When we got inside the church building we discovered that Relief Society and Priesthood meetings were first. This meant that Jason dropped me off in a room with all the women. As soon as he left I realized that it was all in Portuguese and there wasn't a single person in the room that spoke English! The Sisters seemed shocked that I didn't speak Portuguese and tried very hard to communicate with me. Some of them seemed to think if they kept repeating themselves that I would eventually understand what they were saying! They kept getting louder and closer but no matter how many times they said it, it didn't mean a thing to me! I was relieved when it was time for Sunday School and Sacrament Meeting so Jason could at least be there to translate for me!
Words really can't describe how happy Jason was to see the people he had worked with on his mission. He truly loved these people and was so excited to see them again. The highlight of the day was getting to see Juscelei and his family. Jason baptized Juscelei when he was about 14 and he is now the bishop of the ward. After church we spent a while visiting in the church building with the members.
Juscilei's family invited us over to their house after church for dinner. They fixed us an amazing Brazilian meal and treated us as if we were guests of honor. They are such an amazing family and we felt privileged to spend the day with them in their home! It was a fantastic experience for me to experience the culture in Brazil by being invited into the people's homes. It really gave me a feel for what the Brazilians live like. What a loving, fun and humble people the Brazilians are! When it was time to go it was so hard to say goodbye! They didn't want to let us go and we spent over an hour saying goodbye.
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