I'm in one of the most sacred places on Earth (8-18-15)

Well, I'm just going to try and write a pretty general letter and send it to everyone so that I get it all covered in my email, but oh goodness, where to begin!? To start I flew on the airplane with 3 other missionaries and one sister who are going all over the world. It was neat to get to share with the elderly gentleman next to me on the plane ride about a mission and why I am choosing to serve two years. The plane ride seemed pretty short honestly and we even arrived early so I caught the 10:30 shuttle over to the MTC. You could definitely feel the spirit as you entered the mtc. Oh, and also, I ended up talking to our cab driver who was from peru the entire ride over and actually got a lot insight into the area and culture of the area I'll be serving. After arriving and dropping my bags off at my room (there was a japanese flag hanging on the wall btw) we headed off to my classroom! I was the first one to arrive there in my district and I met Brother Balchior, our teacher. He is from mozambique?? some place in Africa and he's this little short, really dark african man, 24, and he speaks portuguese and Bantu, served in California spanish speaking, and also speaks English, such awesome guy! He's a great teacher and if you work hard, he'll teach you well. he also has the best stories in the MTC (all the other portuguese speakers here envy us because he's our teacher) and I have felt the spirit so many times in his class as he's taught gospel truth. I love learning the language, and it's been really hard ya... To be honest y'all, I might be the worst speaker in the class, or close to it. It's been very, very humbling. but! I have found that it's unimportant, Brother Balchior has said several times that the best missionaries he has come through his class speak terrible portuguese, but they have the spirit, and that's the best way to teach. That being said, I study hard everyday, and I'm not used to be at the lower end of the class, but I know its in the Lords hands. I love that! The spirit at the MTC is amazing, I'm in one of the most sacred places on Earth (these buildings are blessed just like chapels) and you can tell. We are all temple recommend holders here, and the spirit abides with you everywhere you go. Someone just says one simple gospel truth, and the spirit will testify to me, or when we sing a song whether as a district or a combined 2500 missionary strong choir it's just a spiritual outpouring, and that's a testimony to me, of the wonderful teachers, and missionaries that are here at the MTC. So, something cool, shoutout to Aunt Marcy here, I'm rooming with a bunch of Japanese missionaries, and basically our whole wing are missionaries that are learning japanese, so I thought that was pretty cool! i'm in 13m room 221, not sure where Jaron was, but you'll have to let me know.\ So, there have been so many great experiences, but, in the essence of time (we only have an hour) I will keep it to two. first just the awesome one! We had the Nashville Tribute band here on Sunday for a devotional, and they were amazing! I haven't ever been to a concert before, though I'm not sure if this even counts... It was amazing to hear their voices in person, and plus, I was on the 5th row, so I was so close to them! We weren't allowed to clap for them, but I wanted to so bad! They sang songs from all of their albums including Joseph Smith, the Missionary one, and their new album Redeemer (Look it up, it's like southern gospel songs and they are amazing) That was cool to have as my first devotional on Sunday. Btw, Sundays are the best here because of church and meetings and everything. We sing, everyone has to prepare talks and someone is randomly selected, and do the sacrament prayers in Portuguese. So I really like Sundays. Now, my best experience at the MTC so far was me and my companions second lesson with out Investigator named Thiago (like Chi-augo). Our first lesson was only after 2 days of instruction and it was kind of rough, but me and my companion just kept it brief, and taught about the book of mormon, kept it simple, and it really wasn't bad.. But our second lesson was amazing! We taught like the 3rd lesson the gospel of Jesus Christ, except we had no preparation! We got back from dinner and the time was 6:28 and on the board reads lesson with Thiago at 6:30!!! Oh my, we were so scared, me and my companion ran up the stairs and kneeled at the door of the room, said a quick prayer and went in. Me and Elder Sant opted to teach first everytime. But we went in there and taught with such power and authority! The spirit was so strong, I hardly remember what we said, but it wasn't us, it was the spirit, and both of us were literally holding back tears, and we even had the investigator shed a tear, who isn't a real investigator, he's a teacher here at the MTC. Our third lesson also went really well, except we forgot to say an opening prayer, but both me and my companion are always surprised by how much we are able to say, and that is a testament to me. I also was called as my district leader here at the mtc and while I don't feel like I am the best for the jopb, I work hard to be an example for my district members and try and fulfill all that I am supposed to by supporting them, they also really support me and are super helpful. Only on companionship doesnt get a long well and the rest are great, so it makes my job easy. There are 8 elders in my district including us,and 6 are actually headed to Ribierao Preto, so that's pretty cool. We never know when we might lose one though, as any day one of us might get a visa and head down to the MTC there. Well, to describe my companion, he's about 6 feet and ripped. We both love to work and get along really well! he's amazing with the language and helps me a lot. We also go down to the fitness center everyday and work out and I'm getting back in shape for Brazil. I'm pretty excited for that! We do really well! I also love our roommates who have been here 4 weeks already and will be here with us to the end. They extend a lot of helpful advice. Thank you to mom, dad and aunt marcy for the dear elders. We can't open mail till 9:30 at night, so please keep sending! It's nice to have mail to look forward to and I'm not distracted at all! We have way to much to do to be thinking about home or friends, and i thought I would miss it more, but I'm loving it here! It's seriously the best place. So please, keep sending letters,there are a huge support and make me so happy, not sad!:) I love getting something everyday even though I can't respond. Also my district and roommates thank you for the brownies! And Grandma Whipple, did you hear music and the spoken word? they sang the sound of music thought you'd like that. It was funny because we all cheered and were very excited for it and thought it was funny what we get excited for these days. And mom, I need you to send a few things, I need another large pair of shorts and another shirt, maybe a ASU or UofA big shirt, I need some more work out clothes, and maybe a couple pairs of nike socks. For anyone else, I would honestly love handwritten letters and packages (with food because the cafeteria is terrible, but the temple cafeteria is great! I went to the temple today and loved it!) just candy, cookies, jerky, anything to munch on would be great, and everyone in my room would love it, we share all of our packages. my address here is- Elder Caden Paul Wyatt Sep22 BRA-RIB 2011 N 900 E Unit 308 Provo UT 84602\ - Anyone I love you all a ton and everything is great here! p.s. if you ever send a packages just send like 5$ in ones for the vending machine, thanks!