Ola! How is it going back at home? I have been sending you guys some super snail mail every day so I hope you guys have been getting them. Miss you guys a lot.
So here at the MTC (or in Portuguese CTM) it is super crazy! The first day was horrible! The language was hard and I didn't feel like Spanish helped me at all! But I can see now how it is helping me a little. My companion is Sister Weatherford and she is amazing! So nice and a natural at Portuguese! So between the two of us with a Spanish background we are doing quite well. We have already taught our first investigator (Who is really going to be our teacher in the future but we aren't supposed to know that, but one of the other sisters in our district asked her when they were teaching her if she was going to be our teacher...AWKWARD!) The first time was really hard to get across what we wanted to say because we only know so much Portuguese. The second lesson went really well! She prayed and went to church. But last night we taught her and it was horrible! I could not remember any of the language and it seemed like she was not really into the lesson. Before I felt like we were so prepared to answer any of her questions but unfortunately we didn't even get to that. It was definitely a low point. And now we are planning on what to teach her next but we have been at the same place since yesterday. THIS IS SO HARD! But I know we will all make it through.
I am really glad to hear about my FBI clearance! When I got here I asked EVERYONE about the FBI and none of the people I asked going to Brazil had to go through the FBI! I was so scared that we did something wrong! But the other day (probably yesterday because every day feels like 5) I talked to someone from Washington and she also had to go through the FBI as well as one more elder in my district! He is from Florida! So I am finally not alone! Everyone else has had their Visas in since January. But they are all from Utah and correct me if I’m wrong but that is a different consulate? So mine might get here sooner depending on how fast our consulate goes? I am not really sure. But I do know I want to stay here at least till the end of my MTC stay because I love my district (most of it) and our Portuguese teacher whom Ashley better marry. #ILoveYouAash
So my district is pretty cool. Here is a run-down of the people I pretty much live with:
Elder Gomez: He is the oldest out of all of us. He is 26 and I can’t remember where he is from but he speaks Spanish fluently and is super nice. He is the leader among the elders. The other two are 19 so Elder Gomez has maturity on them. He is also the first missionary in his home branch! SOO COOL!
Elder Gines: He is from Vegas. His twin sister is coming to the MTC also going to Brazil. Yesterday he broke our classroom clock on his head :P It was so funny because we were all in little study rooms and the elders were in our classroom without supervision and we all heard the crash. In fact the whole hall heard the crash and we were all silently wishing "please don’t be our elders! PLEASSSSSE don’t be our elders" and guess what....it was our elders. We walked on to our classroom and there was GLASS EVERYWHERE! It was amazing that the one glass clock in the whole building was the one that broke! (Most of them are plastic). So that happened. Actually made my day :)
Elder Rodriguez: He is from Florida and He is the one who went through the FBI.
Sister Thacker: She has the coolest life ever! From Blue Bell Utah which no one knows where it is because it is so small! One of the members of the trio.
Sister Tremblay: From Clinton Utah. Also in the Trio.
Sister Weatherford: My companion from Wyoming.
Sister Cole: She is from St George! Also an amazing place!
Sister McMakin: YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE THIS! Her brother is in our ward! Tiffany Miller's Husband! (Well now it is Tiffany McMakin) WHAT WHAT!?!?!?! I thought that was so very cool! She is awesome!
The food is pretty good. But everyone is telling me that it will not be so good after a while....soooo...I’ll let you know how that is going...
Miss you all so much! It is hard because I cannot just pick up the phone and call you! I want to...but at the same time I think it will be hard to hang up after I make the call.
Let me know how things are going! Email me anytime!
Love you all!
Sister Thomson
P.S. Also I cannot send you any pictures yet because I don’t have a cord for my camera...so if you could send that I would be SOO grateful! And then I can send you some pictures :)
Thanks!
Tchau
So here at the MTC (or in Portuguese CTM) it is super crazy! The first day was horrible! The language was hard and I didn't feel like Spanish helped me at all! But I can see now how it is helping me a little. My companion is Sister Weatherford and she is amazing! So nice and a natural at Portuguese! So between the two of us with a Spanish background we are doing quite well. We have already taught our first investigator (Who is really going to be our teacher in the future but we aren't supposed to know that, but one of the other sisters in our district asked her when they were teaching her if she was going to be our teacher...AWKWARD!) The first time was really hard to get across what we wanted to say because we only know so much Portuguese. The second lesson went really well! She prayed and went to church. But last night we taught her and it was horrible! I could not remember any of the language and it seemed like she was not really into the lesson. Before I felt like we were so prepared to answer any of her questions but unfortunately we didn't even get to that. It was definitely a low point. And now we are planning on what to teach her next but we have been at the same place since yesterday. THIS IS SO HARD! But I know we will all make it through.
I am really glad to hear about my FBI clearance! When I got here I asked EVERYONE about the FBI and none of the people I asked going to Brazil had to go through the FBI! I was so scared that we did something wrong! But the other day (probably yesterday because every day feels like 5) I talked to someone from Washington and she also had to go through the FBI as well as one more elder in my district! He is from Florida! So I am finally not alone! Everyone else has had their Visas in since January. But they are all from Utah and correct me if I’m wrong but that is a different consulate? So mine might get here sooner depending on how fast our consulate goes? I am not really sure. But I do know I want to stay here at least till the end of my MTC stay because I love my district (most of it) and our Portuguese teacher whom Ashley better marry. #ILoveYouAash
So my district is pretty cool. Here is a run-down of the people I pretty much live with:
Elder Gomez: He is the oldest out of all of us. He is 26 and I can’t remember where he is from but he speaks Spanish fluently and is super nice. He is the leader among the elders. The other two are 19 so Elder Gomez has maturity on them. He is also the first missionary in his home branch! SOO COOL!
Elder Gines: He is from Vegas. His twin sister is coming to the MTC also going to Brazil. Yesterday he broke our classroom clock on his head :P It was so funny because we were all in little study rooms and the elders were in our classroom without supervision and we all heard the crash. In fact the whole hall heard the crash and we were all silently wishing "please don’t be our elders! PLEASSSSSE don’t be our elders" and guess what....it was our elders. We walked on to our classroom and there was GLASS EVERYWHERE! It was amazing that the one glass clock in the whole building was the one that broke! (Most of them are plastic). So that happened. Actually made my day :)
Elder Rodriguez: He is from Florida and He is the one who went through the FBI.
Sister Thacker: She has the coolest life ever! From Blue Bell Utah which no one knows where it is because it is so small! One of the members of the trio.
Sister Tremblay: From Clinton Utah. Also in the Trio.
Sister Weatherford: My companion from Wyoming.
Sister Cole: She is from St George! Also an amazing place!
Sister McMakin: YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE THIS! Her brother is in our ward! Tiffany Miller's Husband! (Well now it is Tiffany McMakin) WHAT WHAT!?!?!?! I thought that was so very cool! She is awesome!
The food is pretty good. But everyone is telling me that it will not be so good after a while....soooo...I’ll let you know how that is going...
Miss you all so much! It is hard because I cannot just pick up the phone and call you! I want to...but at the same time I think it will be hard to hang up after I make the call.
Let me know how things are going! Email me anytime!
Love you all!
Sister Thomson
P.S. Also I cannot send you any pictures yet because I don’t have a cord for my camera...so if you could send that I would be SOO grateful! And then I can send you some pictures :)
Thanks!
Tchau