First of all we went to Cuiaba last Monday for zone conference. After a 4 hour bus ride we made it to Cuiaba and spent the night at the Zone Leader's house.
Tuesday morning we had a little time before zone conference, so me and my comp walk around the city. It was like walking through the streets of Chicago and made me feel at home! We had zone conference and it was super good!! I had really great training and role playing!! Everyone was impressed with my Portuguese and how much i have improved in these last 6-7 weeks. After Zone Conference we had lunch at the Zone Leader's house and went to catch the 2 o'clock bus back to Caceres. Well is turns out that the bus was full so we bought tickets for the next day at 7 am. So we had the whole day to do nothing. But since we are missionaries we decided to call around and see if anyone needed help. And actually someone did!! The project that need to be completed was making little toy care packages for Christmas. We had a great time helping out and completed a bunch of care packages!! To reward ourselves we went to a pizzeria and it was amazing!! It was an all you can eat buffet. The chefs come to your table every minutes or so and offer you different pizza to choose. So you just sit there and eat and eat and eat!! Then I was informed that there was an all you can eat ice cream buffet too!!! So i had a good amount of ice cream too!!! It was a really good night and had a really good time with the other missionaries in Cuiaba!!
Wednesday morning we hopped on the bus at 7 to head home! That day was really long, just in general.
Thursday we helped out Elton's wife make decorations and presents for Jantar de Natal (branch Christmas party). It was a super fun time and the members get to see me and who I actually am. Elton and Jussara love the missionaries and love hanging out with us.
Friday was the day of the Jantar de Natal and it WAS SO AMAZING! We helped the branch set up before hand and then the party was great. I got to listen to some Christmas music which reminded me of home. The food was amazing and made by a professional chef in our Branch. I had a great time hanging out with the members that night, it was a great party and a memory that I will cherish for a while.
Saturday was just a normal day and did a lot of finding people in our area book. We had a great day with teaching and what not!
Sunday was Sunday and love to improve my listing skills at church. We had a great lunch afterwards at a less actives house and spent the rest of the day at Elton's. We helped him with a big presentation that he has this week and he really enjoyed our help and comments.
Today we are taking another bus to Cuaiaba for Conferencia de Natal tomorrow.
This upcoming week will be filled with more missionary craziness. I hope everyone is enjoying the spirit of Christmas and home everyone has a great christmas!! But remember the real reason for Christmas, CHRIST! Love you all and will fill you in on all that happens this week next week. FELIZ NATAL!!!
Love ,
Elder Browning
Look at all those chickens!
