November 27, 2018 (Travel & First Week)
Olá! (Hello)
Man its so good to hear from you! I would like to start off with a quote... Obedience brings blessing, exact obedience brings miracles, and strict obedience brings constant companionship of the Holy Ghost!! Oh how do I wish I would have listened to you mom! You were right, I should have studied Portuguese before I came out, and it would have made this week SO much better. There is a big difference in the two people in my district who studied the language before they came out, and those (ME and the rest of my district) who didn't. At home I thought I did not have the time to study, but looking back now, I had SO much time to study, compared to now. Our schedule is so busy, we don't even have time to breath! LOL
I have been on 3 treks, traveled half way around the world by myself at 14, been away for 3 summers in different states, with lots of traveling in between, and I can testify that what those other missionaries said is true. This IS the hardest thing I have EVER done. Portuguese is hard, sharing a room with 3 girls, having a companion 24/7 is hard! You go to the bathroom together, you eat together, you do laundry together, you go to class together, you pray together, you get dressed together- am i making my point?! But aside from having someone beside you ALL THE TIME, the food is weird, Ill explain in a second.
Many people might ask, whats the MTC like? Well, in Brasil, its called the CTM Cetro De Treinamento Missionário Brasil. Imagine being at Temple all the time, with people who actually want to be here, not attached to their phones, eating school cafeteria food, when most of the time you don't actually know what they are feeding you, and there is rice and beans in pretty much every meal. (I'm pretty sure they feed us cornbread this morning and called it pancakes, with served with the most wateriest syrup I have every tasted) With as much beans as I eat, I'm surprised I don't fart more often LOL.
It has been a very long, and trying week, and honestly, I've had thought about just coming home, and being in my comfortable home, where I know what people are saying. Tomorrow (P-DAY), and every Wednesday morning, everybody in the CTM gets to go the Temple. It switches every week between two Temples, but I don't know how to spell them, so stay tuned. Additionally, every Tuesday at 10:25am Brasil time, is when I get to write home, so if you happen to be awake at 4:30 in the morning, or you can just wait and have this nice surprise when you wake up. I sleep pretty well in the evening time, except for when they shoot fireworks off, which is frequently, its super odd but Sáo Paulo is just like that is what I've been told. Please don't forget to send my driving record, preferably to my mission home office, not the CTM. And if people want write letters here make sure that they write my name on it, with the CTM Does that make sense? CTM C/o Emma Pierce. Dad probably gets it.
Anywho! PLEASE check with my Doctors office and see what HEP A/B vaccines i have, if I don't have like HEP B (i think it is) they are going to give it to my next Wednesday, and I DON'T WANT A SHOT!!! And unfortunately i can not send pictures while I'm in the CTM, because we cant inset anything into the computers. As far as mailing the letter home, it will probably will have to wait until Im in the field. Ill have to tell you more next week about my crazy traveling experience and almost missing my planes, because of delayed flights and rescheduling. But atlas, I made it, and there were some missionaries who were on the flight with me, there are in my District 47A- ING. But there are all 18, exp one who is 19, and those are who was in my picture.
Anywho! PLEASE check with my Doctors office and see what HEP A/B vaccines i have, if I don't have like HEP B (i think it is) they are going to give it to my next Wednesday, and I DON'T WANT A SHOT!!! And unfortunately i can not send pictures while I'm in the CTM, because we cant inset anything into the computers. As far as mailing the letter home, it will probably will have to wait until Im in the field. Ill have to tell you more next week about my crazy traveling experience and almost missing my planes, because of delayed flights and rescheduling. But atlas, I made it, and there were some missionaries who were on the flight with me, there are in my District 47A- ING. But there are all 18, exp one who is 19, and those are who was in my picture.
Before I'm out of time, I had a thought in preparation to me emailing, as much as I want to hear about home, I also want to leave with a challenge and some Portuguese challenge: On page 120 in Preach My Gospel, I would like you, read the section titled "Patience" and answer these questions: Why is patience so important? How are patience and Faith related? Along with a few scriptures of your choice. I've learned patience with these elders!!
Portugese:
A medida que compartilhamos o evangelho, nos somos abençoabos com alegria.
As we share the gospel, we are filled with joy. I'm sorry I didn't have time to respond to anyone else. Please feel free to share this with others.
Com Amor,
Sister Pierce
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