11.15.2013

Week 1 at Sao Paulo MTC

Dear Family
 
Mom i am very happy to hear that you surgury went well and that you are coming home. i am so glad to hear that there were no problems and that the drugs havent affected your stuburness. i have been having some of the same problems here with the language as you are having with your knee. whenever i am having a bad day with the language and i am having a hard time understanding everyone and i cant think of the words to say in my lessons i have to take a step back and rememer that the Lord is with me and when i put forth my all and do everything that i can and it is still not enough i can look to the Lord and know that he will make up the difference. One of my favorite scriptures is 2 Nephi 22 2 it says ' Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehova is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation. This scripture brings a lot of comfort to me because when i feel like i dont have the strength to go on the Lord will be there to lift me up and i know that i can do anything with the Lord. 
I have to say my first week in Brasil has been pretty great! I have been loving every minute of it! I love the food here so much it is not even funny i am getting fat! Grandma will be happy to know that i have put on 7 lbs since being in the MTC and i will probably be putting on a lot more hahah. My favorite meal has to be breakfast they make this amazing cream of wheat stuff that i just love i have two bowls a day and they also have stuff for panninis i look forward to it every day it is kinda sad. sometimes they have some funky stuff but i have been trying everything and i like mostly all of it. My Portuguse is coming along a lot faster here in Brasil i can understand people a lot better and i feel like i am getting better. there are still some days where i cant understand anything but i guess that is to be expected. i cant believe that i have already been here for a month! it doesnt feel that long at all but then again it seems like forever ahaha. i am out of time so i just want to leave my testimony that i know this church is true. i know that my Savior Jesus Christ lives and know each and everyone of us and will help us with whatever we need. I know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God and that he saw God the Father and Jesus Christ. I know The Book of Mormon is the word of God and is the cornerstone our religion and it needs to be the cornerstone of our lives. I know that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers. i say these things in the name of Jesus Crist Amen.
 
                            Love Elder Harris

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