Desculpe

A little late in sending Elder MacLay's email this week.. . ..

Hey friends! Its elder maclay again! i dont have a lot of time but i have so many awesome things i want to share from this past week! ill list the most awesomest stuff.

Desculpe in portugese is like saying sorry except its supposed to be said when the accident was your fault. sorta like saying my bad.we were in a practice discussion with portugese investigators and one of the investigators said her gramma died. my companion was like `desculpe`. basically saying my bad. lol. i couldnt stop laughing but the brazilians did not think it was funny.

We"ve teased some new missionaries. these american kids came in looking so dang gullible so me and my companion took care of business. we made them think that they had to sing in front of everybody right when they showed up and that they had to give talks in sacrament meeting in portugese. we also told them the wifi was down on email day lol

The language is coming really well for me! im able to give simple prayers, lessons, and conversations in portugese. we went on splits and i got paired up with this brasilian who did not speak any english. i had to teach two brasilians who spoke very little english. it went really well though! im so grateful. the gift of tongues is real people. i could not do it without the spirit. the spirit is so strong here it is crazy!

Temples are amazing. the spirit is so strong in the Lords house and im so grateful we get to go every week.

If you want a scripture that will make you cry then read 2 kings chapter 2 verses 23 and 24. FYI dont get your hopes up because it made me cry from laughter lol. funniest scripture ever.

Still really wish that i could send pics! love you all and im so grateful for such great examples that prepared me for this!

<3elder maclay

payton.maclay@missionary.org (to email Elder MacLay directly)

P.S. Note to his mama I wanted to share: 

im having such a good experience out here and genuinely loving it! i love the people around me and the language is coming very well! also learning so much and feeling the spirit stronger than ever! had a very spiritual experience in the temple last week.  im gonna send an email to you  to forward for the group email.  love you!