Well everyone, seeing as I'm writing a day late, you can
probably guess what happened to me yesterday, but before we get to that, let's
recap my last week in Alcantara. My time in Alcantara came to a peaceful close
as the week of Christmas passed by. I got to talk to my family which was
awesome as always. As I have said before, that skpye call is always so strange
for me, its like I just want to hear you guys talk and you guys just want to
hear me! I enjoyed the musical number! How did caroling work out (this keyboard
literally doesnt have a question mark button) Anyways, I hope you all had an
awesome Christmas! In the last week in Alcantara we had a dinner at Shana´s.
Pork Leg, Turkey, rice, beans, farofa, and a ton of desserts. We ate so much
and it was good company. I taught the kdis how to play Spoons and we had a
blast.
So late Sunday night we were at a members house, we had
dinner with X, recent convert, whose going to travel to Forteleza unitl
Februrary, so it was kinda a send off. While muching on hotdogs we got the
phone call that both Elder Ribeiro and I would be transferred. Turns out that
was the theme for the entire mission. Almost every single area is being
whitewashed. [Whitewashed: both missionaries leave and two new ones come in.] In our Zone of 8 areas. 5 of them are being whitewashed and only 4
of the 16 elders stayed.
I stayed up until 3am putting my suitcases together, which
is reaching their limits, SO MUCH STUFF!!!! I had to write detailed intructions
to help the new guys work their way around the area, find lunches, and
investigators and all that stuff. I woke up at 6:30 and we took of to Botafogo
for our transfer meeting yesturday. It was intense to say the least. I'll spare
the details. I was transfered to an awesome area. My two good buddies Elder
Evans and Elder Luque were here together before me, and they stayed in the zone
as the LZs but in a different area now. Without any further ado, check out my
new area on google maps-
Rio das Ostras!
This area is BEAUTIFUL! Its a big city that is settled on the
beach. It kinda feels like Masquamacut and Hammonassett. [Uhm no- I think he is really stretching it to say that this feels like a Connecticut beach.] I'm so excited to
explore the area today!
From Botafogo, a member of the ward called us and asked us
if we needed a ride. HECK YES!!!! We pulled up, we threw our suitcases in his
car, and we took off for the 6 hour trip! We were cramped in his small Fiat.
but it was way better than bus. We darted through Alcantara, Itaboraí and Rio
Bonito on our way here and the trip was awesome. I got the same feeling I get
when taking our trip to the Weber Cabins, the highway curved between tropical
hills and this part of Rio is gorgeous! We stopped in Cabo Frio as well to drop
some luggage off there for the other elders!
[Looking at the image of the Rio de Janeiro mission , you will notice that he is on the most northeastern edge of the mission boundary. Rio das Ostras is near the city of Macae on this map.]
[Looking at the image of the Rio de Janeiro mission , you will notice that he is on the most northeastern edge of the mission boundary. Rio das Ostras is near the city of Macae on this map.]
So yeah thats really about it! My new comp is Elder de
Oliveira, he has 4 months in the mission., from Natal, Rio grande do Norte. He seems
like agreat guy and were gonna get along well!
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| Elders Siebers and Ribiero in Alcantara. |
I love you all so much,
Happy new year!
Elder Siebers
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