Elder Lindquist 10/25

Our family did not receive a letter this week from our Elder, just this e-mail. It sounds as if he is writing to everyone else quite a bit.
This last week was good. It's kind of a blur because it went by so fast but we are learning like crazy. I almost have the first vision down in Portuguese, and this last week was the last week to teach the lessons in English. This next Thursday it's back to the first lesson in Portuguese, we are definately going to sound like five year olds speaking, but oh well. This last Thursday Elder Craig and I carried on a ten minute conversation or so. We taught the person how to pray and talked about our families, we even brought a couple fotagrafías as a visual aid. Last Tuesday night Elder Mask, (from the seventy) and his wife came and spoke to us for our devotional and it was sweet. He had so many cool stories to tell, most of which were about his Grandpa who left his wife and baby behind to serve a mission during the Mexican revolution. They were some of the coolest stories I've ever heard, they sounded like something out of the Book of Mormon. I hope I can have some experiences like that that I can share when I get home. I like the MTC but I'm anxious to get out there and start teaching people, (even if I can't speak the language that well.) Thank you all for the letters you've been sending me, if I haven't written you back it's because I accidently threw away the letters evelope with your addresses on it. But I hope all is well with everyone. This last month has just flown by, it seems like just yesterday I was giving my farewell talk. It is crazy to think I only have twenty three to go. Elder Craig and I get along fine, some of the other companionships in our zone don't so it's nice to have a companion that I can get along with. I think I've seen a dozen Elders from school/mission prep classes. I thought I was the last one out the door but I guess not, there's an Elder that's in our room that is 22 and he's from Washington and he sees people he knows too so I guess it's just a small world. Well that was a little side trip. I don't really know what to say because not too much happened this week but I hope all is going ok with everyone. Tchau, ama Elder Lindquist (Jordão)