Elder Chris Dellrie

This week, we had two more baptisms! One of this boy, Thiago, who's 14, dances to hip hop, and loves Chris Brown and wants me to bring him a pair of his shoes when I return to Brazil. And the other one is this 13 year old girl named Thaina, she's super loud and way funny. I got to baptize them both, it was so sick! Usually we split our baptisms up, but it doesn't really matter, all that does is that they're getting baptized! Our house is way cleaner now, I'm still cleaning up a storm (thanks for never letting me be a pig, mom), and they're doing better because I get on them for everything, haha. I don't think we're going to get our microwave back, it's gone for good! whatever the Lord wants! Thank you mom, I'm doing my best! I read my patriarchal blessing all the time too, I love that thing. Ok, the pictures: berinbal is me playing this instrument they use in capoeira, called a berinbal, so weird. Ensinando capoeira is me fighting the master of the capoeira class, he was teaching me this head spin thing at this part. Festa açaí is of this one night while we were at the little açaí shack and it started raining cats and bats, so we were stuck under the little covering there for about an hour, so we had a party with a bunch of random Brazilians! Grande batismo is a picture of our baptism two weeks ago, four people in one night! Ladrão is of me in the middle of this deserted street on the way to Colinas, looking like a fool. Outro batismo is our baptism last week. Ouvos is a picture of the area we used to throw raw eggs at eachother, the deal was, whoever lost at Uno, that companionship had to stand against the wall while the other threw eggs at them, so funny; we got eggs everywhere! Paraíso is a picture of Colinas I, the area we're going to baptize, and my companions noggin. Pôr do sol is Élder Carvalho and I on the road to Colinas at sunset. Rua para céu is another picture of me on the road to Colinas, that walk is so ridiculously long and hot. Sofa is of a random, broken, filthy couch we found on the side of the road, a great place to stop and read. And tambourine is a picture of me rocking the tambourine with the capoeira band during a match, right before my solo. So yeah, I'm doing well and having a great time! I'm healthy, baptizing, sweating, nothing' broken, and I'm showing Brasil what I'm working with. I love you all and hope to hear from you soon!