Joyous bundle of letters

7/11/11
Dearest Family,
     I need to learn to type faster so I can write longer, better emails.  Oh Buddy, he's one tough dog.  You'll have to keep me updated on how he's doing.  I think he's part tank.  [Our dog was hit by a car, but seems absolutely fine.]
     Brother Cree-L Kofford spoke at the devotional on Tuesday.  It was excellent.  I sang in the MTC choir at it.  It was a great experience and guaranteed me a seat which is hard to come by.
     Our zone leaders are leaving next week which means we'll be getting new ones.  The current zone leaders said they were most likely to come from our district or the one above us.  We'll see.  It's weird because we've only been here 2 weeks.  Thank you for all the letters and packages.  We missionaries live off of mail.
     It was good to hear some about trek.  I'm glad it was a spiritual experience.  It's very spiritual here.  I'm sure you all know that.  Elder Head has been sick the last couple days.  Not too bad though.
     More peole from our district should be getting their visas soon supposedly.  I'll have to tell Brother Adamson about the Days.  [In response to Reeve's prior question if we know certain people.] I did understand your email dad.  [His dad wrote to him in Portuguese.] We read and speak a lot in Portuguese, definitely not fluent though.  I feel like the language is going well for me.  Our lessons are going well too.  Well I love and miss you all. I wish I could write more, but life is kinda predictable here and my hand hurts.  We've been playing soccer lately; the gym is closed right now.  Soccer and volleyball.
     I love you!

love, Elder Reeve Sudweeks

[We all got separate letters as well that day.  In mine, Reeve answered some of my questions.]

Dearest Mother,
     Thank you so much for the package.  I was very surprised to get it the same day I asked.
Well every day we have breakfast, 2 classes for 3 hours in 3 different slots depending on the day, TALL which is on the computer, gym time every day, but Sunday and P day, personal study, companionship study, language study, devotionals, and meals.  It's pretty repetitive, but it's good.
     Sundays we have sacrament meeting at 8, priesthood at 11, lunch after, then temple walk, then devotional, then it's movie night [not the movies most 19 years are watching :)].  We have lots of free time, but we have to be in our class rooms.  My favorite experience is just teaching in Portuguese.  Pray for language help.  I love you, mother.

Love you too,
Elder Reeve Sudweeks

Sorry it's bedtime.