Dearest Mother,
Thank you so much for the brownies. My companions and I have enjoyed them. The MTC is going great. I don't have a ton of time with computer restrictions and I wasted a lot of time trying to figure out my password. My P days are Mondays. I love you, Mom. Read dad's email for more. We watched the Joseph Smith movie yesterday in our Zone Leaders room. They have a huge tv. We did it after the devotional.
How is everyone doing? Know that I've been praying for everyone. We pray a lot here. They're really simple because of language, but they're still sincere. Please send stamps, laundry detergent stuff, and tell everyone I love them. Gotta go Love Reeve
[And to his dad - initial attempts at spelling in Portuguese, since Sterling speaks Portuguese.]
Oi Pai,
The MTC is going great. Meuo companheiros e Elder Hutchins e Elder Head. Elder Head is the district leader. Classes are going great and the portuguese is coming along. The spanish helps with knowing the vocab and some conjugation, but not the pronunciation. I finally got over saying de correctly not like it is in spanish. We have 2 firesides a week. One on Sunday and one on Tuesday. Yesterday it was Jenny Oaks Baker--Elder Oaks daugthter. She is the best violinist I've ever heard. Her children performed too and despite their young age they were amazing at piano, cello, and viola.
We also had mission conference yesterday because it was fast Sunday. I bore my testimony in portuguese yesterday. It's pretty amazing how fast it's coming. We need to know more conjugations though. Elder Hutchins is really good because he studied a little before he came. He helps me with vocab. My teachers are excellent. Irmao Brough and Irmao Jones. They're both good, but you can tell Irmao Brough is more experienced. They speak pretty much all in portuguese when they're teaching language.
we got to watch the fireworks on Saturday so we were up later than 10:30. We still had to wake up early though. i haven't had any problems with that at all though. This keyboard is semi broken and the shift doesn't always work. There was a devotional before that and it was pretty cool. They had missionaries carry in flags from where they were from. My Zone Leaders didn't enjoy it as much since they're not from the U.S. One of the Branch Presidents spoke. He was and I don't know if he still is, but judging by his stories it still sounds like he is, an advisor to multiple Presidents of the United States. It was very patriotic. Well I used a lot of my time trying to figure out my password. I love you, Dad, and I miss you. Have fun on trek. My testimony is really growing and the spirit is so strong here.
Love,
Elder Sudweeks
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