July 6, 2016

Oi familia e amigos,   i LOVE BRASIL! It is so beautiful here and i
have already learned a ton. i am no where close to understanding/
speaking portuguese, but i know it will come. we taught our first
investigator, rollnaldo, (who is really my instructer) the second day
in the CTM in PORTUGUESE!! It gets frustrating not being able to
understand ronaldo, or my companions. it is definitely not easy
wanting to say something but not knowing how. I know that as I try and
study it will become easier. plus the language is such a small barrier
compared to the impact the holy ghost has! He agrred to baptism after
our third lesson!! woooooo. I was so overjoyed and i cannot wait until
I can affectively communicate with real people searching for the
gospel. Every meal consists of meat, rice and beans, bread, and
fruit/salad, plus loads of juice! everything is pretty good for the
most part. Oh happy late 4th of Joly!! we celebrated with brazilian
hot dogs, friends and sloppy joes. I got a new companion last night. I
was in a tri panionship with sister councill and sister patteee but
some changes were made in the district and now sister karren is my
panion! I am so excited for the opportunity to learn from and work
with her! we had a devotional last night where we watched a recording
of a devo a year ago and i was so excited that the video was going to
sing in english. so naturally, being super pumped, i just moved my
tongue super fast! and a brazilian elder behind me saw and started
busting up! Trhen he was speaking portuguese (which I não fala) to his
amigos and they all started laughting at me! I~m like 95% sure, at
least. so making friends one embarrising moment at a time. I really do
love it here and i am so blessed to have the opportunity to strive and
struggle one day at a time. I know heavenly father is aware of us, and
is waiting to pour out blessings when we do our part. I have gained an
appreciation for so much that I took advantage of before. Don~t forget
that he has a plan greater than anything you could ever imagine. I
love you all, and I know that if I can learn Portuguese than you can
do anything!!!!!                     Love Sister Albertoni ps the
enter button doesn~t work and the keyboard is different. I promise I
didn~t already forget how to type or spell. hahah.