First Letter from Sao Paulo Brazil

Hello! Well, there is no enter button on this keyboard, so welcome to a one paragraph letter! OK. I AM HERE IN BRAZIL! I LOVE IT! It is beautiful. Warm, I also think that I am close to Lori, but I have no idea. We got to go to the temple today in Campinas! It was absolutely beautiful. The area around here is a mixture of California (with all of the small rolling hills), but its the greenest place I have ever seen. It is very humid, but my dry skin from Utah is absolutely loving it. Sister Boyer and I asked specifically for the opportunity to go because we technically don't have a pday before we leave for Florianopolis next week. (only have 5 days here). Our roommates are Brazilian and I LOVE IT! I actually feel like I can talk now. In Provo I would say things but then have to repeat myself multiple times so that other people could understand me, but now I get to talk fast and I am understood! I also enjoy that my sense of humor is very much accepted here. Even though I am NOT fluent by any means, I am good enough to talk with many of them and we joke around. Playing volleyball here last night was entertaining too because they are all quite short and only mildly terrified of me when I hit the ball. I understand mostly everything that is said. There is obviously a TON more vocab that I need to learn because I can only talk about the church, but my lovely roommates are kind and help me through it. Some of the Brazilians speak english and they like to practice. Basically, I am SO GLAD that I am here, even though it is just for less than a week. There are also a TON of elders here that are going to Florianopolis, so that's exciting! We also are going to go out on the street and get a couple of things that I wanted to buy (scripture cases) because it takes a day or so to order them. Anyways, I love it here! Please tell all to send any letters or packages or anything to the mission home at Florianopolis, I will receive it when I get there. Hope all is well!! --and if all continues as is now, I may not want to come home.. Its amazing here!! (PS I made a Brazilian friend on the plane, his name is Aquiles. He was awesome, and helped us with our Portugues and is interested in the church too! woo!!) BYE!

LDS Temple at Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil