February 20th, 2008

Hey so i have to be kinda fast cuz i only have 30 min before i have to getback to the mtc. i sent a letter its on its way today. well i made it ok. mycompanion is elder buck he is a pretty funny guy we get along pretty wellwhich is nice. the food is pretty good but i think thats cuz its not reallybrazilian. it seems really americanized...if thats a word. well i can emailevery wed. for 45 min but i dont have that much time today cuz all theplaces where you could go the comps were down so we waited all day andfinaly they started working so i have like 30 min to get in and writesomething. so far its been alot to handle. they throw alot at you but itsnot to bad. we spend like 8 hours a day in class and i am pretty sure i havegained wait already, cuz i feel heavier ha ha you eat in the morning youhave class then you eat again then you have class again then you eat andthen you study so you pretty much just eat and sit so you really dont workanything off. and i have been eating alot ha ha so ya i think i have alreadygained like 5 pounds so today i started limiting my meals so they are not sobig! everyone in my district was from utah except one nevada and one cali,but it was all the elders that flew with me from slc, there was like 15 fromslc to sao pualo. so that was good cuz we got to know each other before wegot here. but last night was really cool, we had a devotional and after wetalked about it with the district and the spirit was really strong we allpretty much ended up crying and we went like an hour over with the districtmeeting cuz everyone had so much to share it was awesome, it helped me tohave a stronger testimony of why i am here and what this is all about. wellyou definitly need to forward this cuz i dont have time to write toeveryone. but to all you shin-na-nu-gins out there, hope your all doing wellits only been a week so i am pretty sure not much as changed but you canstill tell me whats up. next weeks letter will be a little better cuz i wontbe so stressed for time, cuz i still have to walk back to the ctm. butbrazil is pretty sweet. we got our first p day today and got to go walkaround outside the ctm. its crazy its pretty dirty but the people are waynice even though you cant speak much and you look retarted. but my comp andi just walked around and kinda looked at whats out here. we saw some womenbreast feeding and walking and dong like everything it was way weird.....ami allowed to say that to you guys, i guess so if not the lord willl let meknow. anyway i cant think of to much else proably cuz i am worried aboutbeing late and i dont want to get chastized..... but its been fun so far thefirst week went by kinda slow but i here after your first pday it just fliesby. jake you better be preparing its awesome being down here, and get calledto brazil.... i hope work and what not is going well for everyone. its wayhot down here i am always sweating its awesome!!!! well you will see in myletter but i proably wont be able to put any pics up till i get out into thefield. oh ya you guys are awesome!! i love you guys so much!! oh today wewent to the campins temple, it was amazing! it was so beutiful and justbeing there was really peacefull. when i find a scale i will weigh myselfand let you know the verdict. but i should get going i love you guys so muchyour the best family ever. i knew that before i left but know that i am outhere about to create other families for eternity, my testimony on familesand my love for you guys has grown 10 fold. i love you guys so much, jakeerin dont give mom a too hard of time. be safe and i will talk to you guysnext week!! i love you so much!!!TchauElder Davis