Well today is my first day in the field. yesterday i left for campinas. i arrived at the mission home at about 10 or 11. i was really tired still from packing and stuff. we met with the president and practiced some different things. then i had an interview with the president in portuguese. i am surprised i even could do that. after that we drove to the chapel and met our new companions and trainers. Sister Palmer and i were the only americans that came to campinas so they didnt really translate anything for us. it was pretty tough. i met my trainer. his name is elder mirando. he is brazillian and cannot speak and english at all! that makes it pretty tough but hopefully i learn the language quicker that way. after we got our companions and some more instruction, we started walking home. we walked for about 30 or 40 minutes to a bus station that is bigger than the idaho falls airport. we rode on the bus for about an hour and then had to walk for another twenty or thirty minutes. we got home at about 9. so i just unpacked and did a little studying. i couldnt eat anything. i was kinda sick but this morning i was feeling better. we live alone in the apartment so i cant talk to anyone in english there either. our apartment is the front room, our room, kitchen and bathroom.
i cant receive emails or send emails to anyone but my immediate family
well we are gonna teach 4 or 5 lessons tonight after p day is over. i dont think we will ever be low on investigators, which is awesome! the mission is baptizing more now than ever before which is also awesome. we get lunch from members ever day except p days so that will be way nice. lunch is really big here too. so hopefully the food is good. i dont think it will be to extreme.
oh ya. i get all my letters on tuesday so i dunno if that will affect how you send them. and you need to send all my letters to the mission home. well i love you all. have a good week this week. i will try to as well.
> Love,
> Elder Long
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