Jones, Landon

Hello everyone. This week has been pretty uneventful,other than just grinding portugese. Today we went to the temple in campinas its so pretty there! It's not in the middle of a city like the Sao Paulo one is so it really feels like I'm in Brazil. It feels so weird I feel like I'm not learning a ton of the language but then i talk with a native and actally understand them, which is pretty sick!  This week I've solidified my spot as the shrimp chip king! Monday night before some of the elders left they gave me the stockpile of shrimp chips, it's amazing.  Also I handed out my first book of mormon!!!!!!! Granted it was too my teacher but still it counts.  I had my first experiance with the outside world, we were having class outside by the gate to the CTM, and out of no where some dude came right up to the gate saying stuff to us (of which I didn't understand a single word). Turned out he was just some drunk dude asking for water. Im guessing the reason i thought ...

Ola everybody!!!!!! Sorry I couldnt email last week, we didn't have access to it emails because of some mix up with provo. I'm officially in Brazil!!! I'm in the CTM in the middle of Sao Paulo, everyone that said it feels like a prison here was 100%correct, were not allowed to leave other then to go right next door to play ping pong. But from our window we do have a wicked veiw of the city.  Is been amazing being here in Brazil,everyone I've met here has been so nice. Right now it kinda sticks because like 75% of the people here only speak Spanish and are going Spanish speaking so when I try to speak Portugese to someone they have no idea what I'm saying.  The Brazilian people I've met so far are easily the Nicest people I've met they all care so much about how much Portugese we learn and even though they want to practice English they are happy to listen to us butcher there language.  They have these chips here that are shrimp flavored and they handed them o...

E, aí Cachorros!!!! This is my second week in the a-home MTC, this is my first email while on my mission not much goes on while I'm at home in the MTC. It's been a lot of fun tho, I've been grinding Portuguese! Other than that it's been really low key. On Wednesday I leave for brasil CTM in São Paulo, and I get to meet my district in person which is gonna be sick! My companion Elder Keeler is dope, all of our teachers call him elder killer because of their accent, which is pretty funny. And he plays water polo, which is sick! I've been able to study my scriptures a ton the past few weeks and have gotten a ton deeper of understanding of what they talk about. One of the scriptures I've really liked especially because I'm learning Portuguese is Ether 12:27 which says “And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weaknesses. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble, and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if th...