Elder Chris Dellrie

The language is coming great! I now understand almost 100% of what everyone's saying, even the ridiculously fast-talking ladies in the ward. Élder Padilha makes everyone guess how long I've been in Brasila, they think I've been here for about a year, haha. They freak out when I tell them two weeks, so apparently I'm doing well! We had a... I forget the word in English... when you get together and there's a speaker... Devotional- we had our first missionary devotional since the transfer, it was great. This former mission president guy, a really chubby Brazilian, talked to us, in português, about a ton of stuff. He ended up talking for 3 HOURS! Straight. I was understanding all the words he was saying, but do you know how hard it is listening to someone speak in a different language for a conference session and a half?? Muito difícil. Oh, my baptism fell through. It was so stupid. Long story short, we finally encountered Alexandre at his house, sat down and talked to him, he knows he needs to be baptized, that the Book of Mormon is true, that the church is true, that it's all true- he's just not going to do anything about it. All because he has a girlfriend in another church. Stupid, stupid, stupid! It sucked. So, we took his Book of Mormon back, left his house, and pretty much we're never going to see him again. I was almost crying when we left, haha. It's all good though, when the Lord closes one door, he opens many others- this next Sunday, we have 2 definite baptisms and possibly 3 more. So legit, I'll let you know how they go. I'm doing well though and am still healthy, alive, and sweating.