Wow! The weeks really do fly here. I´m leaving in two weeks!!! Ahhh!!!!! eu não está preparada! Actualmente, as vezes é díficil pra mim escrever em inglês, ou falar. Muito estranho, não? Mas eu gosto de aprender esta idioma--é muito bonita e muito divertido. Todo meu distrito estava falando em português durante aula esta semana pasada.Google translate that if you didnt understand ;)
Pois, agora vou falar em inglês.
So, in answer to your question dad, my daily schedule is something like this:
Wake up at the crack of dawn, eat desjejum, personal and companion study, class, almoço, class, jantar, study time, gym, study time, fall into bed totally exhausted. On P-day we go to the temple in the morning and then have the afternoon free to explore.
Today was a great p-day! We went to the São Paulo temple and I just love it. It´s so gorgeous. We had a HUGE coach bus take us there, and it was crazy! We were haulin´down the highway, swaying back and forth, and going down streets buses have no business going down. It was wonderful! And then for lunch, our district and our teacher Alexandre and his grilfriend and another teacher (Severo) and his fiance all went out to lunch at a churrusscaria. Oh My Goodness. It was like Tucanos... But 10 times better. And like 1/3 of the price. As in it cost me less than 8 dollars for a huge all you can eat savory meat fest. Mmmmm!!!! My tummy is quite happy, let me tell you!
Lets see, other than that, what have I been up to this week...Well, there was conference. Wow. I hope everyone got a chance to watch or listen to it. What really struck me was how much hope and happiness we still have even in bad times like now with the economy. And I loved Elder Holland´s talk about the Atonement. Wow. It is truly amazing that we have living prophets on the earth now, and to hear them testify so strongly of Jesus Christ and His Atonement... Just... Wow. That was the most powerful conference I´ve yet heard. And it´s potentially the most life changing one. I felt so uplifted and so inspired to grow and change for the better. I hope each one of you came away with that feeling, since that´s what this gospel is all about--growing and changing and becoming better.
This week my companion and I have been studying virtue, and not just in the "be sexually pure" sense, but having beauty and humility and that inner strength to follow the Lord. Read Proverbs 31:10-end and look for characteristics and virtuous woman (or man) should have. That study combined with conference made me realize I have a lot to work on.
A bunch of my friends left the MTC today--most of them Brasilian. It´s great how friendly the Brasilian elders are. They´re so much fun to joke around with! But some of my American friends left too. Elder David Hilton (yes, Peter Hilton´s cousin) left for Fortaleza today, and then a couple of the Sisters, Sis Roper and Sis Lundstrum, left for Rio. (BTW, dad, did you tell the Honeycutts I´m in Brasil? Mike is in Rio!) Funny sidenote: In my head I now pronounce Rio as "Hee-oh", like it should be... It´s fun how much my brain is transitioning into Portuguese. Actually, most Brasilians I talk to tell me I barely have an accent, only on the d´s and t´s, which are pronounced more forward in the mouth, almost between the teeth, instead of on the alveolar ridge like in English. Something to work on =] But I was surprised when they told me because I don´t even try. I guess I was supposed to speak Portuguese, huh?! Amo-o!
Well, I can´t think of much more to say. I hope everyone has a Happy Easter and really remembers the Savior at this time, and what He did for us--so much more than we can even comprehend. Thank you for all of your support and letters/emails and prayers. It really helps to know people out there love me when I´m going through tough times. You´re all in my prayers =]
Mil beijinhos,
~Sis Wilkinson
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