Finding The One In Brazil: October 2018

Hello Everyone

I have made it through my first week at the training center! I am so happy that I am doing this. I love how beautiful this place is and all of the people here. I have had Portuguese shoved into my head and the worst part was is that they gave a ``control your stress´´ presentation in Portuguese the third day. But in all honesty everything is going great here. I have met a ton of new people and built a lot of lasting relationships. I have been studying the scriptures and learning to show people that Jesus is our Savior. I hope all of you are doing well with your lives. I am glad that I am doing this with mine.

I will be able to email at 7:30 every night for the next few weeks local time. 3:30 Pacific time.

I hope I hear from you all soon. Boa noite

I have had an amazing journey so far and am ready to learn at the MTC. After leaving Pasco it was a quiet flight to Minneapolis. I didnt have to wait long in the airport to get on the plane for Atlanta, on the way to Atlanta the man sitting next to me was named Craig Henderson and I was able to have a good conversation with him on the plane. When I got into Atlanta we both said goodbye on the plane and went our seperate ways, later though while I was walking to my next gate he had caught up to me since he was going the same way and said he really wanted to buy me dinner bevause of what I was doing with my time at a young age. While walking around looking for a place to eat I mentioned that I had a 5 hour lay over and he got a smile and told me to follow him. We went up to a premium club/lounge that Delta had at the airport for people who travel with them a lot and he got me in as his guest and told me I could wait there if I wanted since I had such a long layover. The ``sky club`` had a bar and a buffet. he told me to get whatever I wanted while I was there and that it would be covered. He stayed and ate with me for 30 minutes before he had to leave. I was able to stay up there while waiting for the flight and it was a nice quiet place to study the scriptures. After 3-4 hours I went to my gate to wait for my flight and after a few minutes I heard someone yell ELDER and I turned around and there were five other missionaries, after time before the flight there ended up being 23 of us going to Brazil and 3 of them are going to the same mission as me. It was a long flight but after we got to Brazil I was filled with energy. This country is beautiful and I am glad to be serving here. I will be able to email you next Tuesday, see you then.
Love Luke