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Jan 29, 2025
1:29:04pm
JDBlue All-American
My companion in the Brazilian MTC was from deep south Georgia
He and I were on the same flight through Houston and when one of our roommates showed up a couple hours later than us and was unpacking his stuff, this companion engaged him in conversation. In the deepest, most unintelligible southern accent you can imagine, he asked, "How many y'all were on y'all's flight?" This new roommate had zero clue what had been said (and neither did I), so he repeated the question and 2nd time. Still nothing. He repeats a 3rd time, "How many y'all were on y'all's flight? Finally, we understand and he replies, "Oh there we like 8 of us."

We slowly began to understand him, but the Brazilians MTC instructors had no chance. We had to translate for our entire 9 weeks there.

Also, he got a care package from his grandma that had an entire pecan pie, "peanut butter balls" and other goodies that had been shipped from GA (and been in that box for who knows how long before making it, but he ate the whole thing.

Were were companions again 1 year later at Christmas and he received a tape from his family. He went in the other room to listen to it and came back and asked me, "Elder, will you listen to this? I can't understand them at all. Was I this hard to understand when you first met me?" I told him he was even harder to understand and he just shook his head and went back to listen to it again.
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