Voce fala Portugues ???

Guys I've been a missionary for a month!!!! Truly so crazy!! Welp This was honestly probably the hardest week of being a missionary yet. Womp womp.

I've been doing super good until this week . I will not  sugar coat it. It was a hard week. I was super sick Tuesday-Friday, I still went to class however because I don't think I could have handled rotting in those rooms. And now I feel bad because I must have gotten my whole dystric sick... 

Learning the language has been very challenging and its been really hard going to class everyday and feeling like there is no improvement. But non the less, I still had some amazing times and lots of fun experiences throughout the week along with some tender mercies!!! So I'll share some of my favorite stories/experiences !!! 

Red headed comp story 

Me and sister hoover were going to our class and we get into the elevator with these two other elders.. they were BOTH red heads!!!! Like bright carrot red hair. And i was just so shocked because like what are the odds. I couldn't stop thinking about it. And it was really quite and i decided to ask them some questions.  

" so are you guys companions?" - me 

( sister hoover looks at me funny and starts laughing) 

"  uhhh yeah? "- two red headed elders 

" oh cool"- me 

They look at me and sister hoover and go.. 

"Uh are you guys companion's??? " 

We said yes then they were all laughing and I quickly made my way off the elevator and sister hoover looked at me laughing and said " why would they be together by themselves if they weren't companions?" .... she had a good point 

Doesn't know how to waterfall...

Elder perry was so nice and offered this kid that was coughing behind us some water from his Gatorade water bottle ( the one that squirts ) and the kid respectfully was from Africa and didn't know how to squirt the water bottle to (waterfall)  and he literally put his whole mouth all over it and elder perry was so nice he just let him do it and let him keep the water for the rest of the devotional. we all just were dying. Was so funny. 

Español vs Português 

Probably everyday, I have elders that are Spanish speaking remind me that they are more " elite" for speaking Spanish.... my opinion though Portuguese is cooler because you can pick up Spanish way quicker after learning. And its so true I mostly understand a lot of what the Spanish elders say to us. But they cant understand us lol  Well me and sister hoover were doing comp study the other day and we were practicing the batismo convite and this one elder walks by us and starts saying how we are pronouncing things wrong and kind of  just laughing at us. Well lets just say he got humbled real quick. I started speaking Portuguese and asked him if he spoke and he was just so shocked and said "  oh.. sorry "  I just thought it was funny. 

(All languages are amazing not one is better then the other ). 

TENDER MERCIES 

Hugeee shout out to my amazing mother for giving the most amazing advice and for hiding notes throughout my suitcase. They were very much needed this week

Also huge shout out to Susan and Russ Adamson. I love them and there family so much! They  shared some super amazing insights and advice with me literally in a time i needed to hear it most and literally just gave me the biggest moral boost. Love you guys 

Sister hoover is amazing and she keeps me sane.

I am thankful for her everyday and realize just how big of a miracle it is that we ended up as companion's lol   

My best friend raili clark... i love you. She sent me the sweetest/spiritual text during the week and it just made me so incredibly happy and gave me the motivation i needed!!! 

People of Argentina are so incredibly blessed to have her! 

I UNDERSTOOD my first WHOLE class in Portuguese!!!! It was wild... truly gift of tongues came in clutch. 

I think being a missionary has made me a better basketball player... like genuinely ive never shot better in my whole life. doing the lords work 

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT 

Moroni 7 : 46-48 

 It talks about the love of Jesus Christ and his charity unto man. How " if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth ". 

As this week was very hard for me, I had lots of thoughts of how am I gonna help and teach people about Christ in a language I can barely speak and hardly know. Well after reading this verse I had the thought "you can teach them threw your actions and your heart ".  Like it says charity never faileth. So i may not be the best speaker but I know my heart is in the right place. I can not wait to love and serve JUIZ DE FORA. 

Love you all hope you had an amazing week!! please reach out to me, would love to hear from you!!!  GO MAKE SOMEONE FEEL LOVED 

to my fellow missionary friends please add me to your email list!!!! I haven't been getting them makes me mutio triste