Hello from Brasil! I´m doing great as soon as I figure out how to type on this keyboard...sorry if there are mistakes. Its different. Just like everything else in this place, different, but its good! I got here and was super overwhelmed, but mostly because I was ridiculously tired. Luckily my companheira is amazing and she let me got to bed at like 8 o´clock and I slept a lot better than I thought I would. Things are really good actually! I think as soon as I am able to understand people, I~ll never want to leave this place! Brasil is SWEET! My companion is awesome, she is from Sao Paulo. President told me all the sisters love her, and I´ll love her too. My district leader and zone leader are \american, so they talk to me in English to help me out. They both said my trainor is the best sister in the entire mission. She really is amazing. And she is! She is funny and kind and loves everyone, and is very patient with me. I~m able to understand her pretty well, I have my dictionary, we call, meu amigo, and its all good. However when the people start talking to me, especially Bahians, I~m pretty sure its not Portuguese. Salvador is comparable to Los Angeles, I guess, and Bahia is very different from the rest of Brazil. Although we still eat beans and rice every day. People here are so surprised to hear that we don~t eat it everyday in the states. they just put everything on beans and rice. Most of the time I don~t know what Im eating, but its REALLY good, so I eat it anyways. People ask what my favorite food is, but I dont know...People also ask where I live in the US. These moments I wish I was from cailfornia or new york because no one recognizes anywhere else. i also wish i~ve met obama, justin beiber or seen the white house because the fact that i havent makes me a pretty un-interesting america. i do however have a picture of a snow man, which is pretty good. and the mambers are very impressed with the fact that im related to parley p pratt. Oh, and they can~t pronounce pratt, so my name is now sister Pratch. My feet are ridiculously swollen. I can never remember the word for swollen in portuguese, so i call them meu pes elefante. my elephant feet. haha, and my legs are covered in mosquito bits. But none of that really seems to matter because Brazilian people are SO amazing. They are kind and loving, and patient with me as i learn and they hug us and let us into their homes and feed us and its pretty awesome. We have a few people that we are baptizing this Sunday. Its pretty different from Colorado, how things work here, but Its good.
Amo Voces!! Um abraço!
Sister Pratt
This is the adress you should use to write me:
Av: Antonio C. Mogalhoes
Sala 402
Ed- Delta
Cidade - Pituba - Salvador - BA
Cep: 40275-000
Brazil
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