Posted by:
memikeyounot
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Date: February 17, 2018 11:16PM
I live in the Rose Park area of Salt Lake City and I only ever see the missionaries walking, no bikes. I guess they could be in cars but I'd say it's kind of small area since there are lots of people in it.
I was in Ribeirão Preto Brasil, several decades ago. It's a city about 300km from São Paulo, in those days my mission headquarters. I liked it more than any place since we didn't see much from the AP's or the MP.
We were told that we had to have bikes, funds to come from parents. There were some streets that were kind of steep, fun going down but not up. It was also great fun riding in the heavy rainstorms.
https://imgur.com/a/FrBkpI never asked my mother where the money came from for my new bike since I knew they struggled each month to come up with $120 for me. She told me when I got home that the mission office had sent a letter to the bishopric who was tasked with raising the funds for my new bike, and she told me that it was about $40 and they had more than enough donations. I was in that city another 6 months or so and left the bike there for further use.
I don't recall ever looking like I do in this picture :)