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February 11, 2017: MTC Roller Coaster

So today is my Pday, sort of. We still have our classes and I still have to wear a skirt but I don't have exercise time, and somehow I am supposed to get all my laundry done and pack today and teach a lesson and write a talk for tomorrow all in one day. I don't know how I'm supposed to do it all, but I'm sure it will work out. It won't show me what pictures I am attaching so I hope they are relevant and are the pictures of me and my Comp sister Fischer and the other two roommates in our district Sister Coleman and Sister Pertab. I honestly didn't want to write my emails right now because as sister Schaffermyer calls it I'm on the "MTC roller coaster, crap part." I mean normally its super fun and I skip to class and love my district but today I'm just not having it. I am struggling with the fact that someone has to go everywhere with me because I really like to do things on my own. This isn't the email I wanted to be sending you, I wanted t...

February 10, 2017: WE ARE GOING TO BRAZIL ON MONDAY!

HOLA TODO MUNDO!!! TODOS ES TODO BEM!!!  Our Zone leaders came in during class and told us to go to the travel office. So we screamed and then we  (Mostly me) ran all the way to the travel office where they told us that our visas had come through and that we  will be flying to BRASIL on Monday!!!!! We have a flight at 6:50 out of Salt Lake international and then we land  in Dallas Texas at 3:30 and then our flight to Brazil 7:10 to land at SAO PAULO INTERNATIONAL AT 9:05  the next morning!!!!!!!!!! Also, just to clarify, the we that I was talking about is me, my comp Sister Fischer and  six other awesome missionaries in my district. It’s kind of a bummer though because the other 4 amazing  missionaries won’t be flying with us at that time! Also I’m typing this on a Portuguese keyboard which is why the  grammar is kind of crappy. Oh I am so excited, I really haven’t even unpacked and now I get to pack it all back in.  While I am SO FRE...

February 8, 2017: I made it!

Well, I made it, its great, so far not at all like the boot camp/prision I was imagining.This girl keeps talking to me in Portuguese and I have NO IDEA what she is saying, but... I think she said that I was allowed to send you guys a short email! Love you soo sooo much and I'll email again when I can! love ya -- Sister Garside