Also you can go to missionsite.net and click on the Missionary Site tab and enter Elder Preston Guthrie his info will come up and you can get his address and send a letter to him by clicking on the Send a letter with DearElder.com It is $.94 to mail a letter to Brazil from the site. You write it and they do everything else. It's nice and convenient. They even have spell check
> Subject: well its been a week!
> From: prestonguthrie@myldsmail.net
> To: thegu3s@msn.com
> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:41:10 +0000
well today is our first p day and it has been quite the trip so far! idk if you have gotten my letter yet but ill just fill you in anyways! this place is amazing! i have never been anywhere like this! the city is HUGE!! it seems like it never ends! everyone drives like maniacs and no one hits each other! lol the plane ride was quite long, (but they were showing madagascar 2:)) my first week was interesting... my companhiro is from ogden utah and is a lesser version of Elder Fredricks! haha i knew it would happen but he is a good guy and is trying really hard and has a really strong testimony! But im lucky because i have some awesome guys in the room with us... Elder Allred is from Pleasant Grove and Elder McKnight is from ohio. they are really down to earth guys and are really fun to hang out with!
elder alvizo was here this week so i hung out with him as much as our schedules allowed... he left this morning and im gonna miss having him around.. he gave us a bunch of pointers on the secrets of the CTM... like where to study, when to be to places.. where to sleep when the rooms get too hot (and yes i am on the top floor lol) and he told us how to get on the roof of the building! they passed on a tennis ball that they found. they named it MAC and it is amazing when we are extremely bored! we made a basketball hoop out of a hanger and rubber bands and we play Baskete (basketball) in the room at nights! the classes are long but im learning so much here! i am struggling with the portuguese so bad but i have faith that the lord will help me! thats what i really focused on today when we went to the Campinas temple! it was amazing! one of the coolest temples! and has an amazing view of the city!
i was called to be the District leader and it was not what i was expecting! we had interviews with the branch presidency and they asked me and my companhero to stay after the meeting so i was positive that they were going to call him to be it cause he seems like he really wants it.. but when they asked me i was shocked and a little nervous... but i really dont have that much to do so its not that bad... i just feel bad because i have to be the example to everyone else and i cant speak any portuguese! its really bad but im trying my very hardest! everyone in my District can pray and bear their testimony in portuguese but i have faith in the lord to help me! prayers from home would be helpful too! :) i miss you guys so much but we are so busy all the time that its hard to think about home! it seems like ive been here forever lol but its really not that bad!
tell melissa that i love her more! i miss her so much! i was looking at the pictures from the airport and i really miss her and i regret not spending more time with her! but melissa i really do love you and i miss you so much!
pam, i dont even know where to begin! you were such a huge help in my life! so much more than you know! but i want you to know how much i love you! and i am so proud of the way you have accepted the gospel! i want you to know that i know its true and that the work is amazing! jesus cristo loves you so much and he knows you personally! dont ever be afraid to talk to our heavenly father about anything! he is always there for you and he loves you!
charisse and trevor! thanks for all the help you gave me before my mission! you helped me so much! i would be freaking out right now if trevor didnt talk to me about missions so much! and about companions and just the way of the mission life! i really do love you guys!
dad! wow i dont even know where to start! i wish i could have been a better son to you and mom! im so sorry for everything in the past 19 years! but i owe so much to you for what you have taught me! all your talks about missions has helped me so much! i cant wait to get out in the field and serve the lord! this is not easy like you said but already i have felt the abundance of blessings! i really dont have room enough to receive all that i have been blassed with! i hope you always know how much i love you and look up to you more than you know! you are an amazing man and i miss you!
mom, there is so much to say and so little time! i need you to do some stuff for me!
also you can tell people to write me on dearelder.com check it out first though cause i dont know how it works!
when you send me my friends emails try to find out mailing addresses too cause i want to get some mail in the mail box, as the DL i have the key to the mail box and its sad when i hand stuff out to my district but i dont get to keep any :S
im sorry that im asking so much of you but thanks for looking out for me! i miss you so much mom and i miss your cooking! haha the food here is great one day and absolutely revolting the next day! sometimes we just dont eat a meal and just stick with the rolls!
send pictures as often as you can and i will too! i miss you so much mom and stay strong! i bet you havent even noticed that im gone! lol but ive noticed that i am! make sure that you guys always keep the spirit in the house! it is so amazing to have it around me at all times! now that im gone it will be easier to keep the house clean and that will make things easier! but i want you to know how happy i am to be here! it gets pretty hard at nights but its getting better... keep me and the work in your prayers cause we need all the help we can get! and dont worry cause your always in mine! your so great i cant even express myself! but know that i love you so much and i miss you! tell the girls to write me letters to the CTM and follow the guideline that is on the letter that i sent you!
i love you family! i miss you!
love Elder Guthrie
p.s. none of the brazilians can say my name lol they say guchary :)
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