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| Adam is 1st on the left back row |
Monday, June 6, 2011
New Photos from the CTM
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
6/1/11 Email from the CTM
This week's email from Adam, my questions are in brackets.
It has already been a month, and I am getting anxious to get out to the field. I will be leaving the CTM a week early because of the change in my mission president taking place on the 28th when i was supposed to head out. I got the letter saying that I could pick up my package on friday so I will be picking it up today.
[What kinds of things do you do during your workouts?] We run for 5 to 10 mins and either lift weights or play volleyball or sometimes both for our workouts.
[What did you learn in your classes this past week that made an impact on you?] I learned how to make street contacts this last week, which is good because this friday I am going to have to go out into Sao Paulo for about an hour and a half and make street contacts as part of my CTM training.
[What was the funniest moment or moments you've had in the CTM so far?] My funniest moments are pretty much just talking with some of the elders that are here at the CTM or just hanging out with the elders in my district, there are just too many things rushing through my brain to say any of them and I don't have enough time to put them down either.
[What is your favorite thing to say in Portuguese?] My favorite thing to say in in Portuguese is água-viva which means jelly fish, don't ask me why I just think that it is kind of funny.
[How many different teachers do you have and what do they teach?] I have 2 different teachers and they teach Portuguese and gospel, for both of them, and they are really cool people.
[Any spiritual impressions this week?] I didn't really have any spiritual impressions this week that I could put on here.
I miss you all and I really enjoy the letters and cards! love you guys and miss you, could you pass that on to everyone for me please!
It has already been a month, and I am getting anxious to get out to the field. I will be leaving the CTM a week early because of the change in my mission president taking place on the 28th when i was supposed to head out. I got the letter saying that I could pick up my package on friday so I will be picking it up today.
[What kinds of things do you do during your workouts?] We run for 5 to 10 mins and either lift weights or play volleyball or sometimes both for our workouts.
[What did you learn in your classes this past week that made an impact on you?] I learned how to make street contacts this last week, which is good because this friday I am going to have to go out into Sao Paulo for about an hour and a half and make street contacts as part of my CTM training.
[What was the funniest moment or moments you've had in the CTM so far?] My funniest moments are pretty much just talking with some of the elders that are here at the CTM or just hanging out with the elders in my district, there are just too many things rushing through my brain to say any of them and I don't have enough time to put them down either.
[What is your favorite thing to say in Portuguese?] My favorite thing to say in in Portuguese is água-viva which means jelly fish, don't ask me why I just think that it is kind of funny.
[How many different teachers do you have and what do they teach?] I have 2 different teachers and they teach Portuguese and gospel, for both of them, and they are really cool people.
[Any spiritual impressions this week?] I didn't really have any spiritual impressions this week that I could put on here.
I miss you all and I really enjoy the letters and cards! love you guys and miss you, could you pass that on to everyone for me please!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
May 25, 2011 Email
Here is Adam's email this week, my comments are in brackets:
I am doing great after Monday, on Monday I got sick from something that I ate and slept all afternoon. That is great that grandma´s surgery went well. I found out that after I get out of the CTM I can email who ever, but they just want immediate family while in the CTM for the sake of time.
No I have not gotten your package, I have gotten your letters. I just found out that it takes 2 to 3 weeks for it to get to the U.S. from here, and a week to get letters from the U.S. to Brazil. I am missing you all a ton and I love you all.
[Have you had any area or higher church leaders come visit?] We have had the whole area presidency come visit us over separate occasions.
[About how full do you think the CTM is?] We probably have about 200 to maybe 300 missionaries at any given moment.
[Have you had any good spiritual experiences this week?] This week I got a blessing from my District because I was sick.
[Will you keep the same companion the whole time you are at the CTM?] Yeah we keep the same companion through the whole stay at the CTM.
[What is the food like at the CTM?] The food can be good at times and bad at times, its just finding ways to make it taste good most of the time, and finding things that wont make you sick too.
[What is the best part of being at the CTM?] I like being able to try and talk with the Brazilians and then them teaching me how to say things in Portuguese. I also like being able to go to the temple, it is what I look forward to the most on p-days.
I miss you all, be good.
I am doing great after Monday, on Monday I got sick from something that I ate and slept all afternoon. That is great that grandma´s surgery went well. I found out that after I get out of the CTM I can email who ever, but they just want immediate family while in the CTM for the sake of time.
No I have not gotten your package, I have gotten your letters. I just found out that it takes 2 to 3 weeks for it to get to the U.S. from here, and a week to get letters from the U.S. to Brazil. I am missing you all a ton and I love you all.
[Have you had any area or higher church leaders come visit?] We have had the whole area presidency come visit us over separate occasions.
[About how full do you think the CTM is?] We probably have about 200 to maybe 300 missionaries at any given moment.
[Have you had any good spiritual experiences this week?] This week I got a blessing from my District because I was sick.
[Will you keep the same companion the whole time you are at the CTM?] Yeah we keep the same companion through the whole stay at the CTM.
[What is the food like at the CTM?] The food can be good at times and bad at times, its just finding ways to make it taste good most of the time, and finding things that wont make you sick too.
[What is the best part of being at the CTM?] I like being able to try and talk with the Brazilians and then them teaching me how to say things in Portuguese. I also like being able to go to the temple, it is what I look forward to the most on p-days.
I miss you all, be good.
Letter Received 5/21/11
Dated 4/5/11
Dear Familia,
My first week has been a lot of fun, I have learned a little Portuguese, I can say prayers and my testimony in Portuguese. My district is really cool! Right now we have a sister in our District that does not have a companion, we have been switching off companionships that she can join in with, but that should all change. She is supposed to get her companion today.
My companion, Elder Spencer, was made District Leader, so I am the companion to the District Leader. Our Branch President, President Clark, said that he had a hard time picking between us two as to who would be the District Leader. I think that I received a calling just as important, as the companheiro to the District Leader as being called as a District Leader. Sao Paulo is a beautiful city but it is a different kind of beauty than any of the cities in the U.S., I don't know how to explain it. Today is my first Preparation Day. The Sao Paulo Temple is really beautiful. I am really glad that I went today. I miss everyone back home, but I am having a lot of fun.
Elder Adam McBarron
P.S. Try to send me letter when you can because then I can read them over and over, and because I only get 30 minutes of Internet a week.
Dear Familia,
My first week has been a lot of fun, I have learned a little Portuguese, I can say prayers and my testimony in Portuguese. My district is really cool! Right now we have a sister in our District that does not have a companion, we have been switching off companionships that she can join in with, but that should all change. She is supposed to get her companion today.
My companion, Elder Spencer, was made District Leader, so I am the companion to the District Leader. Our Branch President, President Clark, said that he had a hard time picking between us two as to who would be the District Leader. I think that I received a calling just as important, as the companheiro to the District Leader as being called as a District Leader. Sao Paulo is a beautiful city but it is a different kind of beauty than any of the cities in the U.S., I don't know how to explain it. Today is my first Preparation Day. The Sao Paulo Temple is really beautiful. I am really glad that I went today. I miss everyone back home, but I am having a lot of fun.
Elder Adam McBarron
P.S. Try to send me letter when you can because then I can read them over and over, and because I only get 30 minutes of Internet a week.
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