Today is the Véspera de São João, June’s biggest celebration. Aldo invited us to go with his family to spend the afternoon and evening with Cecil’s family at Cecil’s fazenda. Seeing no possibility of getting any work done, but without permission from President Johnson, I decided alone that we could go. The cítio is located about 45 minutes from Maceió (Aldo’s driving time) near Atalaia. We left about 3:00 P.M. At the farm Cecil and Zezira had prepared a great meal, including churrasco (shish kabob) on a big bonfire, an essential part of any São João party. We played several games, sang some songs, set off quite a few bombs (another essential feature) and some fire balloons. It was a great deal of fun. On the way back Aldo was driving at times 160 km/h in a hard rain. Quoting Elder Blackham, “That was enough to scare the livin’ day lights out of us.”
Alagoas is really a very pretty state, at least what I have seen of it. Brazil is a great and beautiful nation with unlimited potential. Today offered a wonderful chance to get to know and love our members a little better.
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