Week 2 in the MTC

I speak Portuguese now haha! I'm no where near fluent but it is so so so fun learning a new language. I'll tell you what, o dom de linguas (the gift of tongues) is so real! We've taught three lessons already in Portuguese and we're teaching another one tonight so bring on the blessings hahaha! 

We had one new sister join our zone this week! Her name is Sister Hamilton and she's the cutest missionary ever... she'll be serving in Sao Paulo Brazil. We also have two missionaries in our zone serving in Mozambique, two missionaries who will be serving in Cape Verde, four who will be serving in Boston, Massachessets, a cou[le more sisters serving in Sao Paulo Brazil, and the rest of us are going to serve in Portugal! And all of us are speaking Portuguese!

It's so fun meeting new people because there's people from all around the world here learning different languages. I have a friend who is from Venezuela who's serving in Brazil and then another friend named Elder Perez from URUGUAY who will be serving in Rome Italy. I played him in soccer and got completely destroyed haha! 

On a less exciting note, I sprained my wrist this week playing volleyball  but I got a pretty sick bruise out of it haha! Then I jammed my thumb the next day playing volleyball again haha. I thought I had broken it for a while but I guess not. Little tip for all you incoming missionaries: DO NOT GO TOO HARD AT VOLLEYBALL! The game get's pretty intense here at the MTC so be aware haha! 

Elder Neil L. Anderson of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles came and spoke to us on Tuesday which was amazing! He spoke about repentance. Here at the MTC there is a huge focus on the Doctrine of Christ which is centered around His Atonement. It includes having faith in Him, repenting, being baptized in His name, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. It is our purpose as missionaries to bring others unto Christ through these steps. Elder Anderson said "When we choose to repent, we choose to change... and to become more like Jesus Christ." President Nelson said repeatedly at the last General Conference that we need to all practice daily repentance because repentance isn't just for major sins, repentance is about change and becoming more like Him. Please read the Book of Mormon! It is the Word of God and I know that it can change your life.

Eu sei que Jesus Cristo e o filho de Deus e que atraves Ele, nos podemos receber a Vida Eterna. 

I love hearing from all of you! I hope you have a great week!

Te amo muito,

Sister Cannon:)

Below is a picture of what my wrist has looked like all week haha but it's all good because I can still hand people Book of Mormons and that's all that matters!