I Know a Little More Portuguese

Campinas Brazil Temple

November 13, 2018

Hello everyone, 

I hope you are all doing well. I am having a great time here at the MTC and have had the opportunity to experience a lot of different things since last week. One of the things that I was able to experience is that on every Wednesday we get to go to one of the two temples nearby and last week we went to the Campinas temple and the drive there was awesome. After we get past Sao Paulo and to the country side on the way to it you see soooooo much green its crazy, the canopy of the forest and all of the different kind of trees that I cant identify is crazy and really cool. Honestly the only thing that I have been like agh I want access to the internet right now or to go to a library to research is for the trees and the birds here. 

   For the third week at the MTC they put they American missionaries with a Brazilian companion and have you teach another set of missionaries about the gospel based on a fake investigator they act out. During the first lesson I was teaching with my Brazilian companion I took the opportunity to share my testimony in Portuguese and I was able to talk for 3 minutes straight with only having to ask how to say a word once to my companion that I couldn't remember. After baring my testimony one of the sister missionaries that I was teaching started crying and she told me that my testimony made her feel the spirit more than she could contain and she told me how my testimony and faith made her glad and proud of her decision to serve a mission and that she could tell that I had been blessed to be a lighthouse to those around me and that she could tell how hard it was for me to leave my family and go to the other side of the world and learn a new language to serve the Lord. After awhile she was telling me these things I couldn't help but cry and think about my blessing from my father that I would be a beacon to others, and when I was set apart as a missionary I was given the same blessing again and I know that if I put my faith in the Lord and lean on him that the blessings that I received will help me to bless the people I meet. 

I am so happy to be here and to serve the people of Brazil. I am glad to be a part of the Lords work and I know that if I keep my focus on loving the people and forget myself while I am here I can help so many people. 

Till next week,

with love, Elder Meyers