Family:
Ok, so there are few things that I have to say as quick as possible. One, I have been getting your DearElder Letters!!!, and it is really exciting to get those letters. I loved the care package for valentines and I got the drugs today!
What is Grapfruit seed used for? I am doing a lot better than being sick, and am still working hard on getting the things done.
Ok, so to clear up any misconceptions, I have 2 companions. Elder Whitaker is from Orem Utah and is practically fluent in Portuguese. Elder Searle is from Idaho Falls and liked to wrestle. He wrestled in High School. He went to BYU Idaho for one semester before the mission, just like me, but I didn't ever know him.
I have 11 elders total in my district. Elder Maldanado is from Arizona and his companion is Elder Hansen is from Cache Valley Utah . . . something like Richmond. Elder Hawkins is from Victor, Idaho and is my right hand Elder. He is always there and helps me so much. His companion is from Texas! His companion, Elder Palmer, is from Denton, Texas and is a Pharmacy Tech. Elder Gibson and Elder Bonds are companions. Elder Gibson is from California and Elder Bonds is from Virgina just south of DC. Elder Bonds and Gibson are going to Mozambique on their missions, the rest of us were called to Portugal. Elder Johnson is from Idaho somewhere and Elder Smith is from Salt Lake City.
My toenail is growing back and it doesn't hurt anymore.
Mom, You were asking about my schedule and what we use our money for. We get gym 5 days a week (for us, its not on sunday or Friday), and we get to go to the temple every friday. Today in the temple, I went through for a name, Daniel Webster. . . and was able to seal him to his parents afterwards. I felt so strong that he wanted to be sealed in the temple, so we made it possible for him. The way that emails work now, printing them off is not possible for us right now. 18M computer lab is only for Senior Missionaries right now. For our funds, we get $6 a week. We use it on Laundry, Dry Cleaning (the mayonaise thing exploded all over my suit coat, so I had to get that dry cleaned) and there is an MTC store. That is where I got a lot of my drugs when I was sick. So that is about all we use our money for. We get free meals and 2 free hair cuts. I actually did send the pictures this last week, and you should get them in a day or two.
My Portuguese is fairly weak still, but it is coming surely and slowly, but I think it will come. It is a very nice language. My teachers are Irmão Mechem (served in Fortelzea Brazil) and Irmão Schlappi (served in Cape Verde), but there is a teacher that served in Portugal, and has trained our teachers in the Portugal accent. He comes every once and a while for pronunciation. I have a really hard time in sacrament meeting, our Branch President, President Aidukaitus is from Brazil, and his accent completely throws me off, and then he asks our district what we thought, and we can't tell him because of the j sound that all the brazillians make . . . in Portual it is more of a "sh" sound. By the way the "De" is pronounced "de" in Portugal, not a "ja"
I really like the MTC, I just want to get to Portugal. . . I just know that the language is the only thing holding me back. Our teachers say that this week is the week when we really catch on to portuguese. We see all of these elders leaving to go into the field and we just are having a hard time waiting for our turn. Most missionaries going to portugal fly from Salt Lake City to Denver, and then Denver to Germany (I think they said Munich, but I am not possitive), and then from Germany to Lisbon. The Denver to Germany flight is apparently 18 to 19 hours . . . in other words really long.
Please email Elder Mosca, and tell him that I love getting his emails, but I can only send one email here in the MTC every week . . . sometimes I can get 2 off, but it is really hard and the computers don't like it very much. I love that man.
So, this week, Uncle Sperry and Aunt Teresa sent me a letter via DearElder!!! I was so excited to get an update on her family.
I have 2 investigators, Jared, he is a pharmacy student in Salt Lake City, and we challenged him to baptism, but he doesn't know if the church is for him. We just have to work on his faith, and then he will get baptized. Eugêno is from Cape Verde and is sort of an interesting character he has come and has agreed to help us with our Portuguese. He has this philosophy that you can never know anything 100% even if god tells you that it is true. He is only 99% sure that he has 5 fingers. We meet him in Portuguese and then teach him in English, and that could be part of the Problem, that he doesn't understand English super great. . . we should be teaching in Portuguese in no time!!
Megan, get better, and remember you are loved
Jessica, I hope to see you soon
When is the exact date brett carroll enters the MTC?
Love ya
Elder Hope
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