BOM dia!

Ola familia! So this week was pretty awesome, we had 2 baptisms! Yay! One was a wife of a inactive member, Celiana. He decided to come back to church, and we baptized his wife. They are a way awesome family. The second I met him, i just felt his strong spirit, and power. Ive been able to picture them in the temple being sealed together forever, and then she was baptized and it was the best day ever! It was a little crazy though, because they live really far away, you have to take a bus to get there, and its pretty expensive for us. Then on Thrusday we had all this stuff happen with having to pick up our new american companion. We couldnt get a hold of celiana for a few days! We FINALLY got a hold of her to have her come to the church for her interview. She asked when her baptism was, we said later that evening, and she was like, can we do it after lunch instead? Okay! So we ran to our lunch, and then we ran back, and gathered as many people as we could. Luckily we had enough priesthood holders there. And it was awesome,. Her husand, Antonio, cried, I almost cried, it was way sweet. We also baptized a man, Marcos. His mom is a member, he was supposed to get baptized a while ago, but he smoked 3 days before his batism. So he tried again, and he hasnt been smoking or anything! It was a miracle! And he was baptized! Yay!
So we have a new comp, Sister Taylor. She is from Utah. She is also African American, so she fits right in here and doesnt stick out like a sore thumb like some people...namely...me. However its this totally fascinating concept to Brazilians that not ALL Americans are 6 feet tall and white with light hair. If I had 1 real (the money here) for everytime someone made a comment about my American-ness, namely, I~m white, tall, eyes, hair, ask if I know obama or Justin Beiber...I would be able to buy Brazil by the end of my mission. No joke. Haha, but its all good. Some people wont talk to me because of it, but others will, either way the church is still true :) One thing that made me so ridiculously happy was seeing Guto, the boy we batized last week, come to church in a white shirt and tie and pass the sacrament. And his less active parents have come 3 weeks in a row now! Its the best thing ever! This ward is cool, we have 2 amazing RMs, power houses, that help us with everything. Patricia she is awesome. We went on splits on Sunday, I went with her, it was terryfying. I had no idea what was going on at all, but I learned a lot. I sort of felt like a little bird being pushed out of a tree before its wings were fully developed, and I smacked the ground a few times. But by the end, I was roughly flying a little better. Also we have Rene, he is our ward mission leader. But he wants to be more like our Zone Leader. We call him Elder Rene, he always asks how our numbers are, and helps us with EVERYTHING. Its pretty awesome. The both of them also teach seminary, and they work with the Youth a lot. They are the blood line, the core life of this ward. Its awesome to have such power helping us out.
My language is coming along a lot better. Everyday is a little better. Ive discovered i do well with everything, except when people tell a story, like from the past or something, or about other people. I think this is probably because i dont know verb tenses yet. Something i definitely will work on this week. Well, Im running out of time, but I love you all lots and lots! Thanks for all your support! Brazil is awesome! Its got its ups and downs, but overall, its pretty sweet to be preaching the gospel, because I know this church is true and Im so grateful for that knowlege in my life. Do me a huge favor, and go invite a friend to church!]Love you all!!!!
Sister Pratt