Well, for the past 9 weeks I´ve felt like a fake missionary. Fake contacting and fake lessons all day long. The last week in the MTC felt like one of the longest. We did our last fake lesson on Saturday, and that went well, and then on Monday we took a lot of pictures and said all of our goodbyes. It was sad to leave all my friends that I´d grown close to over the last two months. I think it was harder to leave some of them than to leave from Pleasant Grove, because all of my friends and family in Pleasant Grove I knew I would see again, but I don´t have that guarantee with any of my friends here in Brazil. Yesterday morning I got up at 5am and went to the airport at 6am. For breakfast I had a cold cheese and butter sandwich, and juice that tasted like melted popsicles :P I´m glad that I don´t have to eat the MTC food anymore. I flew with some Brazilians and Sister Olney, first to Recife, then to Joao Pessoa. The flight was actually pretty quiet. When we got to Joao Pessoa our president was there waiting. His name is President Hall, and he´s an amazing guy. Super friendly and very spiritual. He took us back to the mission office where we had grilled cheese and more juice, and we had some orientation. There I got my current companion. His name is Elder Snow. He´s 22, and he´s from Santaquin. He seems kinda shy, but he´s really nice, and he is going to teach me a lot. Pres. Hall said that Elder Snow is a special missionary, and he was inspired to pair me up with him for a specific purpose. I´ll keep my eyes open for what I need to learn. After orientation we went back to the President's house and had tacos :) Brazil doesn´t have tacos, so all the new missionaries, including the Brazilians, were pretty excited. We took pictures there, and had a short testimony meeting. I can´t wait until I can actually speak what I feel in Portuguese. I have so much more of a testimony than I can say. I feel like my testimony is growing daily, about tons of different aspects of the gospel.
After the testimony meeting we went back to the Moroni house. We had 28 elders sleeping there! It was pretty hot and humid. I slept on the balcony. This morning I got up and came to my zone. I´m living in Mamanguape. It's just 40 minutes north of Joao Pessoa. I feel like I'm inside the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. Plants grow everywhere, and its just all around a cool place. I´ll try to send pictures as soon as I can, but that might end up being Monday.
From now on my p-days are on Mondays and I have an hour to mail. It feels so nice to actually be able to write a full letter! and read a few emails too. I´ll let you all know as soon as I start baptizing people :) I love you all and hope you´re having great fall weather. It´s going to be between 80 and 100 degrees year round around here :P I´m enjoying it today though!
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