My companion, Elder Jensen, is from Pleasington California,
and luckily this week another Elder came so I only have one companion
again. I am sicker than sick today so my email my not be too long. I
think I got a bug in the food here last night, cuz I woke up with a
massive fever in the middle of the night.
Elder Quentin L Cook, Apostle, came and spoke
to us yesterday. He gave a phenomenal talk about the importance of
missionary work. Basketball is still boring here, and the next best kids
left for their missions today. The Sao Paulo Temple is beautiful, and I'm glad I get to listen to the session in English. I had the chills the
whole time today during the session, so hopefully I get feeling better
soon. I will definitely send longer emails once I'm out in the field.
Sad news, I don't get to call home on mother's day.
I usually get your
letters one week from when you send them. Ask a lot more questions in
letters and less in emails. The language is coming along very well, I
can almost always tell what's going on, I just haven't gotten the fluent
speaking down quite yet.
Mail time for packages is generally 2 weeks. My letters will
take 2 weeks to get to you guys. I miss everyone but I'm learning to love the MTC. We're
going to tract our last 2 mondays in the MTC, so we haven't done any
of that yet. My companions name is David Jensen, from Pleasington
California. My other companion was from Idaho falls - his name is Ethan Kammerman. Sorry we don't have very long on the computers - I'll try to
send more stuff via letters. My room here is hotter than hot. I wish they
had better AC. I'm on the sixth floor which makes it hot! And we're
not allowed to use the elevators. One of my suit cases got banged up
during the flight, so it's kinda coming apart in the corner. I hope
grandma is doing well, I'll have to write her in a little bit. Anything
going on with VHS soccer?
It's a great experience constantly being
around Brazilians all the time, and we're not allowed to speak English
in the cafeteria which helps a lot. We have a certain distance away from
the MTC we're allowed to go on P day, so you'll see pics when I send an
SD card home. My whole district is sweet, our DL is 24 years old,
graduated from college in psychology and he's from Minnesota. Everyone else
is from California, Texas, Washington, and Oregon. I'll tell more
specifics in letters. My testimony is growing sooooo strong in here.
Continue to pray twice a day and read the scriptures at least nightly
and we'll be an extremely blessed family. I'm glad Sammie is alive too! She better be alive when I get home. Dad, read a talk by Van J
Featherstone. it's all in portuguese, but i really liked it. You'll know
which one it is when you see it. Just look through lds.org
and google til you find it. I got that letter from Austin [Jelitto], I think it's
a good idea to do that thing with all of the parents. Just attach
whatever stories you want of mine into the thing. In the care package
sent treats, and more Dayquil and Nyquil - that stuff is magic. My
companion must have been super popular in high school, cuz he gets like 5
letters a day! That's what I need haha. Send some pictures in the
mail....maybe 3 or 4 per letter so it can still bend. I'll probably send
an SD card home next week. That's sweet that Tay's got a trainer now,
hopefully he can get some sweet scholarship offers. I love all of you!
Elder Shepherd
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