On Saturday I was in Maceió and I went to one of the most amazing places in the morning. We went to the Natural Pools of Pajuçara where we swam with the fishes and saw the reefs that are over a mile out from shore. It is a truly amazing place to visit. Later that night I went to visit one of the places I was in during my mission. It was nice to visit some of the people I knew and it was cool to have some of them still remember me.
On Sunday I went to church in the place I visited on Saturday and saw one of my recent converts give a talk in church as he prepares to serve a mission. It was a wonderful experience. Then we travelled back to Recife and got ready for the trip on Monday.
Today we did traveled to a small town in the interior of the state of Pernambuco. It is roughly a six hour drive from here to there so we had to wake up extremely early just to get out there. After a long and uneventful drive, we made it to the pousada (hotel) we would be staying at for the duration of the trip. It was a nice, sunny day and a leader from the non-governmental organization called DIACONIA. He explained how the organization is helping out the people in the area to learn about how to survive and flourish in the arid terrain of the sertão. They help the people to collect the rainwater and store it for use throughout the dry season. They also help out a youth group to create and sell necklaces, bracelets and earrings to make some money to help out their families. Later that night we went swimming in the pool and tried to play waterpolo, but none of us were really that good.
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