Letter from this week!!

You guys still havent gotten which letter? Im so confused....we went out to eat today at a resurant It was AMAZZING!! It was all you can eat meat, and I mean ALL YOU CAN EAT! they brought us meat on the scewers they had cooked it on and then they would cut us eacha slice and then leave and then someone else would come by with a different kind of meat, It was SO GOOD!!! We all ate way too much and im really tired. Fun Story, Brasil Played yesterday and as we were practicing teaching our teachers (all of them from all three or four classes) were huddled around someones phone from which they were watching the game...then later when we were eating dinner we randomly hear the kitcken staff - who I thought werent there due to my lack of visual contact - yelling goal from the back of the kitcken at which point the entire cafetiera then erupted into a choras of cheers and celebrations over Brasils third goal! It was definatly and exciting day! lol Speaking is going really well, I can speak the language now, but I sometimes have to repeat myself, or realize that waht I said wasnt a word and have to rephrase, but Im getting better at it. =) idk if ive already told you guys, but we get two new elders from Provo this week, two of them go theri visas so they will be joining us tomorrow....were not that excited about it, but were all going to fake a smile and act like were happy to see them...lol its going to be an interseting week! weve been on our own for the last six and we do everything together and now were going to have others and they wount be able to do everything with us or understand any of our inside jokes....its going to be a GREAT week! and were all going to have to work hard at everything just like the first three week! =)  Cool story ill let ya know how it goes in a week lol Elder Lund

Letters from last week (I was at camp!)

Thanks Dad, Yeah i did know about Brasil lol I wrote about it in my letters, but idk when youll get them, on game day we hear the horns for 4 hours before the game starts and everytime they score we hear it throughout the CTM its sweet. My district doesnt like it, but I love it! Some of the Elders are set to go tracting in downtown São Paulo but since Brasil Playes Portugal that day theyre changing things. Ive heard two stories, one is that they are going to go tracting with us here around the CTM and the other is that theyre going to downtown untill the game starts, either way though President Clark does not want them in down town for the game. Ive also heard that USA tied with England and with Slivania, Mexico kicked italy out...I think...Mexico beat italy, but I dont remember if its was itally~s first or second loss...=P Repeat for LA, thats AWESOME!!! Over half way done we have four of nine weeks left and I can read in the language without an english translation and i speak and teach in the language, but I still run into ideas that I dont know how to say and then i have to stop speaking and try and simplify my language to where I can comunicate. But im improving and yeah thats pretty much it I study for 11+ hours a day eat and exercise...lol hope everythinkg is going well Elder Lund

We go tracting this friday, not last friday so we havent been yet I wrote about Elder Anderson a little bit in my letter so...yeah lol it was good =) lol Hes ligit and his wife is really nice. Thats sweet Edy got that, shed better write me about it or Im gona complain! lol mom should be at Girls Camp now if I understood correctly so yeah lol she better have mailed those letters, cause I cant write spencer back yet till I get his letter! Tell joshua i said "cool story!"  Tell DAniel good luck with his puppy! =) Tell Ally I love her, and tell my other brothers, to ply nice with the other kids, unlsee of couse one of the other kids wants to fight, then they have to kick the other kids butt! hope mom does well with her contest! =) Fun Fact, Ive written so much in my journal that Im not sure how long it will last me, but I had a cool idea, since I only write on one page, once I fill the book, Im going to flip it upside down and write the other way! =) Take it Easy Elder Lund PS I like how this letter is titled World Cup and then has nothing to do with the World Cup lol

Brazil ROCKS!!

Oui Familia. Eu quero vocês para sabem que Eu AMA Brasil! (sorry if the congigations are off...lol)  A Cupa do Mundo Started this week and the entire country has been abblazz! especailly since Brasil plays South Korea to day in an hour. In every stroe you walk into A Cupa do Mundo is playing on a television or radio and everyone is blowwing on a horn and wearing soccer jerseys, its the best thing EVER! My entire district is hating all the excitement since we can all hear the horns that people blow on the streets everywear no CTM. But while its driving them all crazy im having the time of my life, there seriously isnt a better country anywear! =) - Glad that you got my letter, maybe now you~ll be getting them on a regular basis. ive sent the family and richard and edy letters every week, but i dont have anyone elses address so I havent sent any other letters...=P Im doing really well with português i dont know a lot of vocabulary, but i know the grammer and sentece structure. and Ive been reading a lot in Português and Im understanding a lot more than I was so thats a good sign =) Sorry these messages arent very intertaining I write most of what I want to say in the letters. and then I run out of things to say...we still only have 4 ppl in out distric, but were good with that we have great times =) we gor prosyliting next friday for our first time, but thats not till next week and everyone is trying to make sure everything is perfect for when Elder Anderson comes on thursday, but other than that we just do the samethings eeryday..mostly study, with 11 hours of that. um...yeah lol that really it lol fun side note- one of the elders in our branch recieved a pacage this week, His mom spent 35 dollars in the states to send it, and then he had to spend 68 haies to get the package. So if you do send something make sure its USED, Wear it or OPEN it first then clame it NOT NEW or w/e lol but even that may be more expencive than just putting money on the debit card....which is nifty. =) Thats really all lol I study all day and talk about soccer when Im not studying lol hope everything is going well! Say hi to everyone for me  Tell my brothers that if they dont go to Brasil, Im sure their missions will be good for then, but mine is/will be/and always be THE BEST!            Elder Lund                         

                              PS     Obrigao por o Filemeos address. Good Luck with Girls Camp. Badmitten isnt a girls sport its an old ppl sport.

Letter from Kyle

um...to start I didnt send anything priority mail...everything ive mailed has been in exactly the same way three stamps and in the box...so u should have gotten the other letter, cause i mailed one to the family with the one to richard and edy and then i mailed another two the following week and this week i only mailed one cause so far ive only written the families letter but ill send a letter out with the other elders tomorrow. were not allowed to send mail any day other than P-day, but we can write it stap it and give it to the other missionaries and they can drop it off. Also Elder Laret and i, (my companion) did the math and a letter sent from Cal gets here in 7 days. idk how long it takes to get to cal, but after 7 buisness days it will get here. um...the mission is the same thing everyday...lol 8 hours of language and gospel and 3 hours of food and another 4 hours of studying an hour of gym and....sleep...i think...lol its good! there are only 4 of us in our district, Me Elder Chandler and Elder Lau and Elder Laret. so we pretty much do everything together, its pretty amazzing! The Provo Elders will show up whenever they get their visas...right now there are 39 Elders in Provo waiting for visas, but only 16 will be in our district if they actually get out here for any of the ctm experience..we dont really mind not having them around lol we like our small group and we have a routine of things already =) Girls camp should be fun! i wouldnt know but you always have a good time and then talk about it for the next two months so I assume youll enjoy it. lol Cool story, I wrote this in the letter that I sent today, but since u wont be able to appreciate it as much when the letter arives, Elder Anderson from the quorum of the twelve is supposed to be here on the 17...that should be pretty sweet! Elder Lau has been asked to lead the choir when he comes...Elder Lau is really good at music...um i really dont like writing things twice so Im sorry that i dont really say much but I wrote a lot in my letters and they had better get there soon...so yeah...lol um...the language is really good were moving really fast Irmão Nascimento (our morning teacher told us yesterday that we were on lesson 30/35 and normaly hes teaching lesson 16 at this point in the elders CTM experiance. were technically not allowed to speak english anymore...I wrote this all in the letters but since you asked. I can read it pretty well and understand what Im reading, but Im not so good at the whole talking thing...but were all getting better and such. i really dont know what else to say since i wrote just about everything else in the letters and we do the same thing everyday here at the CTM so while Im here there really isnt anything to talk about other than basketball, we play ball 5 times a week, its sweet!!! I do however want to know who won the NBA finals...I heard it was the Lakers and the Celtics that was the last update I got, and I would love updates on the Cupo do Mundo as well being as it starts 3 days and I wont be in the field for a singe day of it, I would LOVE to know who won which games and advanced in which directions, that would make my day! Thank you! =)
Hope Everything is going well, love you all!
Elder Lund

Email, at last!!

We each sent Kyle mail this week, so he had nine notes to read!!  Guess we'll compact it a little.

 

I love to hear from you all, but I barley have time to read the messages and write back, if you wnt to talk write a letter, Ive written 4 two of them are two the family two of them are to richard and edy....I can only use the computer for 30 minuets a week, but I can write letters during MDT. However letters take a minimum of a week to get from sender to reciever and I can only send letters on my P-Day (which is Tuseday darren). Im doing Great, Never been better!!! Our District is only 4 ppl and we all get along really well! =) My companhiero is Bacanna! =) i love him to  death!!! The trip was the longest airplane ride EVER which means that I was uncofortable, I hated the food, I couldnt sleep and since i cant read on a plane, or watch the movies or listen to the music I went out of my mind! but it was good! The CTM is bacana!!! The food is AWESOME!!! I eat everything! and I have beans and rice twice a day, which is probably why I havent had the diarhea everyone complains about...lol we have gym 5 times a week, unfortunatly soccer was outlawed b4 I got here...=( but w/e I love it! um...yes dad I was aware of themeeting with the high counsli...w/e theyre called....and my companhiero heard me speaking em português  last week, which was cool...were all messed up now, sometimes we cant understand english cause were listening for português, and writing in english is getting harder and harder cause in Português its spelled like it sounds...english is muito mau!!! I love some of the teachers and stuglle with others...mainly the one taht doesnt teach us anything....but Irmão nascimento if Bacana!!! and i Love Irmão Peçanha hes the greatest....hope spence enjoyed his field trip, the beach is the best!! and tell joshua he can have my cookie, tell ally im doing fine and im working hard tell daniel that hitting ppl isnt very nice anyways!!! lolHope everyone is doing great. sory I cant go into detail with everyone and actualy talk to them I really dont have time. P-day was much better today than it was last week. Brasil is the most amazzing place ever!!! I love it, on P-day were allowed to go into the area and go o different stores and resturants and talk to ppl and enjoy the community, its SO much betteer than Provo!!! Our district has great times together, we all laugh our ways throgh the day and are constatly telling jokes. We get along well with the other elders too, but we have the most fun by ourselves....I know its kinda selfish but were all really hoping that the other 12 elders that were supposed to arrive with us stay in provo till they have to leave the ctm...lol we like out group. tell my brothers ALL OF THEM not to take anything for grantite....the ppl here have nothing compared to what we have in the states and it~s ridiculous I have to go now....   Love You All Elder Lund