SANTOS!!!

Hey, guys! I made it out of the MTC, and I am in Santos now!!! Yay!! It was a little sad to say goodbye to Sister Gillis, but I´m excited to be here! My new companion is Sister Ferreira! She is super, super kind and patient. Which is good, because my Português skills are still a little lacking. It´s great though. She is from Sergipe, Brasil, and she is awesome. We are assigned to Areia Branca 2 ward. It is in the actual city of Santos, on the little island part. It´s awesome. We share a cute little old house with 2 other sister missionaries, Sister Ortiz from Argentina and Sister Bouwheis from Arkansas. They both speak English, so at times, when I´m super confused they can help me. They´re really awesome. We don´t actually live in our area though, so every day we have to walk to and from our house and area. 

My very first lesson was in an area that is pretty poor. I forget what they are called, but it was in a little ´house` built above the river. If you guys have seen the movie Coco, it´s like the place where the cranky guy died. They are very humble there, so they are more willing to let us in and talk with them. But it´s great. We taught more lessons this week than I expected. 

People seem pretty chill about talking about religion here, but usually they already have a religion that they are loyal to. 

Brazil is pretty awesome. The food is really good. Rice and beans don´t necessarily sound that appealing, but around noon everyday, that´s all I want. One kind of weird thing about being a missionary here is we don´t really have dinner. We´ll either get a little snack on the way home or order pizza or something. A couple nights ago we were eating at 1020 but we need to have lights out by 1030. It´s good though. 

I´m really excited to be here, teaching real people and helping them. It´s really hard because I can´t communicate with everyone very well yet. But each day I´m getting better. Except Saturday...But I know that the Gift of Tongues is real. Because, you know what? I can do the basics. I can introduce myself, and bear simple testimony. With more time, I´ll be able to understand everything they say. 

But it´s great! 

Tchau tchau for now!

Sister Herron