Well, something tells me Trent wrote this a while ago. We were to send two American stamps down with them and one of them was used on this letter, which someone must have brought to the US and mailed. He arrived in Brazil on June 3rd; the letter is US postmarked June 8th (he didn't date the letter) and we received it on the 12th.
Here it is --
Hello Family!
Here's the first handwritten letter from your missionary! Make sure, when you're done reading, to check the back for some important info [it was a form "How to send mail to missionaries while they are in the Brazil MTC"]
Everything has gone well so far. The flight from DFW to Sao Paulo was delayed by three hours, so I made it in plenty of time. Both flights were without incident.
Everything at the CTM is going very well. My companion is Elder Sperry from Nephi, UT. He's great -- we get along well. There are ten other missionaries in my district, and we all go to Rio de Janeiro at the end of training.
Well, I'm excited to be here and excited to go to work. I trust everything is going well at home!
Love you all.
Elder McGregor
SFT
[the "SFT" is a family inside joke - it means "Smiley Face Twice," as his grandpa always used to draw two smiley faces at the bottom of letters and then resorted to the quicker method of writing SFT]
That's fun that he's in a district of 12 that are all going to the same mission.
=] =]
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tchau, Ciao, Chau, Chao
I loved that Trent signed off with "Tchau". In Ecuador we said it all the time (adios is more of a permanent goodbye), but spelled it "chau." In Spain and parts of South America it's spelled "chao." And of course it comes from the Italian "ciao".
Tchau!
Tchau!
Elder McGregor's companion is Elder Sperry from Nephi, UT
Trenton's companion, Elder Sperry, is front row second from left.
I replied to Trent's email while he was still online and he said his companion is "the elder just in front of me in the pictures - tall with short black hair." (the short part made me laugh ; )
I replied to Trent's email while he was still online and he said his companion is "the elder just in front of me in the pictures - tall with short black hair." (the short part made me laugh ; )
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The first e-mail arrives ....
Boa tarde, família!
How is everyone? I´m here at the CTM in São Paulo. Today is my p-day, so I´m across the street at Mr. Cheney´s Cookies (an internet/cookie shop that´s most likely kept alive by missionaries, haha). But I´m only allowed to email on p-days, so you´ll only hear from me once a week on a regular basis. I´ll probably be on about this same time, if you feel like trying to catch me, haha.
Everything is really great. I´m actually picking up really well on Português. Those terrible two years of spanish are helping a lot. I´ve also never ate so much arroz e feijão in my life (rice and beans, which I´m not getting sick of, surprisingly). My companion is great—he´s from Nephi, UT. Actually, almost my entire district is from UT. Only Elder Johnson (from DC) and I are foreigners to the mórmon mecca. Oh, by the way, if Elder Monson is still a missionary at our ward, tell him Elder Eyering says hello. They know each other apparently.
Eu estou aprendendo muitas coisas no português língua. Eu muito animado ir o Rio de Janeiro!
Eu testifico que o Evangelho de Cristo é verdadeiro. Eu sei que o profeta, Thomas S. Monson é de Deus. Eu sou grato por a oportunidade estar aqui na CTM!
Tchau!
Elder McGregor
P.S. Send mail to this address, if you haven´t gotten my letter yet:
Elder Trenton Ross McGregor
Box #5 District #23A
Rio De Janeiro
Rua Padre Antônio D´Angelo, 121
Casa Verde, São Paulo, SP
Brazil 02516-040
How is everyone? I´m here at the CTM in São Paulo. Today is my p-day, so I´m across the street at Mr. Cheney´s Cookies (an internet/cookie shop that´s most likely kept alive by missionaries, haha). But I´m only allowed to email on p-days, so you´ll only hear from me once a week on a regular basis. I´ll probably be on about this same time, if you feel like trying to catch me, haha.
Everything is really great. I´m actually picking up really well on Português. Those terrible two years of spanish are helping a lot. I´ve also never ate so much arroz e feijão in my life (rice and beans, which I´m not getting sick of, surprisingly). My companion is great—he´s from Nephi, UT. Actually, almost my entire district is from UT. Only Elder Johnson (from DC) and I are foreigners to the mórmon mecca. Oh, by the way, if Elder Monson is still a missionary at our ward, tell him Elder Eyering says hello. They know each other apparently.
Eu estou aprendendo muitas coisas no português língua. Eu muito animado ir o Rio de Janeiro!
Eu testifico que o Evangelho de Cristo é verdadeiro. Eu sei que o profeta, Thomas S. Monson é de Deus. Eu sou grato por a oportunidade estar aqui na CTM!
Tchau!
Elder McGregor
P.S. Send mail to this address, if you haven´t gotten my letter yet:
Elder Trenton Ross McGregor
Box #5 District #23A
Rio De Janeiro
Rua Padre Antônio D´Angelo, 121
Casa Verde, São Paulo, SP
Brazil 02516-040
Pictures and a little news from the Branch President's wife
We received an email from his branch president's wife with a couple of pictures this morning. Hopefully we'll be hearing from E. McGregor soon as well!
Dear Parents,
We are Elder and Sister Brooks – He is President of your son´s branch at the CTM in São Paulo.
They went to the temple today, but are not allowed to bring cameras, so we take their picture for them, and email it to all of you, so you know they are there, and doing wonderful. It is raining so much today, that we are just glad they would stand there for the picture because it poured just after this. Thanks so much for preparing wonderful missionaries.
We serve here in the Church office building near the Temple, in the Perpetual Education Fund. We only have 6 months left, and have loved Brazil and the awesome people here. Your sons will totally love this experience and have changed much since the 1st day.
Sister Reva Brooks
Missionária do Fundo Perpétuo de Educação
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