Bikes, Bananas, and Baptism!!
Monday, October 14, 2024; Floresta Ward, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil: This week has been pretty good! It went by fast too! It was my companion's, Elder Santos' last full week here in the mission. In a few days he will go to Manaus to meet with the Mission President, go to the Temple in Manaus, and take a brief self-reliance course. Then he's going back to his home in Curitiba, Brazil. This week it was either pouring rain and cold, or sunny and burning hot. I miss the NC fall! . It also got a little windy one of the days and I thought it would knock a few trees over. I don't know which is cooler (or more dangerous): - 18-year-olds on motorcycles doing wheelies super-fast over speedbumps, OR - 10-year-olds on bikes doing wheelies down a big hill. I saw both of these various times this week. There are some bananas that are sweeter than others. Some are better to deep fry. Banana with Farinha is also decently popular. On Sunday, after church ended, my com