Well
lets see what happened this week...
Not
much happens on normals days mostly just classes and eating and more classes
and sleeping so most of what happens is on PDAY or Sunday!
Last
pday we had an amazing opportunity! The speaker for the devotional never showed
up because of some reason they didn't tell us, so President Degn got up and
said that we were going to have a testimony meeting! I got up right away and
shared my testimony it felt so amazing! What was even more amazing was
that even though 75% of the testimony's were in Portuguese, you could still
feel the spirit so strongly in the auditorium! It was amazing!
This
week I was a little discouraged at the beginning but I had a prompting to ask
the Elders in my district to give me a blessing of comfort. So we did just
that, I asked my good friend Elder Geisler to give it and it was amazing! The
whole blessing was exactly what I needed to hear from the Lord and from my
friend. What a testimony of the power of God and how well he knows us, he knew
that I need that blessing for that reason, and he told my friend exactly what
to say so that I could be comforted. After that blessing I have had the best
week here at the MTC. I felt like I taught extremely well in all my lessons, I
was able to speak Portuguese extremely well and that the investigators were
able to understand me! This week I could finally see how much I have improved
from week one. I can now give 40-50 min long lessons in Portuguese when I use to
be scared to just speak it! It really is a miracle! And I know that 100% of it
has been God helping me! This week we also did a compliment circle! That was an
idea inspired by God, Everyone was so uplifted by all the compliments from the
district. Basically one companionship a day sat in the middle of the room and
everyone would compliment them... then the next day would be a different
companionship. WOW, the spirit was so strong and everyone could feel the love
for each other so much! I know that as a district we are so much closer
together now!
Today
has been an amazing PDAY. My friend Elder Bustos has left and it's kinda sad to
see him go but he will do great things. Last night he saw my BYU rugby shirt
and said I LOVE THAT SHIRT I don't have a BYU shirt but I have always wanted
one. He is from Chile and he has been one of my amazing friends here so last
night before he left I wrote him a letter and gave him my shirt, he cried and
said no its your favorite shirt, and I said you deserve it and your one of my
best friends I don't know who else deserves it more. Even though I was sad to
part with it, he was really touched and it sent him off with a feeling of love
on his mission. I can always get another shirt, but I cant always have
experiences like I felt then.
This
PDAY was great, we went to the temple and it was awesome! I LOVE going to the
temple and I am so happy that I get to go every week! Hopefully i can continue
going when i go to interlagos! But today we got to do confirmations! So me and
3 elders from my district did 150 NAMES! THAT'S A WHOLE BRANCH! It was an
amazing feeling and I love it
Brazil
is great, I feel great! I am happy and all is well, I love my district and I
cant wait to go out and serve the people
love
and miss you guys so much!
EU
AMO VOCES! Elder Hatch
YAY ! He looks so good and I am glad he is doing so well!
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