Still having a great time out here in the brasilian mtc! me and my tall blonde companion have gotten the name `Q tips` by the brasilians. a bird pooped on my shirt. i found out that in the portugese bible peter is named pedro. this weekend we are proselyting by a gay pride parade and that will be interesting.
We defintiely have the party room in the mtc here. brasilians and americans alike come to our room to hang out. the other day they all had just barely left our room and we knelt down for prayer as a room and the mtc president walks in. i was so grateful that he was not in the room 5 minutes earlier to see us partying with guarana and 5-star candy bars (if you know you know).
This american companionship gave me and my companion a giant rubber band ball with a super old portugese book. these things have been passed down for a while between the americans at the mtc and they are so cool. the rubber band ball is super big and heavy. the book was the first edition portugese book that they used at the mtc. its been passed down and has a bunch of signatures in it. such an honor to have it haha. we are about to add a million rubber bands
So my favorite line out of any church song is from the song `a childs prayer`. the line is `some say that heaven is far away but i feel it close around me as i pray`. i really have such a strong testimony of this! prayer is the biggest blessing especially when you are far from home, far from your families, far from your friends, and trying to speak a new language. i encourage everyone to sincerely pray and work on their relationship with God. it is what keeps me going.
I miss all my family and friends so much but I am very happy! not to brag but nobody has been more blessed than me when it comes to my family and friends back home, and now my new friends out here. love you and see you next week!
<3 Elder MacLay
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