First Letter!

Hello Everyone!

Today is my second day in the MTC and it has been an amazing experience! The first day was a blur, First they showed me to my room and dropped off my stuff, then i went to my class and the teacher only talked in Portuguese! It was crazy and hard to follow but surprisingly i could understand a lot of what he was saying because it is so similar to Spanish. During that first class we were introduced to our companions! My companion is great! and we have a lot in common. His name is Elder Showalter and he is from Miami Florida and loves being in the water and swimming. There are 8 people in my district. 4 Elders and 4 Sisters, they are all from the states and my companion and two of the Sister are all going to Curitiba south which is exciting. After the first class we went to a huge meeting with all the new missionaries and it was great we all sang "Called to Serve" and it was awesome! After that meeting we went to our rooms to unpack and get settled. Once we unpacked everything we went to our first teaching experience. We went to 3 different rooms with an investigator in each room and were able to teach them about the Gospel. It was hard at first and we had a hard time teaching them but after a while it started to get easier. When we were struggling talking to the investigator they gave us some amazing advice. They said we needed to stop trying to teach the same lesson to each person and really listen to each person and tailor your lesson to fit that person. We needed to listen to what they were saying and find the best way to help that person. The second day has gone by pretty fast and i am really enjoying it but I still have a long way to go. I just found out that I am going to be teaching my first lesson tomorrow to an investigator from Brazil and i will have to do it in Portuguese! I am really nervous for this because i have no idea how to speak Portuguese yet and I know it is going to be extremely hard and there is going to be a lot of awkward silences, but I know that the Lord does not expect me to give a perfect lesson on my third day and i know that it is going to take a lot of time and effort before i can speak at all, but I am hopeful and i know the Lord will help me with whatever I need.  

My P day is Tuesday and I'm really excited to have some time to get everything organized and prepare for my next week. I am running out of time and I just want you to know that I love all of you and hope you are all doing well without me. I miss you all and I will keep you in my thought and prayers.

         Love: Elder Harris

p.s. if you could send me some hangers in the next couple of days that would be great!!