Jamie is famous!; English "fast"; Shooting in Colorado; Message of happiness

Howdy everybody.  Wow I can't believe how fast this week went by.  It seems like just a couple of days ago when I was writing you last week.  I guess time flies when your having fun, right? :)  I'm not sure if I've already talked about how one of my teachers has been really sick for a while now.  She missed about a week's worth of classes and so we keep getting different subs.  It turns out she is pregnant with twins!  She is really excited but she isn't going to be teaching us for a while, so now we got a new teacher, Irma Pozette.  She is awesome and I already like her a ton.  She used to be Sister Gee's teacher and she says that she is one of the best!  I'm super excited to learn more from her for the next couple of weeks.

     So Jamie, I met another person that knows you.  Her name is Hermana Daudt  Ha ha sorry, you might not even know who I'm talking about because I don't know her first name, and I'm not even sure that that is her last name.  She is from Rio Pardo and I forgot which country she is going to serve in, but I remember it was Spanish speaking.  Wow ha ha, I'm not very good at giving helpful information about this person.  But anyways, when she saw my name tag she came up to me and excitingly talked to me about you.  She said you guys were friends and that you are muita legal!  You must have made quite the impression while you were in Brasil because this is like the 3rd person that has talked to me about you, and I'm still in São Paulo, like what 12 hours from Porto Alegre?  I'm guessing I'm gonna meet a few more in the next two years :)

     So for the last couple of days, our district has been doing a English fast.  It was really hard!  I was surprised by how much I used English during the week, because it felt soooo different.  It was a good experience though, and must be affecting me, because I've accidentally typed some words in Portuguese and then had to change them back to English :P  The best part was when we broke the fast this afternoon by going to a rodizio in the city!  I'm not sure if I've just been in the CTM too long but it tasted soooooo amazing!  I tasted just as good if not better than Tucanos.

    It was really sad to hear about the shooting in Colorado.  Whenever I hear about things like this it just makes me think of how confused people can be and how they can take life for granted.  I think that teaching that life has a purpose is one of the most important things in missionary work, and I'm excited to share this message with others and see the happiness that it brings.  Anyways, I just barely realized it was pioneer day when I was reading your emails.  Its kinda weird to not realize that its a holiday.  But anyways I love you all and hope that your pioneer day is spectacular!! Thanks again for all of the emails!  You're the best!