This first week in the feild has been great. Everything is differenthere. This is a third world country. I live with mynew companion, named Elder Dos Santos, from Belem Brazil, who doesnt speak a lick of english. not one. I was telling you from a long time ago that my first companion would not speakj english, i recievedf this revalation long before my mission so i was not surprised wheni met him. He is a good missionary and works hard but he was hard to get to open up at first. Now we are closer, but it is the other two missuionaries we wrok with that are truly amazing. Theirnames are elder garlick and elder rodrigues, from bountiful and mexico. both are amazing and both speak fluent english. my portuguese iscoming along so well though. I have learned a lot about faith here in the feild and the power of it along with the power of the gift of tounges. I am not fluent, but for a first week missionary, i speaking head above heels over the rest. it isincredible and not something to brag about but something that i am excited to share with you two. Becauseofthis, i am able to communicate well with people. It is still hard to understand but that will only come with time. In sacrament on sunday,yesterday, i was asked to play the organ. they have no musical talent in the ward and nobody plays so when i played itwas very brightful for the members in this ward. My area is called Paranaguá, and my ward is called Samambaia. The four ofusserve the same ward intwo different parts. I probably walk a solid ten to twenty miles a day, my shoes are working great though. The showers are actually warm,most likely beacuase we are near the coast. The weather here isexactly like hawaiis. the second i got off the bus here my first day i thought immediately of hawaii andthatalmost broughtme to tears. its about 90 minuets from curitiba central. Our houseis veryclean and very nice. it has good security and a lot of the houses around here are only tin roofs. i know that i am teaching what many would think is athird world country. sorry as well for the language and typing thecomputers hereare really bad. Mycompanion works hard but works differently than i would. wheni become the senior companioni will work differently. We have a babtism set up for next saturday which iusamircale because normally we dont have babtisms this early. the missinaries we live with are the zone leadersand elder garlick isanmazing missionary who only has 8 babtisms, because the heartsof the people hereare very much hardened. I am sad for the wickedness of this people too, and i am learning to love them quicklky. I am goiung to try to send pictures now, i love you and sendme questions for next weeksemail as well!it gives meidas of what to write about. i love you both. Never forget about me. i miss youmore than you know and cant wait to see you two again.
-Elder Matthew Arscott
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