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So after getting pretty wet we decided to make one more break for it. We started running and it started raining harder and we took a short cut through the favela. When we turned the corner we ran right into a river that came through because it was raining so hard. All the houses were flooded and we had water past our knees! So now we are completely wet and there’s no hope staying dry so we pressed forward in the river. It was really epic! Once we got to a part were it wasn't so deep I got my camera out and took a video for everyone. So that Friday I took a shower 3 times one in the morning, one in the dirty rat poop infested water of São Paulo, and one more to get all the polluted water off. So in the end it was really fun, but my companion hurt his toe pretty bad going through the river so he had to take it easy afterwards. We stayed in our house until it stopped. Just to  give you an idea of how long the rain went on I had enough time at home to read the entire book of Mosiah.

So that was Friday and Saturday we left to help a couple sign up to get married at the cartório. The couple is pretty crazy, Dinho I think has something wrong in the head and Lourdes has a lot of patience with him because she practically provides for him to just sit on the couch all day. So we went and took a bus to go to Socorro were the cartório is. On the bus we meet some beautiful girls who were members of the other ward so they were talking to us for awhile. And 3 stops before the cartório Dinho said that he is going to walk and just got off the bus and started walking! He is crazy and he is without money or cell phone too haha. SO we waited for him and the cartório then we walked back and found him causally walking like nothing is wrong. We went back to the cartório and found out that it closed! So it was a waste of time. We took a bus back to go and eat at Habib's. When we got off the bus guess what happened Dinho was the last one to get off the bus and I got off and looked back at him and saw him helplessly looking at the doors of the bus closing and him taking off to who knows were. So there was nothing to do so we went and ate some food and went back home haha. Our patience was tried that day for sure.

But this Sunday was fast and testimony meeting and we went to the two wards and heard everyone give their testimony, including a less active member that we managed to reactivate this week. Then at night a member introduced us to his neighbors and we got to know them and left them super interested to hear our message this Saturday. If everything works out and is according to the lords will we can baptize this family before my 1 year mark and I can see them get sealed in the temple! I am loving my area, this week was a lot of fun! The people here are crazy like one member wants to buy something from the states and he wants to buy it with American money and he asked me various times if you could send American dollars down here in trade for Brazilian cash. haha he is really funny. I will see if I can send some more pictures, but I love you all so very much and tell the Cavalcanti s congrats on their new baby girl!

Love Elder Crandall