Week 34: Ainda Sou Vivo

(Editor's translation of title: I am still alive)

Hello family and friends,

Desculpem-me por não mandar e-mail as duas semanas passadas. Deixar
que palavras saiam de minha mente é difícil. (Editor's translation: Excuse me for not sending emails the last two weeks. Letting the words out of my mind is difficult.)

Another tradition I had from Brazil was translating songs into Portuguese.

Mestre, Tu Me Amas? (Editor's Note: This is "Teacher, Do You Love Me" from the Children's Songbook, p178)

Mestre, tu me amas?
Mestre, tu me cuidarás?
Se eu desobedecer
Ou esquecer
O meu dever
Ainda me_amarás?

Mestre, me ensinas?
Mestre, me ajudarás?
Quando eu não entender
O que fazer
Vais me atender
E levas-me_ao meu Salvador?

Preciso teu amor e luz
Pra aprender ser como Cristo
O_amor do Salvador então
Nos leva_à salvação.

Menino, eu te amo.
Memino, sempre cuidarei.
O Salvador vai nos guiar
Ao_eterno lar
Pra nos salvar,
E sentirás do Seu amor.

Menino, te ensino.
Menino, te ajudarei.
E quando entenderes não
A salvação
Jesus então
Nos levará com Sua luz.

Preciso teu amor e luz
Pra aprender ser como Cristo
O_amor do Salvador então
Nos leva_à salvação.

I actually had most of this when I came home from Brazil, but it took until today to finish it up.

Thanks y'all,
Elder Hiatt

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