Oi! Familia!

This week has been amazing! It has gone by so fast i can't believe that i am here writing you again. Not too much has happened this week just the normal MTC grind. One of my companions got his visa and left this morning for Brazil and 4 more missionaries in my zone left for the mission field, and we have 4 more leaving next week. Our zone is getting so small I hope we get new missionaries next Wednesday! Portuguese is coming along great there have been a couple of days that it just goes in one ear and out the other. hahah but i have learned so much these past two weeks its truly amazing. I have a strong testimony of the gift of tongues i know the lord is blessing me every time i open my mouth. Just the other day my companion and I came out of our lesson and I could not remember anything that i said i just remember what i wanted to say to him. At the end of the lesson my teacher came back to class and asked me how i knew some of the stuff i said because he hasn't taught us that stuff yet? i was just sitting there like uhh i don't even know what i said i could just feel what the spirit was telling me. Other than that nothing too special has happened. I was able to take a nap today which was amazing because i had to wake up at 3:30 to say goodbye to my companion which was hard because i have really grown to love him and we got along so well and always had a good time together. Oh yeah i almost forgot to tell you my companion and I were called as the Zone Leaders this week! Which is crazy because we had only been here for a week and a half and most zone leaders don't get called until they have been here for 4-5 weeks. When the Branch President called my companion and i into a room for our weekly interview and asked us to be the new zone leaders i was so surprised because there are a lot of missionaries who have been here a lot longer that us. He said that we are some of the youngest Zone Leaders to ever be called and wouldn't have it any other way. He said that his counselors and the old Zone Leaders took a lot of time to pray and think about who should be the next Zone Leaders and that none of the older missionaries felt right and when they said our names the spirit was so strong they were all smiling and knew that we were supposed to be called even though we are so new. i am so humbled that the Lord trusts us enough to be in charge of these missionaries and i hope that i can serve him well. i have a lot more responsibilities now and my Sundays that used to have a lot of time for personal study is now packed with meetings. i hope i will have the strength to preform all of my new duties and i hope i can be a good example to the missionaries in my zone. One thing that really stuck out to me in my training meeting was that as zone leaders we must become missionaries to missionaries and invite those we serve closer to Christ. I know that i will need the Lord with me every step of the way if I am able to help these missionaries be the best they can be so mom you better send me some knee pads because i am going to be praying a lot! One more thing i was also called as a district leader in my zone. I guess the Lord has big things planned for me while i am here and doesn't want me to have any spare time to just sit and relax, but I guess I don't have a choice because i am doing his work not mine. i just wanted to thank you all for the letter you have been writing me they have really helped me out this week and all that has been going on. I love you all and am praying for you.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Love Elder Harris