Mackensie Made it to Brazil!

Fammmiilly!!! (and friends, I am sending this to all because I wont have enough time to write individually, too much to say and excuse the poor writing) ok and no enter bar. anywayyyy! so mom, i sent you a letter but it didnt make last weeks pouch so youll get it sooner or later. please laugh at and then disregard it. i was SO tired when they made us write the letters so I loathed everything including brasil. but dont worry, i love it now!we just got back from the campinas temple today because the sao paulo temple is closed for cleaning and SISTER ROUNDY- campinas is just as beautiful as they say. it~s green beyond reason and completly breathtaking. i feel like I am in jurrasic park here! so after we got off our forever long plane ride we sat in customs and waited and waited and waited. one line to another. that travel day was the worst. sao paulo is huge. san francisco times 50! and i would sort of compare it to the sktechiest places in our cities, shacks built up against eachother etc except it doesnt feel unsafe at all, its just how things are. there are no building laws so its just colorful shanties or apartment complexes built into one another. i am in another world. this is not america, this is nothing like i have ever seen. i love this mtc! it is beautiful, our rooms are all wood and granite and tile, it looks like a hotel. the grounds are beyond gorgeous and impeciably well kept. the food is amazing, I will never miss the mtc food or american food for that matter! sure you have your rice and beans with every meal, which is delicious, but you also have fresh papaya, mango, pineapple and a myriad of other fruits and veggies I have never heard of before and will probably never identify because every time I ask: que isso? (what is this) people answer in portugues.... Oh hey, mom! Elder Brady jones (campell grandson) is in my district, i love the kid! he ran up to me at the airport and said my grandma was asking if I knew you! Oh and as soon as we hung up on the phone last week i had to do visa stuff then boarded, so | guess it worked out! classes here are great, real brasileiro teachers and we teach other districts, i love my teachers and its fun because there is a slight çanguage barrier all around, but we learn! this mtc is tiny so are meetings are always with the mtc presidency, everyone is really happy to see the americanos here again. about the brasileiros, I LOVE THEM! they are hilarious and warm and goofy. just last night a bunch of sisters knocked on our door and stormed in to chove lollipops in our hands and hug us. I dont know why but i like it! We had choir on sunday and we sang in portuguese, ingles and espanol because we have a few latino districts here. it sounded horrible! mostly because we cant pronounce one anothers languages but also because the brasilians cant sing, serio, we are stars here! then we watched the testament... an american movie dubbed in portugues with english subtitles. I think that sums up my life right now! and a bunch more americanos just arrived!!! god blesses us! sammy! youre registered for highschool, did mom cry? Jacob, I love you!!! mpm, thank you for sharing that story. you are the greatest example to me. I am so blessed to have you as my mother. Grandma, learn portuguese! at least little things and we can converse! I am happy, I am sooooo soo happy. I know this is exactly where I need to be and I am glad. I have only seen 2 cockroaches and they were little... and dead. so alls well so far. Oh and did you know you cant put toilet paper in toilets in brasil? you can in the church owned places, but nowhere else. some elders found that out in the airpot :) I wish I could say more but im out of time. did i mention apostrophes dont exist in this language so the keyboard doesnt have them! i love you, all of you! i think of you so much and I miss you more than I can express. I love brasil, I wish i could speak the languahe but I guess I leave that up to pai celestail!