OCTOBER 7, 2008
Well this isn't so great. We only have three months left on our mission and I just found out about blogs. What a great way to record your life. Three months will just have to do!
I am at my desk which is where I am five days a week. I enter all missionaries in Brazil seen by a doctor in a computer program called Missionary Medical. It is okay, but like most missionaries here, we thought our lives would be more exciting. We do have the opportunity to visit the missions, usually one a month. We have traveled to Manaus, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Belem, Cuiaba, Londrina, Campinas, and all of the missions (4) in Sao Paulo. The missionaries are an inspiration to us and the mission presidents and their wives are awsome.
We are staying with Emily Ellis while her parents are gone for two weeks attending the LDS General Conference. Emily is fifteen and she is a delight. She also has times of being a typical teenager. We are dredging up all our skills to deal with her. While in their apartment on the 22 floor we are enjoying a view, and a gorgeous place to walk in a natural setting. There are tall eucalyptus trees, wild impatients blooming, birds of paradise, and all kinds of tropical plants. We also have a maid twice a week who prepares or dinner, washes our clothing, and cleans the apartment. Another part is that we have the use of a car each day. We have learned to drive around our area with no problems, except the crazy Brazilian drivers. It is luxury to have a car after our many trips on the bus.
5 comments:
Yay! You are blogging! Now we can keep up with what you are doing. You just need some pictures now. Let us know if you need any help with it.
We miss you!!
PS I have a link to the "nie nie dialogues" if you want to check it out. It's the story of that Mormon girl and her husband who were burned in a plan accident. Just look on the left side of my blog under "Worth checking out"
Take care! Love you!
PS These comments are from Lisa, not Matt :)
I'm so glad that you started a blog! I never feel like I have anything worth putting up on mine, so I know how you feel - but I enjoyed reading yours. I don't get to hear enough about you. We love you!
I'm so proud of you! It's about time--love the polka dot background. I am bookmarking your blog so I can check in often. I also expect you to start leaving comments on ours. Another blog you should be checking out is soseriouslyblessed.blogspot.com. Lisa told me about it and it's very funny. It satirizes young married Mormon girls' blogs--it's written by an anonymous 25-year-old returned missionary who is married and is a new mom. She's created this alter-ego who "writes" the blog. Anyway, we were reading it last night and it's pretty entertaining. Congrats on your new venture and we'll check back soon!
We love you!
Correction: seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com
Enjoy!
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