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Month: February 2016
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Yay!!! So exciting! I cant wait to go out into the campo! Sorry! I am super short on time this week! So here are a few highlights!
Cereal day is thursdays! Oh how I love cereal day! I think that I love cereal too much!
We Had Chuhasco (BBQ) Soooo delicious! It reminded me of home and carne asada! Sooo much love! I literally cant even express it! I am going to be in the land of Chuhasco with the Gauchos (cowboys)! It was created there! Can Not Wait!!!!!
I take my Sriracha to meals…. and Im proud hehe! The food here is the opposite of spicy, but its super flavorful and yummy!
We had daylight savings, so our time moved back an hour! We got to sleep an extra hour on saturday night!!! It was amazing!
My instructor is the bomb! He is super legit! He kinda reminds me of Dad! He is very direct, and will give it to you how it is. He talks a lot about learning, improving and moving forward. In portugese the phrase is: Aprender + Mudar = Seguir em Frente
We went proselyting this week, and me and sister Thueson gave out 10 Books of Mormon. It was so great! It was crazy! She took a semester of portugese before the mish, and she has helped me a ton with everything, but during proselyting I was the one that talked to all of the people! I have been relying so much on my Savior and am so thankful that He is blessing me in learning this language. Through Him all things are possible.
We had an amazing devotional by the Brazil area president, and I understood it! I can now carry on conversations. I am learning more quickly than I could ever have asked for. Ether 12:27
I love the spirit that I am able to have with me as a representative of Jesus Christ. This is His work and I am just His hands. I cant wait for the feild! I cant wait to learn, change and move forward in this sacred work.
I love you soooo much! Have a fantastic week, and send me pictures.
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Latest From Adrena
This week has been great! First time that I have been able to speak without translating each individual word one at a time! Yay!!!!!
On Tuesday we spent all morning to the police depot, and we got our fingerprints taken and a bunch of crazy legal work! Crazy!
So this week has been so funny! I feel like all I do is laugh! My maroon dress dyed my garments pink, and the same thing happened to a couple of other people so we asked one of the English speaking Brazilian elders get some vinegar for us so that we could set our clothes, and we thought he was going to ask the kitchen, but he just poured some into a cup! ha ha! We could have done that! I sent another story to Taryn, get that from her. oh and during service I had a cockroach crawl up my shoe! EEEEEWWWWW! So gross! Haha! During exercise when it was raining we did abs whilst shouting out conjugations! Haha! I actually learned a lot!
So my two instructors: Irma Baker is pregnant and so sweet and adorable
Irmao Ettmuller was #1 in the world in jujitzu when he was 17.
It is great here still learning a ton I love you all!
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First Contact Since Entering MTC
Family and Friends,
The CTM (MTC) is crazy! I’m so sad that you were sick! Today was my first P day! Holy cow! It has been a super long week! I was super overwhelmed the first 2-3 days! It was so hard mentally and physically, because we literally sat all day till 9:30-45 pm studying, studying, studying! Our first day of activida fisica was Monday! I was dying! Dieing? I can’t English any more.
I have learned so much Portuguese! I understand most of what is going on all the time. It is way different than Español. I made a goal to not listen to devotionals in English, (they translate them.) My brain is on overload all the time! It is crazy! We sit by native speakers at lunch, and talk.
My comp is the best! Sister Thueson! I love her! She is such a beast! We get along super well! She took a semester of Portuguese before the mish, so she has helped me a ton!
So most nights I wake up in the middle, and am thinking Portuguese words, and translating them! It is seriously the weirdest thing ever!
We have taught 5 lessons to an investigator, in Portuguese! She legit doesn’t speak English. This last lesson, I was able to talk with barely any notes!
The food is good, mild, and sometimes bland, and lots of fruit! Eo AMO!!!
I love you so much! I KNOW THAT, this is good, and I am supposed to be here!
I miss you and love you so much.
-Adrena (sister Sinclair still feels weird) haha!
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MTC Message
Sister Swensen and I are very happy to let you know that your missionary has arrived safely at the Brazil Missionary Training Center. What a great joy and privilege it is to greet each missionary as they begin their missionary experiences with us. We will surely take good care of your missionary.
The missionaries now have companions and are settled into their rooms. They are assigned to a district with capable and caring instructors for language and lesson study. Their branch presidents and wives, will meet them this Sunday. These wonderful couples are richly blessed as they work with, motivate, and interview the missionaries assigned to their branch.
The MTC has a full-time live-in physician to care for their health needs. He is assisted by his able wife who is a nurse. We are also happy to report that the cafeteria food is plentiful, healthy and very good.
Your missionary will be able to e-mail home on Preparation Day after a morning at the Temple. This will be either Wednesday or Friday, depending on individual assignments.
Your missionary is about to make an eternal difference in the lives of many others. President Lorenzo Snow said: “There is no mortal man that is as interested in the success of an elder when he is preaching the Gospel as is the Lord who sent him to preach to the people who are the Lord’s children”. We love these missionaries as if they were our own. We will watch over them carefully to ensure they are ready for a wonderful missionary experience after the rewarding time they will have in the MTC.
We thank you for preparing such a wonderful representative of the Lord.
President Robert Swensen and Sister Julie Swensen
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION . . .
PLEASE DO NOT SEND PACKAGES to the Brazil Missionary Training Center. All packages must be sent directly to the mission where your missionary will be serving not the MTC. If you have already mailed a package to the Brazil MTC, please understand that the package cannot be forwarded to his or her mission and will be returned to you.
WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE SENDING HAND WRITTEN LETTERS. Please write your missionary´s first and last name. Your missionary will provide you with his district and box number. Also, please DO NOT SEND ANYTHING BY FEDEX, DHL, UPS, or other private carriers. The cost to process this type of correspondence is exorbitant.
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