Man I seriously
love you guys so much.
I am sorry but
because of the world cup game this week, they changed our P-day to today
because all the streets get CRAZY DANGEROUS oh my gosh it’s the coolest thing
being here during the cuppo do mundo (GO BRASIL)!! You guys will have to watch
it for me and maybe give me some context for all the honking and screaming we
have every game day here ahhh I love it.
Ok I just have
to say it.
I AM TIRED OF
EATING HAM AND CHEESE SANDWICHES FOR BREAKFAST. I`m sorry lovely pessoas de
Brasil I really need to up meu diario manteiga de amendoim (peanut butter)
intake agora ahhh #stillloveyouthough
So this week had
pretty high levels of exhilarating fun\stress (I`m learning those two usually
come hand-in-hand as a missionary) because we got to do splits with the native
Brasileiro companheras!! It is seriously the funniest thing because I`m
actually starting to empathize with every asian tourist I have ever seen who
can only say `selfie????` in ingles because legit NONE of these natives can
understand us. What happens is that pretty much they throw you into a huge room
and all you have is a sheet with the name of your companhero and then there are
like 40 other missionaries in there ALSO yelling around trying to find their
comp. Then once you DO manage to find them, you have legitimately 15 MINUTES to
try to plan a lesson for a made-up pesquisador (another americo\brasileiro duo)
which is stressful in and of itself, but then add on the fact that there is
literally no way you are both speaking the same language.
I thought I was
doing pretty well until it was like BOOM asldkjf;slakdufdkfksufiejiukjdkjf and
then you just go `umm repita por favor?` and then you feel dumb because they
sit and piece one word at a time what they are trying to say, give up, and then
just end up trying to make up for the fact their companion has no idea what is
going on during the lesson... it`s actually the best I LOVE IT. I was actually
able to understand a decent amount of what was being said too during the
lesson, even if I was only able to bear the most painstakingly simple sentences
(I know that Jesus Christ loves you and you have a purpose here...) but it was
seriously to put it precisely - exhilaratingly fun yet unbelievably stressful
you feel?
I have to say
though I am the luckiest person in the world to be able to be here and to be
learning the things I am. Every day I am just hit with how much I love my
family and how I couldn`t imagine this world without that very cherished and
precious gift from Heavenly Father. We got to go to the Capinas temple today
too (SO PRETTY, google it!!) and I just felt in every bone how much God loves
us. Sister Delahunty and I needed a break from the stress and the pressures we
bear every day so we just sat on my bed and started singing hinos out of my
little portugues hymn book, and sitting there harmonizing to Nearer My God to
Thee (also that song will fill your alma like NONE other), I just was hit with
how special it is that we have a Savior who sacrificed everything for us. If
you want to think of someone who gave His all, who never could be shaken from
His purpose, who sought each and every MINUTE to fill it with love and
tenderness for those around Him, we need no greater example.
For those who
really need a pick-me-up look up Mosiah 4;9, it is an amazing verse and is the
next one I plan on memorizing! (my goal is 20 before the end of the
CTM!).
Here is the
scripture she is talking about…..
9 Believe
in aGod; believe
that he is, and that he bcreated all
things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all cwisdom, and all
power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not dcomprehend all
the things which the Lord can comprehend.
Love you all,
also sorry I don`t have pictures they don`t let us send any out of the CTM
because it crashes the system #darnthemall #justkiddingloveallmissionaries
MUCHO
AMOR,
Sister Staheli
