Week 2 CTM

Hey y’all! Bom dia! 

This week was great. It was also very hard! We had a substitute teacher on Thursday that spoke very little english. It was great. He would ask a question in Portuguese. We would understand very little and then the elder from Columbia would answer in what sounded like good Portuguese, but none of us knew. It was still a good lesson and I learned a lot. 

Portuguese has been coming very slowly, but I am still making progress, however slow it is. It has been very hard for me to memorize and remember the Portuguese. I am sure it will click soon. Many of the others in my district are doing great, and I am so happy for them. It is great to see the Lord bless us in our different and much needed talents. 

Despite these recent struggles with the language, I still progressed a lot Monday. We had fasted the day before and during our last class Monday the teacher, Irmão Rodrigo, said that there was something different about the class, and that we were doing really well, and it surprised him. I didn’t think anything about it, but then Elder Montoya reminded me that it was the fast! It was really cool to see how the Lord blessed us because of our efforts and desires. 

Next week we will start teaching some investigators online. We will be teaching Matias G. I am very excited, but also nervous. I have had 8 days of lessons on portuguese and now I will be teaching someone in Portuguese! The most intimidating part for me is that we will not be able to use our books that help us. Or the notes. Just ourselves, and some portuguese scriptures. It will be exciting. I know that the Lord will help me if I do my part to prepare for it. 

Here are some good scriptures that I really enjoyed and that you all should look at in your free time. They are pretty powerful and there is so much that has been helpful in them. 

2 Timothy 1:7 

1 Nephi 13:37 (This one was helpful during hard times. It was shared by a sister)

Doctrine and Covenants 15:6

This is our district during class with Irma Rivera.

This is how we congratulate each other. It's ASL! (Now we are learning two languages) This is our class with Irmao Santos.

And this is our district having fun one night. 

I love you all so much. Obrigado, for your love and prayers. 

Tchau Tchau

Elder Sant 

Acreditar. Amar. Fazer.