April 28, 2014
What up from Djhar Fogo! That's what they call this island of Fogo in Creole. Not sure why. So speaking of Creole I've been able to pick up a few words here because on this island they speak slower. Bo is you, Nhus is you all, Arriba is up. Cheu is a lot or very. Everything else is still a mystery.
So I've started my mission hitting the ground running. (Does that expression even make sense? I speak English a lot here because my companion and roommate are American but we speak a combination of English and Portuguese so I'm forgetting some things I feel like). Anyways we are working hard. Start the day off at 6:30 am running up and down the hills. Then study study study, make lunch, and then go out in the afternoon/evening and walk up and down the hills trying to find people that are home.
On Monday we had a great family home evening with a bunch of great young men who all bore their testimonies even though a lot of them are inactive. We teach investigators obviously but we also do a lot of teaching to inactives. It seems like everyone we meet and try to contact is like "Oh yeah I'm a baptized member of your church" and they are just inactive. Haha. So we have to save them.
I invited one of our new investigators to be baptized and he said yes so that was a great feeling but the problem is he sells grogo which is a type of alcohol and he doesn't have another job so we had an intense lesson with him and another investigator who also sells grogo and it was a little hard to know what to say but after some silence i just felt inspired to bear my testimony that baptism is the only way to eternal life and that the Lord provides a way to keep His commandments. It was a little better testimony than that but I'm short on time right now because the computer wasn’t working for like 20 minutes and that was the gist of it. The Spirit was strong though. We'll see what they decide to do.
The real highlight of the week though was when I invited one of our investigators to get married and she said yes. Her name is Ineida and she has been together her husband Fausto for like ten years and have 5 kids together but she was totally opposed to getting married to him so they couldn't get baptized. But we taught the gospel and I was persistent in inviting her and bearing my testimony and she changed her mind finally and said yes! I'm so excited. The date is set for May 23rd and May 24th (wedding and baptism, respectively).
In other news we saw a real life Cabo Verdean wedding procession and they were all honking their horns and waving. It was super cute. We ate at two member's houses which is a rarity because we usually cook ourselves.
This week is the Festa de Sao Filipe which is apparently the biggest party in all of Cabo Verde and its right here in my area! There is just all kinds of iniquity going on. Tons of drunk tourists speaking to us in English. I am lulled to sleep by the sweet sounds of club music and gently awakened by the sweet sounds of club music. Literally constant partying. So it's been hard but we'll get through it!
Oh also I have to play piano in sacrament meeting... yikes.
You all take care, have a great week, and keep writing me. …
Sis Corbett
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