This week was really interesting. On Monday, I was told that here in Itaperuna, they have a SUBWAY. As in the restaurant that sells sub sandwiches from the United States! Yup, we totally jumped on that for lunch on p-day. It was great to take a trip back in time when lunch meant a sandwich and juice instead of rice, beans, and guaraná (don´t get me wrong, I love the food here, but it was good to walk down memory lane). They also have a ``Bob´s Burgers and Shakes´´ here, and we´re all going to be broke here in a short while if we don´t control ourselves.
The branch here has about 20 active members (we have to cram ém in the chapel...I don´t know how we manage.) ;) However, they´re a really great group of people. I´ve been told that there actually exists at least 100 baptized and inactive members living here, too, so we´re going to kick our reactivation efforts into high gear. Branch President Lopez called us on Saturday evening to ask us if we could give a discourse on Sunday morning. We picked the topics. I was trying to think of what to give on Sunday morning (the day of) and I thought about a study I did a few transfers ago about Alma...24, I think. Where he compares the Word of God to a seed. I was able to relate my experiences in helping out with the garden at home and what it takes to have a good harvest at the end of the season, and how carefully Dad always tended the plants. The reaction from the members was really positive, and I was grateful that I have been doing my studies.
On Thursday, we had our Zone Meeting, and we had to travel to Campos. It was cool to see Rio pass by as we rode the bus (when I wasn´t sleeping, because We had to wake up early to catch the bus). The meeting went really well, and we have a really good zone, and loooots of Sisters. Our zone has more Sisters than Elders. There are a ton!
Right now, our main investigators are Juliano and Carlos Anderson (everyone calls him K-zé (kaw-zeh). Juliano is married with one daughter, and always receives our visits well. K-zé works full time in delivery at an ice cream shop, and we always get free ice-cream when we visit. Both of them have said that they want to keep learning before they get baptized, so we´ve been passing by frequently to get them prepared. With K-zé it´s harder because he can get a delivery call at any moment, which makes it hard to get him to come and stay at church. He came last week, but could only stay for 30 minutes. That was a little frustrating.
Anyway, we´ve already become a pretty tight group of missionaries here after two weeks. Everyone seems to get along well, and we have a lot of fun. The problem has become fighting the urge to stay up all night talking and joking instead of going to bed on time. But, I promise, Mom, I am going to bed on time. I´ll be sending pictures of the area and companion soon. I have to fix or find a new charger for my camera. I love you all, and I´ll see you soon!
Elder Crapo
p.s. I forgot to explain why the title is ``Sheeshong´´. The other day, I was showing the other missionaries my visa, and it has Mom and Dad´s names on it. I told them to go ahead and try to pronounce my Mom´s last name (which is Chisholm). The response I got sounded like chinese or Japanese: ``Sheeshong´´. Now, I´m Elder Sheeshong, ha ha ha. ``Oi! Sheeshong! Vem ká!!´´ they say; ´´Hey, sheeshong, come here!´´ We get a kick out of that. Until next week! Love you!
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