Elder Slade has only two weeks left in Brazil. Naturally I give him a bad time about being trunky already, but then he gives me a bad time about all the letters I receive because he isn't receiving any. It is all within the framework of friendship.
Fleas had been giving me a rough deal until we finally turned smart enough to buy some powder to put on my mattress. On my arms, hands, and ankles there is still plenty of evidence I was having with the pulgas [fleas].
Sunday was the concluding sessions of the district conference, the priesthood session at 8:30 and the general session at 10:00. We spent the night in Rio with Elders Place and Henderson. District and mission leaders spoke in the general session. President Johnson read a letter from Elder Bernard P. Brockbank instructing further progression towards organization of a stake in Rio de Janeiro in November of this year.
We have encountered a friend in the city who teaches English here in Petrópolis. He spent an hour with us Tuesday and Wednesday in conversation. He wanted practice with an American accent because today he is being interviewed by an American foundation that is offering a grant for study in the United States. He speaks very good English, although he was taught a British English. Last evening we had dinner in his home. He has a very lovely family, four children, but possibly some lineage problem that could prevent our teaching them.
Tuesday we taught a first lesson to the parents and sister of Irmão Estrela. We could have the father and sister ready for baptism soon were it not for the mother. She accepted everything except that her church (Methodist) did not have the authority of the priesthood. We return Saturday, marked for a second lesson, to see what has developed.
Our other family, Joquim Agoea, is to receive a second Saturday also. They misplaced their pamphlets we were told when we checked with them last night. We are taking more by. I am not as excited right now about the family as I was initially.
Rain has been falling much of the week. It makes tracting or contacting nearly impossible. We have been making member visits, organizing a pesquisa party (which we hope is not rained out), teaching lessons, branch work, and such as that.
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The thought of pulgas makes me feel all creepy crawly!
Because blacks and those descended from blacks could not hold the priesthood at that time, we would avoid teaching them so that we did not unduly interest them in the gospel and cause awkward moments for them if they desired to join the Church thereafter. We tried to be alert, therefore, to what people's lineage was because the races had so intermingled in Brazilian society.
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