Day 1:
Dear Mother and Father and Sister and Sister and whomever else it may concern, such as Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, Cousins and Non-Existent nieces and nephews,
I only have one page to write on so I'll try not to waste space. It's about 5:30 on Wednesday night. I haven't really slept much since I woke up at 5:30 am Tuesday morning. i'm exhausted. I did finally get to shower during a short break at 3 today. They've kept us pretty busy. I arrived at the MTC, though here it is called the CMT, at about 11 this morning. The flight took FOREVER and it was hard to get any sleep. The drive through Sao Paulo was really cool though. It's unbelievable how big the city is! I took some cool pictures though, so you'll be able to get a small glimpse of it. I haven't stopped sweating since I got off the plane. It felt like i walked into a locker room after lots of people had showered and has smelt kind of like it too. i am in a room on the top floor of the CMT, the seventh floor. The view is great but the stairs are ridiculous to go up and down so much. There are suppose to be six people to a room but mine only has four of us right now.
It's crazy how different everything here is. I'll send you pictures but everywhere is just walls and gates and then cars and houses inside. Lots of people have electric wires on top of their walls too. The traffic is terrible and people always ask you for money, not cause they need it but just cause they want to take advantage of you. the money is 1.89 Real to a US Dollar but you pronounce it hi-yah and plural is hi-yah-s.
They spend 20 minutes tonight teaching us how to speak Portuguese and are expecting us to speak it as much as possible now. AND don't plan on teach us too much more, just requiring us to use it and grow our vocabulary. it's incredibly frustrating but it's been a long day and I'll work on it more tomorrow.
These shipping instructions (I've updated the side of the blog) should be much more helpful than the ones in my packet. Basically, I can't have packages until I get into the field.
You can use Dear Elder to write me quick and that will be lots better than e-mail. I don't know when my p-day is yet but it will be Tuesday or Wednesday.
The food has been alright, some great, some terrible.
My two other room companions are Brazilian and don't speak English. This is going to be interesting!
Love you all!
Elder Haws
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