTS STRAIGHT, EVERY day, until the elections. In fact... they had a rally today near our house for a couple of the mayors, with gigantic speakers mounted on pickup trucks so everyone within a half-mile radius could hear...and it started at 6. Six in the morning. IN THE MORNING!!!! But I'm not upset about it, nope. I'm being optimistic. They're just helping me do my part to serve them by...by... getting up before 6:30 so I'm not lazing about" Yeah, yeah that's it!....
HEY, I love y'all, so much, you have no idea. Everybody tell everybody you know that I love them, alright? Bye!
Até mais,
Elder Daniel Reneer
{Elder Reneer with CTM President Degn and Sister Degn}
{Elder Reneer's CTM District}
{Elder Willis and Elder Reneer}
{Elder Willis and Elder Reneer on the CTM basketball court}
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