2 weeks out

Everything has been going really well for me this week. The Brazilians that live with me are still way crazy. I don´t remember if i told you last time, but every time a Brazilian district leaves they all get their mattresses out in the hall and play dominoes with them. We´re not supposed to be out past 10:30, so it turns into a covert operation for them. They do the whole thing in less than 30 seconds, all the way down the hall. It's nuts. Last night we had a techno dance party in our room around 10:20. We turned out all the lights and sang techno music and moved around our flashlights. Missionaries here have a very unique sense of humor, and just recently I began to understand it, and now I´m beginning to embrace it. The temple in Sao Paulo is amazing. The whole inside is made from Brazilian wood that is illegal to harvest now. Some man had just harvested a lot of it one day for no reason, then it became illegal. Then when the temple was being build this man came forward with enough wood to build the whole thing. I've been able to send a few letters back and forth with Amber since I've been here, but I haven´t received anything from America yet. It´s fun to send stuff to Amber because there are some guys in her ward that work here at the MTC, and I have them smuggle my letters to her. We´re not supposed to do that, but I really enjoy it anyway. Even though I can't see Amber right now, I feel really close to her. The weather in the Sao Paulo winter is really nice; probably about 70 all the time. Sometimes 60, but not much colder. Last week it rained quite a bit, but lately it´s been great. It makes me wish I could go outside more. I am very luck that I´m allowed outside on p-day though. There's a really nice tie lady who sells missionaries 2 ties for 15 rais, and there is tons of other cool stuff to explore. It makes me realize that I´m not in America anymore though. The buildings are all really old, and the sidewalks are about as smooth as hiking in the Uintas. My district is still really cool. I like them a lot. I tend to forget what else I want to write once I get in on the computers, and it sucks because I only have 30 minutes and the connection is way slow. It´s exciting to hear about all my friends farewells. They´re going to love missions. I truly do love it here in Brazil. The spirit is always so strong here. I know that the church is true, and that what I´m doing in Brazil is right.