Week Four

Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:24 AM


I guess I don´t know how many people actually read this, but hey all the same. Things are starting to get into a routine here, and though I do get a little stir crazy, I´m still learning a lot. I was called to be the district leader last week, meaning that the six missionaries I have class with are kinda led by me, more or less. It´s a lot of work, but really rewarding. I hope everyone´s doing well and that you´re all safe and happy. As far as new stuff to report, I´m still bad at Portuguese, but I thought I´d try and testify so you know how exactly I´m spending my time here: Eu sei que o evangelho de Jesus Cristo foi restaurado na terra por Joseph Smith, e Eu estou servindo aqui no Brasil para ensinar muitas pessoas sobre isso. Eu sei que O Livro de Mórmon é verdadeiro, e todas pessoas podem saber isso também. Eu amo minha familia, e digo estas coisas em nome de Jesus Cristo, amém. Talk to you next week!!


-Elder Eric Dohrman







Hi mom!


I haven´t gotten your letter yet, but I´m on the lookout! Mail comes at around dinner, so it might be here today, who knows. It´s starting to heat up here, but the mornings are usually pretty overcast. I´m fairly certain I won´t need anything for warmth, I do just fine and I´ll acclimate. I´m excited to get my package; I hope it isn´t expensive to ship! I hope things are going ok on your guy´s end, and I´m hoping you guys aren´t putting your lives on hold for me. Have fun, enjoy yourselves, and look forward to hearing from me, I guess. I´m safe and sound down here, and the Lord´s going to bless all of us in the coming months. I wanted to tell you we´re singing prelude music as a district tonight at devotional, so that will be cool. They always have translators there to help us or the brazilians understand when we talk, it´s really cool. Hope to hear from you soon;


I love you!!
-Eric





Hi Dad!


I am getting anxious for the field, but I´m certainly not ready to jump out and speak Portuguese to people. The next few weeks will definitely help with that, though; we´ve set a goal as a district to not speak English from 6am to lunch every morning from now on. We break the rules when we go to the temple and on Sundays, but other than that, we try to be strict. Each English word we say costs us 10 squats, unless we say more than ten words at once, and then it´s only 40 total. Being district leader is tough, because I help set the goals and that means I need to be the example and get it done, but having all of these motivated Elders around me really does help. It´s great to see how each of them is learning. I hope that you guys all have an awesome week, and expect another letter soon! I haven´t received any from you guys yet, but I´ll be looking every day!


Love you, Dad!
-Eric