11.4.19: Cobras in Ubatuba

We went on a hike today for p-day and it was literally in the jungle. It was super cool but there were a ton of spiderwebs and i got attacked by mosquitos bc I always forget bug spray. But the highlight was that i almost died bc i walked right past a cobra. it was HUGE. It was so freaky. The view at the top of the hike was incredible! You could just see beaches and green mountains. We were up super high so the view was prime. 

A bunch of random stuff here is in English and my favorite thing that I saw this week was an older lady's dress that said "take me to the after party" and a lady's bag that said "home sweet home" which doesn't make any sense bc it's on a bag. haha 

This week in acai: 
We found an açai place here where you can literally buy an açai "boat"  and you get to choose 8 toppings. It was so huge but not as huge as the cobra. And of course we managed to eat all of it. 

We used our bikes to ride to this neighborhood called monkey waterfall that has a super cool river running past it. We didn't know where the person's house was that we were visiting so we went to a member's house to ask her. The only person at home was the 6 year old son and he was home alone! He showed us where her house is and he asked us "are you guys still learning how to ride bikes? why do you have to use a helmet" then we had to walk up this trail and we didn't want to leave our bikes so we walked them up this mountain and then we told the little boy to go back home. It was so random and so funny. 

This week we had a service project bc Saturday was a "day of the dead" holiday or something. we went to a cemetery and passed out plan of salvation and family history pamphlets. It was super random but it was cool. And of course at the end i was one of the 4 people chosen to bear my testimony about how the service project strengthened my testimony. At first i was kinda annoyed but it really is such a blessing that we know that life is not over after death and if we live righteously we can live forever in happiness. Just knowing that simple truth changes so much in the grand scheme of life. 

This week i just want to remind everyone about 2 Nephi 2:25 that says "men are that they might have joy." 

I've been trying to remember that this week and I hope everyone can try to find more reasons to be happy this week! 

tchau tchau, 
sister barton



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