Elder Mackay's EPIC Mission: Proxima Vez Conquistaremos (3-31-14)

Oi Meus Queridos,

This week has been a good week, even though the terrible roller coaster of hot then cool then hot again has started here. I don't like it. And what is worse is that March Madness is coming to an end and no one cares here haha. The only thing that matters here, sportswise, is soccer. Which brings me to the title. So yesterday there was a game, but it was a special game. The 2 teams here played.....GREMIO!!!!!!! and International (BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO). So this city turned into a ghost town. But I could hear the radios haha. And every time a goal was scored a ton of fireworks went off and the whole city shouts with joy, or extreme anger and hatred haha. Well the final score was 2 to 1 International. sigh. MAS NOS VAMOS CONQUISTAR!!! PROXIMA VEZ!!!

So Mateus has a new date for baptism. It is in May haha. We gave him a ton of time to quit smoking so I think that he will make it! And he came to church yesterday. Which was way awesome because he was way tired! But when he got to church he didn't have a desire to sleep! MIRACLES!!! Other than that we haven't had much success with investigators. We got dropped by a few. No one wants to get married! QUE ISSO!?!?!? But we don't let this get us down! We push on!!

And funny story of the week. So we were talking with Carlos Alexandre and his wife Elaine (the same place I take the pictures of all of Porto Alegre) and we were talking about winter. And they think that I will be a wimp and think that it is super cold. They say that it gets to be -2 celcius (28 degrees fahrenheit) with lots of humidity and some wind. And you are always cold because you have to be made of money to have a heater or AC here. So granted, it is going to be cold. BUT, as I have told them before, NOTHING WILL BE COLDER THAN THE WINTER OF 2013 IN LARAMIE, WYOMING!!!! haha. They don't believe me haha.

Well that my friends is all I got. But I did take some pictures!!!!! AND THERE IS MUCH REJOICING!!! So enjoy those. Eu amo voces. Fica tranquilo! And you stay classy.

Elder Mackay