Hey Mom!
I'm doing good! Being in the MTC
again is weird though, haha.
When I got here the President had
us visa waiters grouped together and told us that because we've all
had about a year's experience in the field, our time here would be spent
focusing just on learning Portuguese instead of "how to be a missionary" like the new missionaries.
Total lie. :P
We've been treated like greenies
since we arrived, which has made being here a bit frustrating at
times. The day after I got here we had to sit through a 40 minute presentation
entitled "For New Missionaries," which explained the missionary dress
code and lots of other things that we've known for over a year.
But aside from that, I love being
here! It's been fun learning the language. I've got some great teachers. It's
remarkable just how much I've found I'm able to remember and use the language.
The gift of tongues is real and it's awesome! I can understand about 90
percent of what people say and can respond intelligently. Complete opposite of Provo, ha ha!
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| Sao Paulo MTC -- Elder Duffin is in the back row, third from the left |
We eat good food here; rice and
beans are almost always part of every meal but we eat other things too. It's
actually not very different at all from the states.
Everyone in my district gets along with
each other well; it's been pretty fun getting to know all them, as well as all
the Brazilian missionaries here.
The MTC here is nice; but different from the one in Provo. It's not as big and there are a lot of Brazilians, lots of South Americans and few North Americans. It's been fun though!
We've also gotten to go outside and
proselytize, twice. That was very cool.
We went to the Sao Paulo temple
today. It's a gorgeous temple. The inside was just beautiful; I wish I
could've taken pictures of the stained glass art inside.
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| Sao Paulo Temple |
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| [I found a picture of the stained glass in the lobby on the internet---Shari] |
Love you Mom! I love the pictures, Dad! And I enjoyed
talking to everyone from the airport.
Love you Sis! I saw your senior photos that Dad
sent; I like them a lot.
Have fun in school--it'll be over before you know it.
Thanks for
all your prayers, they're paying off!
Talk to you when I'm in
Florianopolis!
Elder Duffin
