So this week was pretty sweet! It
actually went by super fast. It’s a little weird because this should be
transfer week, but because all of the flights got held up, this transfer is one
extra week. And because of Carnival. Carnival is like a week long
celebration that happens every year here in Cabo Verde. The worst day is
Tuesday. Pretty much everyone runs up and down the streets with their shirts
and all their clothes off. We have to stay inside that whole day...
I will actually have a meeting with some other missionaries during that time,
but no missionary here will go out and teach. It’s a little goofy, little
kids had their carnival last week. They just dress up like its Halloween,
and it’s pretty funny. I have some pics of it, I’ll try to get them out
to you guys.
Today has been a pretty sweet day
too. We went and played soccer, then hiked this crazy valley that is in
my area. It’s seriously the prettiest thing I have seen in my life, and
it was incredible. And it is in my area! I’ll go to another
internet place really quick and try to send some of the pics; its beautiful!
We also had a baptism last week
named Isais. He is 16, and he is a boss. He wore a Red Sox jersey
to the baptism. Right before we walked out of the house, his mom told him
to change it for a better shirt. I told the mom that I loved the Red Sox and
that everything was all good. It was a pretty funny interaction, and he
ended up wearing it to the baptism! It was sweet.
This week was also a little
interesting with food. As it was nearing toward the end of the month,
some of the Elders in the district kind of ran out of money. Like Elder
Pauu, Elder Evans, and my comp. So I bought lunch for 4 elders for 5 days
last week. So Mom, and Dad, if you’re wondering where all that personal
money went, it went to helping Elders in need in Africa. It was actually
super cheap. We just made like 50 pancakes every day, and I got out of it
really only spending like 15 bucks, to feed 4 elders for 5 days. It was
pretty lucky. Just water, flower, bake, sugar, and some syrup, and that should
do it for a bunch of 19 year olds for a couple of days, haha. It was a
lot of fun having those guys over everyday, and its a lot of fun having them in
my district. I felt a little responsible because they were in my district
and it was so much fun having those guys over all week.
Another funny thing that happened
was when I was trying to find a member we have named Nitto to come walk with
us. I kinda stepped in the house like one step to yell if he was
there. That’s acceptable here. And his 89 year old grandma Maria
came out screaming at me in Creole. She was saying that you never set
foot in another person’s house without them knowing, and the rest was straight Creole
that I had a hard time picking up.. But she was waving her cane in
my face, and I stepped back and was literally scared. Like this crazy 89
year old cape verde woman is waving this large wooden object in my face.
And right as she was walking out the door to chase us, she just started dying
with laughter! It was the scariest, and the funniest thing that happened to me
all week. She is usually such a sweetheart to us, and I was so confused
when she just started waving that cane at us. It was honestly scary.
And she doesn’t have any teeth, other than like three on the bottom, and every
other tooth is there on the top. Just thinking about it is making me die
of laughter. Elder Amado and the other member we were with were dying as
well. They were more laughing at me backing away scared of her then what
she was actually doing.
This week we also spent a lot of
time doing this new contract for the new house. Obviously doing house
contracts is a new thing for me. And trying to figure out what all these
stupid house item words were in Portuguese was such a headache. It’s
goofy because I can go up to anyone on the street, and just have a nice dandy
conversation in Portuguese. We usually end up talking about the
church. But just simple words like pot, and stove, and counter give me
the hardest time because I never knew those words before this week because I
never had a reason to know those words before this time. My vocab is just
strange because I can tell you anything and everything about the gospel in Portuguese.
But if you ask me kitchen items, or body parts, I’m as lost as a Canyon
View basketball team in Las Vegas...
I’m kind of excited about transfers
and kind of not. I’m not sure if I’m leaving or staying. But I’ve been
here for 6 months, and I think my work in Achada Tras might be done. I’m
excited at the chance to possibly see another area, but in the same breathe
Achada Grande Tras has been my home for the last 6 months. These members
are like my family, and it’s gonna be really hard leaving all these guys.
On that note, Dina came back from
America yesterday!!! Dina was one of my favorite baptisms, who went to Boston
to hang out with her daughter for a couple months. I haven’t seen her in
almost two months, and my heart like left my chest when I saw her. I can’t
even imagine what it will be like when I come back to Cape Verde after the mission
and visit all these guys. They are my family and I love them so
much!
Thank you so much for all the Love and Support you all give me. I love you guys so much!
Much Love, Elder Nathan Jarvis
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