Finding The One In Brazil

Well I have finished my first week in the field and It was really hard but awesome. I have been humbled by the people here and doing my best to serve them means everything to me. My first day I had a lot of self doubt with my Portuguese and it felt like everything I had learned went out the window. On my second day I started the day off with a prayer, to be able to love the people with the strength that Christ would, I knew that if I loved them and cared for them that much that I wouldn't´t be able to keep myself from opening my mouth with doubt and I had faith that the Lord would fill it with what needed to be said.
My Portuguese is not perfect yet, but whenever I need to bare my testimony or answer a question about the gospel, my mouth has been filled and I know that the gift of tongues is real. I know that because of the Holy Spirit I can help these people understand Christs gospel.

On a different note the amount of humility and joy the people here have is crazy to me, I have had the opportunity to talk about the gospel with people(3 grown adults) whos home is nothing but a shack of concrete and wood the size of my bedroom back home. They still offered my companion and myself food and their only two chairs to sit in. I have definitely been humbled here in this short amount of time. I met a 12 year old girl who my companion baptized last month who I can tell has little money, but she still after only knowing me for a few days bought me something for Christmas. I don´t think a single gift I have ever received has meant as much to me as the gift she got me has, and every time I eat what a member has prepared for me It is special to me.

I am so happy that I have the opportunity to be here, I love everyone back home, but there is no where else i would rather be right now than here with these people.

With love

Elder Meyers