Brazil?

Man, where to start, I'll be disorganized again and start on Friday

Friday: 

The big day, am I going to Brazil or not??? Well, it didn't have a great start. See, FedEx left my package in Memphis, so if I wanted to go I had to go 5 hours early to the airport to do a rapid test. I'd figured all that out last night and finally figured out how I could still go by taking a rapid test at the airport. I finally got it scheduled and went to bed waiting for the early start.That's exactly what I did, we made the appointment, and at 7:15 we left the house. Once we got there, I went inside to do the test, and they told me that they didn't offer the specific kind of test I needed rapid (last night they said they did). So Elder Bodily & Bradshaw, and I chilled for a while figuring what to do. They decided to leave me with Elder Feliciano again. I went over to their district counsel and saw the gang! Then borrowed a car and went to take a rapid pcr Covid test. Around an hour later, I got the results PLUS the original FedEx results, haha. Then the church booked me on a 5 pm flight to New York and then Brazil. It was a bug hassle getting there on time and redoing all my travel forms, but I made it! I lost the picture of me on the plane, but imagine me with a beanie, a mask, and the eye covers planes give out, haha. I had the whole row to myself though.

Saturday:

I arrived at 9AM on Saturday. It was great being back at the São Paulo airport. I even recognized the Superman mannequin they always have, only this time it had a mask and sunglasses. Once I got through customs, a senior missionary drove me an hour to the mission. Once I was there, I met our President, and he took me out to a churrasco! It was great, and the first meal I had had in well over a day (I don't count airplane food). After that, we went to pick up another American that would be living with me! Elder Kofford. He got in the day I was supposed to and was waiting for me to get here to go to our area. Then President drove us another two hours to my area in Pouso Alegre Minas Gerais. I got to meet my companion, Elder Silva, and Elder Kofford met his, Elder Lima. President and I built my bed, then he left. And I finally was able to relax, haha. I spent the night unpacking and went to look at the area-book planner app. Apparently, they don't really know how to use it, because I showed them the basics, and they were shocked, haha. They called the assistants and told them I should do a training.

Sunday:

Our ward is awesome! There are two sessions and each one gets plenty of people. In the first session, a member gave a 15 minute talk on how we should all be member missionaries; it's a big difference from my old areas, hah. That night we went for a walk, and I went into a favela for the first time on foot. When we got home, the day was done, Elder Kofford went to resew his tie, and was trying to say the word for fold but he couldn't remember it, and accidentally said a bad word in Portuguese. Oh also, I made rice for the first time, thanks Elder Bodily.

Monday: 

The other elders went to the chapel and talked all day with friends while Elder Silva and I just walked around the city and bought some stuff I needed. I have missed the streets of Brasil so much! Talking to everyone and saying, "Tudo bem," to everyone. Not much else to say other than it was great!