Hey everyone! E aí Beleza!
Another week of CTM has gone by in a flash! Something that our gospel teacher, Irmã Torres, told us is to "not count down the days, but make the days count" and thats what ive been trying to do here!
Within the last week, I have been able to have some awesome experiences! We had a few opportunities in our language class to speak with others in portuguese and it is such a unique experience to be learning a new language and be a "beginner" all over again. My companion, Elder Mortenson, and I have begun to sit with a group of Brazilians during lunch and let me tell you, we sometimes have no idea what they are saying!🤣 They have taught us a whole lot and when we can communicate it feels like we've climbed Mt. everest.
*to anyone learning a language, I highly recommend you make some friends who speak the language and whenever you can, speak! Even if you dont know how to say something, try!*
This past Sunday, Elder Mortenson and I gave a lesson during Elders quorum. Our topic was Christ-like attributes and we had this entire lesson planned out but only ended up doing 2 parts of it. Our bishopric had a lot of meaningful experiences to share and shared a scripture that I hold very dear. In Alma 17:2 it reads....
2 Now these sons of Mosiah were with Alma at the time the angel first appeared unto him; therefore Alma did rejoice exceedingly to see his brethren; and what added more to his joy, they were still his brethren in the Lord; yea, and they had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth; for they were men of a sound understanding and they had searched the scriptures diligently, that they might know the word of God.
I love this scripture so much as it talks about the relationships we form with others. I have come to love my companions and the people of brazil and this scripture helps me know that I will see them all again, at a time when we will be even stronger in the gospel.
Last Sunday night, we had a zone meeting with all the districts in our zone. We got to know one another and find out who everyones favorite Disney Princess is. We also played a game called "Bunny Bunny". Now for those here who havent attend an Efy or Fsy and havent played this game, this game is a intense rhythm game where you have to perform different actions depending on who has the "bunny". Its hard to explain but so far my record with the zone is 2 wins for Dfish, and 0 loses. The first time i won my companion practically picked me 2 feet off the ground!
Another favorite part of mine at the ctm is choir! We have choir before devotionals on Wednesday and Sunday night. With multiple languages here, we sing songs we all know and change the language each verse such as portuguese first, then spanish, english, and sometimes Japanese!
Its also hard sometimes to distinguish between spanish and portuguese here and so I might have learned some spanish words instead of portuguese. Whoops, wrong language😅)
Today for P-day we had the opportunity to go walk around and try some açaí! I thought it was pretty good and the Lady helping us was super sweet! My companion didnt like the açaí so much but, he pulled through and finished his. We also visited this clothing store where this Lady sells ties to missionaries at a very legal (nice in portuguese) price and throws in a tie clip for free. Brazilians are so cool!!
One final fun thing that happened during the week, the sisters started singing a song and asked me to beatbox for them. We ended up performing it for our teachers. If i can find a way to send the video, I will
That sums up a majority of my week! Until next week!
Tchau,
-Élder Fisher