Ola familia e amigos!
I have to be honest there was a little sarcasm in that subject... hahaha :) Let me tell you why! So a quick review of this week... it was pretty rough. Pretty really rough. So today i am going to write about a few things i just love about cabo verde and a few things that are weird but awesome at the same time... maybe i will mention why it was so rough at the end!
But to start off... Today we went to Interior... or being... The country side of Santo Antao! We got permission from president to drive up to the mountains and see what everyone is talking about. Here in porto novo it is really dry and brown. But up in Interior it is amazingly green! It was sooooo beautiful! We have pictures but we will have to send those next week because the computer isnt working with pics today! But it was amazing... But it was also super super hard. The member who was with us kinda underestimated how long it would take it get there and get back. We decided to take a car up there and then walk back. But on the way back we realized it would take much longer than we thought... So we decided to take some detours through the rocky parts of the trail... Well as we all know.. Stick to the path! Because right then we started to see a car come by that could have given us a ride back down... Well we still had hope and kept walking... before we knew it another car came by. But we werent on the path so it didnt see us. Then before we know it ANOTHER car came by. So in total 3 cars. Three options to get us to our destination much faster and we were off the path so we missed it... See where i am going with this? :) Well when we finally get on the path there are no more cars going in our direction. so we end up having to walk the whole way back.
So what i have learned from today is that it is very important to stay on the path. It was faster for us to go off a little ways and not have to walk the long way... but before we knew it there was another car going by. An easier option. In life we really need to stay on the path. Keep doing the things that the Lord wants us to do even if at times it seems longer or harder. We need to keep walking this path and he will guide us and make the path light. Those cars came by. He sent three cars! But we werent on the path to recieve the blessings. The Lord will always send the blessings, but we need to be doing his will, keep the commandments so that we can recieve them. Always do the will of the lord and we will be blessed. :)
Well dont worry we got back home safe and sound. Just a little late! So my hair isnt going to be braided all cute this week which kind of is sad. But it is ok because we also found these Aloe Vera plants on the way back to our house and we put some aloe vera in my hair! Everyone has been telling me to do that so i finally did it. i hope it works! haha~
So this leads me into telling the things i love about cabo verde. They are so useful. Haha They use all sorts of plants and things they have to live! Like Aloe Vera! Also there are cute little kids who see my companion--( sees white) And they call out "Bonjour". hahaha little kids always think we are from France.. it is kinda cute. So we have started to pretend we can speak france :) Then they go silent. hahaha.
Also i love that everyone here seems to know exactly how i should do my hair! They are always giving me tips. And if i braid my hair by myself they get super surprised and ask "Who braided your hair".. Itºs funny. Also i love when people think i am from the Island of Fogo... umm idk why. but thats cool!
People here are super nice! super friendly. We always go down the street saying bon dia, boa tarde, boa noite. to EVERYONE! Always. haha And they are so friendly and even say it back. They also seem to think they are not Africans. I love this part. They are Cabo Verdianos! Not africanos :) They eat everything... and i mean everything WITH RICE. And they seem to think things like rice pudding... or sweet rice is really nasty. They eat alot of beans too. All sorts of types of beans. I dont know the name of half of them. And they also eat pork... but we are not allowed to eat pork. We dont know where it comes from... haha and if you saw it you would understand. Apparantly the water in Santo antao is cleaner than all the other islands, but i have also heard all the islands say that...except bravo... apparantly that water is different.
Well here is just a few great things i love about cabo verde! This place is awesome and i cant wait for you all to see the photos we took today. This place is beautiful as well! We even got to see the other side of the island today. If you look up Lombo de figuiera and see how far away it is from Porto novo that is how long we walked... :) Love you all!
Oh... and this week was rough because a lot of compromissos fell. But in the end i feel like we invited and that is good. We are here to invite. now the trick is to follow up really well so our investigators realize the importance of our invitations!
Love
Sister Johnson
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