tudo bom?

Hello world, hello family! I miss you all so much! where do i even begin? I am going to the federal police today to register with the country. That means we arent going to the temple which means we get to explore the city. this means we get to buy things from shops and the people can charge us extra reais because we are white and cant speak portuguese! hooray! haha. i am excited nonetheless. This past week was a good week. Yesterday was a bit tough. I was giving a lesson, the plan of salvation, to some brasilians and they were just looking at me like what is she saying... i thought i was speaking portuguese... my teacher was observing, which only makes things worse! I couldnt say what i was trying to say so i just started crying. not sobbing but just frustrated stupid tears. the brasilian elders looked at me like they didnt know what they should do- they were new themselves and here this american is crying! my companion nudged me and said you can do it! and my teacher nudged me and he said you can do it! but i couldnt do it! i couldnt! it was so pitiful. I dont know how ill be able to leave in 3 weeks! faith, the atonement. the atonement is real and i know that i couldnt get here with out it. no way. I was reading scriptures after the whole ordeal and thought about ether which then referred me to romans 8 - read it, its an amzing chapter. other than that whole ordeal things are great. my hair is looking good and one elder likes my blond hairs. haha. i have a new companion named sister bailey and i love her so much! Oh yes, mother, in brasil you throw your tp into trashes near the toilet. not at the ctm or temples though. these are classy places. i dont even want to think about having to do that. the water here is really good too, just not out in the real world. the water treating itself is good but the pipes that carry the water are the problems. they are old and gross. so we have our filtered water bottles! this next week ( although i hope they dont remeber) i look forward to street contacting. in the middle of sao paulo and the week after straight up proselyting. I get that ill have to do that soon but at least then ill be with a companion who can communicate! this will be the greatest challenge of my life! sorry for the short email, im writing to you all today! oh and hey, write to me here at the MTC will ya? theyll forward it to me if it comes to late. but i miss you guys! love sister neptune! tell pam im looking and watching for corey!