Ola Again

Hey everyone!! Another week down at the CTM. I’m already a third the way through my time here. It still feels like I just showed up. But I can understand a lot more Portuguese now. It’s funny trying to speak to the Brazilians here. Some of them know they need to speak super slow with baby language and some of them don’t know. This week, we’re going to go on splits with Brazilians to practice teaching lessons. I’m pretty nervous about that, but it’ll be ok, and I’ll learn a lot, right? 

A couple of funny Portuguese translations from this week:

´`Speak now or shut up forever``

``What is your paper as a missionary?``

Our instructors are both Brazilian, and they can speak English pretty well, but sometimes it just comes out a little weird. It's great though. 

Last Pday, we got to go to the Sao Paulo temple. On the outside it looks pretty small, but its super pretty on the inside. Lots of stained glass. After we went to the temple, we could go out on the streets around the CTM. We went to a fruit market, and a guy gave us a slice of starfruit to try. It was super good. I realized afterwards that I’m not supposed to eat street fruit, but I didn’t get sick so I guess it's ok. It was really fun to see the different people and to try talking to them. One guy told us he used to be a member of the church, and I bore a very, very simple testimony to him, so Yay! It’s fun to just walk around and see the sights and smells of this city. It’s so pretty. 

Other than that fun adventure, I’ve just been studying the gospel in Portuguese pretty much the entire week. It’s a lot of work, but I’ve already progressed so much. The Gift of Tongues really is real. There’s no way I could have come as far as I have without a lot of help from Heavenly Father. This week I felt the spirit really strong testifying to me that I am here in Brazil for a reason. There are people here waiting for me to come teach them. And when I meet them, I need to be able to communicate with them. 

It is such a great experience here! I love it, and I love this gospel. Thanks for emailing me. I love you guys!

Tchau tchau for now!

Sister Herron