On the way to the CTM I got to see the city and it was very very pretty! took some pictures n stuff like that, got off the bus went inside and got my paper... my companion is ELDER DAVIS WOOOO :) totally made my day... Got up to my room and he was already unpacking and yeahh just very glad I have my old companion for the rest of the CTM me and him get a along a lot.
The food is pretty good it;s a lot of rice and beans with some meat but unfortunately NO SAUWWSSCCCEEE. Sorry dad I can´t be the sauwce boss for two years =/ oh well ha! the deserts are pretty funky half the time my district and I eat em and all of our faces turn into odd shapes and we don´t touch it any more haha. Oh yeah PS sorry that my spelling and english may sometimes get bad. I´m starting to spell things like they would be in portuguese so yeah....
The language is difficult... Very difficult. It´s so hard to not be able to express yourself the way you want to. There are times I just wanna cry because I know when I get out there I won´t be able to communicate that well to the people who I so want to bring the gospel to. I know Deus ( god ), Cristo, and Espirito Santo will help me get through it. Other then that I am absolutely loving it. The language will come and I know it will it´s just sometimes it really gets to you.
So when I entered the CTM I thought that I had a pretty good testimony of this gospel and woww.... The spirit hit me across the face with what felt like a 2by4. This is by far the most difficult (and I know it´s only going to get harder) thing i´ve ever done in my life. The amount of spiritual, physical, and emotional stress i´m undertaking is more then i´ve ever had to deal with... But I love it. so much. My testimony has grown about 10 fold of what it used to be. I KNOW this gospel is real. I will never be able to put into words just how I feel about everything that god has given to me. I entered the CTM with very little knowledge as to how much our heavenly father does actually love us. The answer is more then we will ever know. He loves us so much. Just think about the blessings you´ve recieved in your life and it still will be a fraction of the amount of love you think he has for you. It´s such an amazing thing to know that no matter what happens, we are never truly alone. Families are eternal and god wants us to return to him :) such simple doctrine but it hits me in ways i´ve never felt before. Maybe it´s because I´m a missionary :) it still hasn´t hit me that I am a missionary yet but I hope it will soon!
But i´m really enjoying myself SO happy, by far the happiest i´ve been in my life. I´m so eager to go preach to the people god has prepared for me it´s gonna be great! anyways my teachers are great the first one my district and I were a little scared of at first but now we aren´t when he warmed up (which was by the second day) he is an absolute CRACK up such dry but great humor. My second teacher blows my mind. He makes me think about myself and investigators more then I have ever thought about myself or them before. love it I wish I could tell you more but time won´t allow for it. Also my mind is racing at a million miles an hour because I only get 30 minutes on here so I have to pick and choose what i´m going to say.
Today was GREAT finally got to go OUTSIDE FRESH AIR A WHUT UP??!! Brazilian culture is awesome I can´t wait to see more. Spiritually i´m growing more and more everyday so loving it!
The thought i´d like to share with you this week is humility. Humility is a wonderful thing. It´s one of the many principles that christ taught. being humble is more then just being thankful for your things. it´s not being jealous of anything or anyone no matter what. Just be you. I can´t even put into words what i´m trying to say... Just practice humility :) i´ll try working on better things to bring next week but i´m running out of time so I can´t ponder what i´ve learned to much...
Diferences between provo and this CTM is this one is honestly just better... about 300 missionaries compared to like 1800 or something like that?? much more personal and I get to go out into brazilian culture... also apparently some brazilian roomates are gonna move in with us soon so yeh :) anyways can´t talk much more LATER
Much love, Elder Diamond (my name in brazilian is pronounced gia-mon-chh)
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