Elder Rhodes Missionary Experiences while serving the Brazilian people

My companion is Elder Morrow and I can honestly say that I couldn't have gotten a better companion. We work well together and also have a ton of fun. Sorry about last week and not sending an email. I ran out of time. We only get 50 minutes to email and it is not a lot of time when you have to read a ton of them and write a ton of them. I made sure to make time for this today though. So this week was pretty great. We went to the temple and the endowment session was in Portuguese so it was fun. The funniest thing is that we started giving lessons in Portuguese and have probably done 5 or 6 now. Anyway, we got a new investigator(its an instructor but they make it super real and they ask a ton of questions) anyway we asked if we could start with a prayer and he wanted to say it. He stood up and raised his arms above his head and started a very long and aggressive prayer while looking at the ceiling. Well, Elder Morrow and I lost it. It was so funny that we just coul...

I was glad to read all of your emails to see that you guys didn't forget about me! ;) I miss you guys too but I am not really homesick if that makes sense. I am having an awesome time and am feeling the spirit so strong and it is constantly telling me that what I am doing is right. I have learned that the Lord is always with his missionaries and that He trusts me. I have seen a few different things such as a really weird bee and a few birds that are super pretty. The city is ridiculously large. I took some pics and will send them to you after I leave the CTM I will send them to you. My companions name is Elder Morrow and he is super cool. We get along very well and are going to the same mission. It is amazing how much Portuguese I have learned in one week. I can say my prayers every night in 100% Portuguese right now. You are loved and missed. An awesome opportunity that we have had is an elder in our district is having some problems so we all gave him a bl...