Hi Everyone! Im so excited to write you! its a little difficult because there arent apostrophes and the shift is in a weird place and the enter and tab keys dont work. My plane ride was very long and tiring, but overall ok. i met 4 elders in salt lake airport, and 3 more once we were in Sao Paulo. i love my district here. there are 5 elders and 1 sister. I ended up in a 3 way companionship with elder Kelly and Elder Varner; theyre both great. Elder Varner is from salt lake and is very fun to talk to. Elder Kelly is from Washington and is very very shy. once we landed in the Sao Paulo airport, we were picked up in a 15 passenger van. it was pretty scary, because the people who picked us up didnt know English well. our van ended up breaking down on the freeway, and the freeways here dont have places to pull off, so we were just chillin in the middle of the road in a broken van. it was really funny for me for some reason, and a little scary. eventually, after a lot of waiting, a new van arrived and we made it to the mtc, (ctm in Portuguese). jet lag was rough for the first few days, but now i´m used to our schedule.(i just found the apostrophe). we´ve just been diving right into Portuguese. we already pray and bear our testimonies. yesterday we wrote Dear Jane letters to the English language and pinned the letters to the wall. within a few days our language study will be all the way in Portuguese. I´m playing the piano in my branch, and on Sunday I was called to serve as district leader for the next two months. Right now it feels kinda weird, but i´m really looking forward to this opportunity to serve my district. I really like the food in the ctm. it´s all Brazilian, and tastes great. we do in fact eat rice and beans everyday, twice a day, but the meat here is really good and there is good fruit and juice. I room with my two companions and two Brazilians. the Brazilians tend to be a little crazy. we can barely communicate with them, but they´re very nice, and are always helpful with learning the language. one of them has some tattoos on his arms, and kinda doesn´t shower very much, but it proves to me that even people in the wildest situations can turn their lives around to live the gospel and serve the Lord. last night all the Brazilians got their ma tresses and lined them up in the hall and played dominoes with them. i was sure that we were all going to get in trouble, but there wasn´t anything i could do to stop them. in the end we didn´t get in trouble, and it was kinda funny to watch them all go wild. we´re supposed to go to bed at 1030 here, but the Brazilians have a tough time with that. Here in the MTC hand written letters are gold. I check the mailbox for my district everyday, and it´s always empty. I would really appreciate it if you could send some letters in the mail along with your emails. I´m not allowed to send letters to people other than family through email, so that would really be good for my friends if you want to get my emails in the future email my mom your address go4x4syth@msn.com. or check the blog i guess. i think i´ll try to get this email to everyone, but understand that from now on I won´t really be able to. I finally got to send amber´s package today. It cost 13 rais. I love you all so much. I´m so thankful i got to come to the Brazilian mtc instead of the one in Provo. I`m having a great time here and i´m learning a lot. I´ll look forward to hearing all about efy next week. I love you, and have a great week. love Elder Forsyth!