Ever since serving in the Brazil Goiânia mission, my dream is to go back to Brazil and see some of my dear friends again. And to have them come to Utah to see me and tour all around. Salt Lake City is kind of the Brazilian Mormon Disneyland - in that it is a once in a lifetime dream for many members of the Church.
That's why I was so excited to hear that Elder Pasti, Alessandro, one of my favorite Brazilian Elders, was coming to Utah for a month to study English.
We picked him up one Sunday and went to Brigham Young's little pioneer cemetery and then had Family Home Evening (during which he shared his testimony in English very well - it brought back memories of me learning to testify in Portuguese years ago) and a picnic on some grass nearby. Then we walked over to Temple Square to take some nice pictures for him and his family to have. How was my Portuguese? Um, rusty, but passable. I went home exhausted. And with a renewed determination to keep up this language that I worked so hard to learn.
1 Brazilian friend down, dozens more to get up here to Utah!
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