COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT!!!

BY: ADAM FEE

ACTIVITY 1: MOVIE• FOR THIS ACTIVITY, I WATCHED THE

TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PORTUGUES. IT WAS ABOUT THE TREK OF THE ISRAELITES OUT OF EGYPT LED BY MOSES. I WATCHED THIS FILM WITH MY WIFE. WE TURNED ON SUBTITLES SO SHE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

ACTIVITY 2: VISIT A PORTUGUESE SPEAKING MORMON WARD

• FOR THIS ACTIVITY, SOME FRIENDS THAT SPEAK PORTUGUESE AND I WENT TO AN LDS CHURCH MEETING. THE MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN PORTUGUESE. WE SANG HYMNS AND CONVERSED WITH THE MEMBERS IN THE WARD AND PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES.

Templo de Sao Paulo, Brasil

ACTIVITY 3: BRAZA GRILL• THIS ACTIVITY WE, AS A CLASS,

WENT TO EAT AT A BRAZILIAN STEAK HOUSE CALLED BRAZA GRILL. WE ORDERED OUR DRINKS AND DESERTS IN PORTUGUESE ALONG WITH CONVERSED WITH SOME OF THE WAITRESSES. IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO SPEAK WITH EACH OTHER AND PRACTICE THE LANGUAGE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.

ACTIVITY 4: COOKING• A FRIEND AND I MADE BRAZILIAN

STROGANOFF FOR OUR WIVES. IT CONSISTED OF CHICKEN, MUSHROOMS (ALTHOUGH WE LEFT THOSE OUT), KETCHUP, MUSTARD, ONIONS AND GARLIC. WE PUT IT OVER RICE AND ENJOYED. IT WAS A FUN WAY TO SPEND AN EVENING SUBMERSING OURSELVES IN THE BRAZILIAN CULTURE BY COOKING FOOD WITH EACH OTHER.

ACTIVITY 5: TEXAS DE BRASIL• FOR MY BIRTHDAY, MY WIFE

TREATED TO ME WITH A SURPRISE DINNER TO TEXAS DE BRASIL. IT IS A CHURRASCARIA LIKE BRAZA GRILL. THEY HAVE A SALAD BAR AND BRING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEAT TO YOUR TABLE. MY FAVORITE IS THE BACON WRAPPED TURKEY AND THE GRILLED PINEAPPLE. IT WAS A FUN WAY TO SPEND MY BIRTHDAY WITH MY WIFE AND SON.