Oi familia! How is everybody!?!?!
Today is my first P-day so I'm
really excited to be able to write you all!! Thanks for all of the
e-mails, even after only a week its just sooo great to hear back from
home! So as you can imagine, flying from
SLC to São Paulo wasnt the most enjoyable thing i have ever experienced,
but it kinda exciting.
I got to see Mr. Elison who was flying to
Brasil to see his son. I saw Al Jefferson :), and when we arrived in
Georgia I met a guy named Jesse who is an LDS guy
that helped me and Sister Gee out. I was so tired when we arrived at
the CTM, but I kinda have been ever since. The days are a pretty long,
and its a lot more sitting down and studying then I'm used too, but its
good because I can tell that I'm getting better
at Portuguese.
My companion is named Elder Boehme. He´s a cowboy
from Pleasent View that competed in team roping and worked on a farm at
his house. He´s really chill and friendly and we get along very well.
There are 5 elders in our district, and also
Sister Gee!! It's really cool because she is a solo companion, but
whenever we do companion study she works with me and Elder Boehme, so
basically we're companions! haha It's an awesome experience but sometimes
it doesnt feel like I'm on a mission but instead I'm just in ward mission prep. Whenever I'm with her, everyone at the CTM notices our last name and stops and talks with us. I feel like we are 2
of the most famous missionaries here.
I'm rooming with 4 other brazillian missionaries. They are cool, too and help me with Portuguese all the time! In fact I think I learn
more from them than in my lessons! ;) A couple of them speak English very well, so they can translate everything I try to
say to the other elders. And, they are all going to Porto Alegre
North mission!! I'm so excited to be able to talk to them about Porto Alegre
and be able to have a real conversation. Today we went to the São Paulo temple! It was such an awesome experience!
The temple there is so beautiful and I could definately feel peace
there.
Wow we only have 30 min for email and it went so fast! I wish I could write more, because I have so much more to say! I love you all and
can't wait to hear from you soon!
Love, Elder Gee
P.S We can't receive any packages to the CTM but a lot of the elders
have talked about "mission ties" and say it is really nice, so maybe you
should see what that's like and send us a treat. :)
