Sorry about not sending a letter for everyone last week! The email messed up and didnt send but thats ok. I hope everyones doing great! I had an awesome birthday because I was in Brazil. Miss you all for sure but thank you for the letters and messages. Im thankful for every letter from friends and family. Sorry if I havent responded yet. The mail here is pretty slow with the US sometimes. I'll be writing some more letters today. Well I'm 21 now and I was glad to have recieved peanut butter from my wonderful family. Its rained a lot this week and been a little chilly but its been nice. We´ve been working hard though. A couple days ago we visited a couple different families and walked about 20 miles that day. My portuguese is improving a little bit daily and my new companion is an American so hes helping me to learn a little faster. Its easier to learn from someone that had to learn it the hard way like I am. Its great though. I hope school is going well and that Indiana (or wherever you live) isnt too cold yet. As you guys get colder, I go from hot to blazing!

Spiritual message/thought thing! So I've been thinking a little bit about a talk from Elder Holland. He talked about love (dont worry this wont be too cheesy). But he talked not about Where I love you, or when I love you or why but HOW I love you. It is so essencial that we show the people that are important to us that we love them. There are so many ways to do that. Words, actions, service or a gift. So its not important that I'm about 11 hours by plane from you guys or whatever. I cant hug you guys unfortunately right now but I can write a short email each week. I love you! Its true and I hope that you feel my love from a different part of the world.

Well I always look forward to hearing from you guys and knowing that you're doing well. I hope to hear from you soon! Until next Monday (Segunda-feira) (P-Day)!

Jared