Today has been awesome so far- the cafeteria workers made us as close to an American meal as they could and decorated with red,white and blue. We had something resembling hamburgers, mac and cheese, fries, chicken tenders, corn, and BROWNIES! It was so yummy and all the Americans here are decked out in patriotic wear.
Highlights of this week...
We watched a devotional from the Utah missionary training center and I saw Kate Mills in the choir!! She is already out in her mission so it must have been a couple weeks old but it made me so happy to see her!
At the same devotional, we sang my favorite hymn- Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing - in Portugues and it was SO beautiful. It was already my favorite, but I love it even more in this language. If you guys get the chance to listen to it in Portuguese it is so worth your time!!
At the other devotional this week, we sang Paz en Cristo (Peace in Christ), and it reminded me of when Kesley Reynolds sang it in church at home a few months ago. Also one of my favorites to sing in Portuguese!
On Sunday, my great Aunt Dorothy came to church with 2 boxes of homemade no-bake cookies for me and my roomates. I am so grateful for her!!!!! One of the elders in our district gave us a whole jar of peanut butter(which is impossible to get here) and we had a sugar feast that night with cookies, peanut butter, and the other candy we have stashed up. Kit Kats and peanut butter- one of my new absolute favorite treats.
Our Brazilian roomates left on Monday and we already miss them a lot. 3 weeks feels like 3 years here, so we all got really close really fast. We are getting new roomies today but havent met them yet!
Other than that, not much new to write about! Same old same old here, but I am still loving it. I have found that when I see a new language as an exciting thing instead of an obstacle I learn much much quicker. It really is such a pretty language and it is amazing that I get this opportunity.
Favorite new words this week
- frango(chicken)
- sabedoria(wisdom)
- mau-carater(troublemaker)
- badalada(the sound of bells clanging or a clock tolling)
Also- pescado means fish and pecado means sin. In a lesson this week, I very seriously said that Christ gave his life to atone for all of our fish. All of us busted up laughing and I will be sure not to make that mistake again(hopefully).
I say this every week but I keep getting more emails so THANK YOU guys for all the emails and support, love love love you all.
Com muito amor,
Sister Lauren Mather
PS. Our email time got shortened to 30 minutes because we got a bunch of new missionaries this week and one of the labs is not working. Probably wont have time to respond today besides to my family im sorry!!! I promise I do take pictures of all your emails and read them all throughout the week!!
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