Week One!

So, it took a while, but we finally heard from Todd. He is doing well. Here is his letter to us:

Bom dia everyone!

 

The MTC is amazing! I am so glad I am here doing the lords work. learning a new language is so hard and stressful. Who has someone teach in only Portuguese on the second day!!! it will come through time though. 

 

My companion has been great, he is a country boy from Arizona. almost every picture he has is him with a cowboy hat! ;) but we get along so well. my whole district is great, we all love to laugh and learn and teach each other what we know. it is a totally new experience though. I am living with people I have only known for a week, and I just did my first load of laundry with no problems! :) 

 

Being here has grown my testimony so much. on Saturday I felt horrible. was home sick, missed my friends, and was so stressed with everything I had to do, and just hated what was going on. But on Sunday they had a speaker come, and he said everything I needed to hear. he said something like "don't worry about what you left behind, it will still be there, and when you are out taking care of what Heavenly Father cares most about (aka all of us, his children) he will take care of what we hold close to our hearts. and there is no one else in the world I trust more with my friends and family.  

 

On Monday I had a huge test of my faith. we were getting ready to teach our third lesson to Lucas (our investigator) and i was so upset that I couldn't talk with him. So me and my companion took a walk and he helped me through it, and we went into the lesson and we did great, and I was able to understand some of what he said!!