Season 2 Episode 1

 Olá! Tudo bem? 

I haven't had a Pday in a little while so I'll be covering the past two weeks in this email. On Monday, I said bye to the family and flew out to Dallas where I met up with all of my district except for my comp, Elder Schreiner who flew by himself. We had like a 6 hour layover so we all talked and had a district dinner. My district is awesome and super cool! I love them all and we're super close. 

We had a 10 hour flight to Sao Paulo. Then a bus ride to the CTM. I felt super nauseous on the bus and I threw up right when we got to the CTM and then they immediately started taking pictures of the arriving missionaries so . Yep 

The Brazilians are honestly my favorite part of thr past two weeks. They're a lot of fun and super patient with our Portuguese. They showed us around a small part of the city and taught us a whole bunch of slang. I learned more talking to them the first day than in two weeks of Portuguese classes. 

The days have all blended together so idk which days things happened on but my district threw a birthday party for the Brazilians. 

The Brazilians had a ceremony with Elder Schreiner and I where they made us protectors of thr Amazon forest anf gave us the power of the Power Rangers.  

We went to the Campinas Temple with our zone. It was awesome and Campinas is where my dad went on his mission. About an hour and a half from Sao Paulo where I'll be. 

Yesterday, the day started off with my comp burning a hole in his shirt and then I completely butchered a conversation with a Brazilian and I was so embarrassed. Then we went all the way down 6 flights of stairs realized we forgot our stuff and had to go back TWICE. We were so frustrated and we were like man today's gonna be tough but let's keep working hard. Then later in the day my comp and I taught a really good lesson in Portuguese and spoke perfectly. Then I had a conversation with the one of the instructors And he thought I was Brazilian! It was a good reminder to get through the hard times and to have hope that good times will come if you keep working hard. Remember "the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil." The Lord loves effort and I know He blesses it. 

Now a whole bunch of photos 

1. Mydistrict and I outside the Sao Paulo temple 

2. My district and I on our first day 

3. The Birthday party 

4. The sunset/view from my room at the CTM 

5. os brasileiros e eu 

6. More Brasileiros and my district 

7-9. My class with one of my teachers 

10. Lunch with the Brazilians 

11. Sao Paulo Oeste where I'll be serving 

12. The view from my window. Also a cool thing is I'll be serving in the west of Sao Paulo and my window faces rhe west so everyday I get to see where I'll be serving!