Oi! This was the last week of the CTM! Yay! Now on to Kansas! And then Brazil! It's all happening so fast!
This whole week
we had grammar beat into our heads, and now we are pretty much just
mush. Until the last day. So we wanted to invite President Terry, our
MTC president to our last class, but we couldn't find him on facebook.
And then, our techwizard, the man himself, Elder de Hoyos, found his
email online. So Elder Schenk sent him an email and he replied! He said
he would go to our last class! We didn't tell our teacher though and
that morning our teacher was pretty surprised, but he handled it like a
boss.
So President Terry
visited our class and gave us a one hour devotional! Just for our
district. It was so awesome! He gave us so many good tips and tricks. I
am so grateful that he was able to join us.
Friday
morning, before class, we had our last TRC with Isabella. We made a
bomb prezi on the Plan of Salvation. It was great! She even committed to
Baptism!(Even though she is already a member, and just pretending to
not know anything.) We also took a fluency test! I got a 3.3/10. Yeah,
it's not great, but the hispanic elder in our district got a 6,
and, in my opinion, he speaks almost perfect portuguese hahaha Also
one of our teachers said that the highest score he has ever seen, even
in native speakers, is an 8/10. So I'm pretty happy with my 3.3. Also it
said that I am an Intermediate-Low speaker.
Then
we had our emotional goodbyes with our teachers, and our first
teachers, who got sick, came back to our last class to say goodbye! It
was great and really nice.
I am
happy to be done with the CTM, but I am also really sad, because I will
be leaving the best district there is! I will really miss them and I
hope that I will get to meet them in person! I should get to meet sister
Snow when we go to Belém! And maybe I'll see the others on the plane.
I
have probably shared this scripture, but one of my favorite scriptures
is Ether 12:27. I love the promise of our weaknesses becoming our
strengths. If we humbly turn to God we will become better than we can
even imagine. God cares about us and He will help us to become better. I
have seen it in my own life, especially with this online MTC. A more
obvious example for me is learning portuguese. In 6 weeks
I have gone from not speaking portuguese at all, to being able to have
some conversations. And teaching people. I have gone from struggling
with a 20 minute lesson because I could not speak portuguese that long
to struggling with a 20 minute lesson because I can't fit all I have to
share in that lesson. I share this to show that God will help us to
change and to become better.
And now it is time for Pictures! Yay!
At
the beginning of our classes we learn something else in another
language. This time it was a prayer in french. Our teacher knows 5
languages, including french, so he has been doing a great job teaching
us.
Our last class! Irmã Rivera and Irmão Rodrigo came back to visit our class! They both recovered!
President Terry's special visit to our class! As I said, It was good.
Us joking with Irmão Zanforlin. He got a haircut and was hiding it from us for a big reveal. But he also looked like a pharaoh.
Last class with Irmão Silva. He was a great teacher, and I will miss him.
I don't know if you can see, but Irmão Z changed everyones zoom name to a character in the office. It was pretty great.
A
presentation from the sisters, I think, and I really liked this slide.
It says "Because of Him" And I want you all to think about what you have
because of Him, because of Christ. These were just some of the things
on our list.
Family
History! One of my companions found Jesus on his tree! But there were
some errors on his tree, so who knows. But cool to see.
More
family History! I found Adam and Eve on my tree! and Enoch, Abraham,
Noah, and Jacob(Israel) on my tree! Also some errors. It's kinda hard to
go back to 4000+ years with any surety, but it's cool to think about.
A cool picture of Jesus Walking on water.
Some
food brought over by some close family friends! Thank you! (Yes, my
brother was shirtless so I covered his bare chest with batman's chest,
cause Batman is a close second to my brother, and superman, hahaha)
Yay! More food! Vatapá! Authentic Brazalian food! And
an authentic Brazil dessert, but I don't remember its name. It was like
a fruity yogurt or ice cream. It was good! Both of these came from one
of my young men's leaders who grew up in Belém, Brazil.
Sorry for all of the pictures, but it was a pretty good week.
This is all for now. Next email will be from Kansas!
With all the love I have,
Elder Sant
Acreditar. Amar. Fazer.
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