Jed's First E-mail

We received our first e-mail from Jed this morning. While in the CTM in Sao Paulo he can receive e-mail from us and send e-mail to us only. It was great to literally hear his voice and feel his excitement as we read it. Yes it made us cry! Here are a few excerpts:

dear family...I AM IN BRAZIL! it is great...i love the ctm. today was our first p-day. it was awesome...we went to the campinas temple that was so cool. i miss you all so much. i have not had any mail at all...there is so much fruit...its everywhere. i eat guava every meal its my new favorite fruit. everything is so green here...lots of vegitation. portugese is a difficult language to learn but he lord is helping me. anyway...i miss you all so much and i will talk to you soon.

your favorite servant of the lord,
Elder Jed Breinholt

I only cut out some information about mailing stuff to him the rest is word for word letter for letter and misspellings and grammatical errors exactly from his e-mail. I found out today that the road that the Campinas Temple is on is named after Elder Faust. Many of you will know that Elder Faust served his mission in Brazil and lived in Sao Paulo for many years as a General Authority. He held the honorary title of "Citizen of Sao Paulo" granted him by the City Council. Pretty cool!

We have mailed him several letters he hopefully will get them in the next day or so. We also signed up for a service that lets us e-mail letters to them and they print them and mail them to the CTM. They have an office right across the street from the CTM so hopefully he'll get a letter tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by!

They say, "A picture is worth a thousand words". I agree!

Last night I was going through all the pictures I snapped at the airport and came across this one. Being only 17 months apart they don't remember being without each other! I just thought this was a pretty great picture.

The Jed has landed!

I just received an e-mail from Sister Woodward (MTC President's Wife) and Jed is safe and sound at the MTC in Sao Paulo. Happy Day!

Jed's Address in the MTC

Elder Jedediah C. Breinholt
Box#33 District #9A
Brazil Santa Maria Mission
Rua Padre Antonio D’Angelo 121
Casa Verde
02516-040 Sao Paulo SP
Brazil


.90 cent US postage stamp is all that is needed.

The Airport Scene

And the fun begins!

Saying goodbye to Bobby. He talked to

Elisabeth last night she was in class today.

The seasoned traveler Dad looking on.

Elders Larsen & Lawrence came to say good bye.

The Family

Putting everything back after security

He's the one with the backpack :)

We Love You Jed!

Getting Ready to Say Good Bye!

Hear no evil - See no evil - Speak no evil!

Breakfast with the Family

Just before we left for the airport.

Haircuts and Transfers

As the departure date draws closer and closer I grow more excited...got my missionary hair cut thanks to my cousin Maggie who came to Gillette...that was fun. Got my badge and all my travel stuff...anyway here are some pictures from the past 2 weeks. Me and the Gillette Elders! Me and Elder ECK! Pre Haircut During Hair CutPost Haircut.