I arrived at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, UT on February 11th 2015. This has been a very different experience for me and was a little hard to adjust. The first day I arrived here I was directed straight to a classroom after receiving my materials where my teacher Brother Barlow was teaching us in Portuguese. To this day he has only been teaching in Portuguese. Even in casual conversation he will not use English with us. Because of this I have quickly learned many new portugese phrases and words. My companion's name is Elder Maughan. He's from Orem, UT.
Many people will tell you that time goes by slowly at the MTC. It really does feel like that. The reason why is because I feel like I'm accomplishing everyday the amount of things I would normally accomplish in a week. I love the things I get to learn everyday. I get up at 6:30am everday and go straight to class at 7:00am. From there I do personal, companionship, and language study until our intsructor teaches us for 3 hours in the afternoon. In the evening we've been teaching lessons to a practice investigator. We have to teach the lessons in portuguese for 20-30 minutes. I have alreay taught 3 lessons. It really motivates you to learn the language. I feel like Portuguese is the perfect language for me. It seems to come naturally to me. There have been 2 times where an Elder in my District told me I was sleep talking in Portuguese during the night. I guess that's a good sign.
I love the MTC! Except I don't like what the food does to my digestive system. But it does taste good. There are many great missionaries here and I can definitely feel the spirit of these holy grounds. I look forward to spending 6 weeks here. The main thing I have learned is that the language of the spirit is more important than the language of Portuguese. Que Maravilha! Tschau!
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