Week 2

Hey Everyone!

You have no idea how much i love Reading your thoughts in emails. I wish I had more time to respond. It kills me that I only get 30 minutes, but I heard once I get into the field it should be an hour. So here is to hoping! Just a hint I would love to get letters, it´s so hard to read all the fabulous emails in again 30 minutes, so a nice little hand written letter would make my day. Its so funny at 530 all of us missionaries huddle around to see if we got a letter it´s like Christmas everyday! Anyway just a hint.

This last Saturday we went to the park again, and I was assigned a portugese sister once again. It wasn’t as hard this time, I had a thought come to my mind right before and so I read exodus 4:10 which talks about how moses was nervous to speak but god gave him the words, and so I had faith. The first man we ran into was AMAZING, literally a God send. I was blown away at how prepared he was for the gospel we sat and talked for an hour alone, and he demanded for a book of Mormon, and to know when church started the next day. We ran into three more people just like that, I was overwhelmed at the honor to be a witness, and a mouthpiece for the Lord.

Ironically, my companion and I get along SO great yet we´ve been accused two times of ¨hating´ each other. It was a huge ordeal, I guess it´s cause she is so quiet and I am not, that they think we don’t get along. Far from the truth.

Last week we went to the Prada museum, wow. I saw real life paintings from Raphael, rombrant, and botecceli.  I cried when I saw the birth of venus in person. It was fabulous. For the fourth of july we all dressed up in red white and blue to celebrate, and at dinner we all shared our traditions. I got a little hearbroken knowing I couldn´t see my dad´s firework show, but I will soon!

My favorite thing about this mtc is that no one can say my last name. Like it´s physically impossible for them because the z makes a th sound, so they just call me Hermana. It´s awesome. Well I really don´t have much to say this week, i´m sorry. I miss you all and pray for you everyday.

Con amor,

Hermana Shurtz