3/18/03

"Well, today was a really fun day. It was P-day. We went to Bom-Ta-Ta at 9:30 AM. Se we had extra time in the morning and we went to the I-net cafe place. It's really cool cuz an RM runs the place and he has ties and stickers and if you need anything he will run and get it for you for a small fee. I bought the tie that everybody in the district wanted. it was the only one. Elder Oliverson was standing right in front of it but he didn't see it and I grabbed it before he got it. Bom-Ta-Ta was pretty fun. They had monkeys and snakes and we took pictures. The best part was when we convinced them to take us to McDonalds. I got a Big-Mac, Chicken nuggets and a chocolate milkshake. The milkshake wasn't that great cuz they don't have real chocolate ice cream. Everything else was great though. I spent lots of money. I spent 50 reais on a pull up bar, 8 reais at McDonalds, 4 reais at the paper store, 2 reais on a sling shot and Dominoes, 1,60 reais on popsicle and this really yummy bread. We were walking down the street today when this old guy w/no shirt on started screaming at us and grabbing his balls at the same time. I don't know and don't want to know what he was saying. The U.S.A. is at war right now and the Brazilians don't seem to like that for some reason and so sometimes they yell at us. I got two letters from home today. One was from Dad and had lots of sports articles. the other letter was from Mom and the little boys. I love to get letters. Tomorrow morning our District is speaking all Portuguese. It is difficult but fun. Our Portuguese is getting lots better."