Dear Everyone,

You`re GREAT! Brazil is amazing! Beautiful weather and the MTC (Missionary Training Center) is huge and awesome. The food is (usually) pretty good and I have no idea what half of it is but thats ok. I`ve met a lot of missionaries from all over the US, Brazil and other countries in South America. I´m in a group of 5 other missionaries and we all get along really well. My day is super full from 6:30 when I wake up till about 11 when I go to bed. Long day full of Portuguese classes and grammar and a lot of teaching. Its great though. Its been interesting communicating with the people that speak little to no English but I love it. Tuesday is my P-Day (Preparation Day) so I will be able to email and write letters each week for everyone back at home! It seems like its been a lot more than a week since I left but its been a good week. We got to go to the Sao Paulo Temple today and it is absolutely beautiful! We get to walk around the city a little bit today and explore with our District (my self and the 5 other missionaries in my group). Its been incredible learning the language and its been incredible how much we`ve learned in one week. Conversing and learning and teaching in Portuguese has been a great challenge. Big shout out to Jonathan Solomon with his help learning Portuguese these past 4 months. Its been a huge help! I hope everyone is doing well and I hope to hear from you soon!

Jared