He said he as learned more Portuguese in one week at the MTC than he learned in 3 years of High School Spanish. He taught his first discussion in Portuguese. It took an hour. He is helping his companions with the language. The teachers speak almost all in Portuguese and he finds himself lost a lot.
As Brennen's mother I just want to say that after dropping him off at the airport, I came back home and felt him gone. It felt empty. He added so much to this home, but now he will add so much to our home from Brazil. I feel so blessed to be the mother of this terrific kid!
If anyone would like write Elder Brennen Horton, I know he would appreciate your support. His email address is: brennen.horton@myldsmail.net
His current address for the next 6 weeks mail is:
Elder Brennen Tyler Horton
MAR23 BRA-FORE
2011 N 900 E Unit 201
Provo UT 84602
Actual Letter Sent to us...
Querido meu familia
Eu falo portugues. eu amo voce muito
Forgive my spelling in this email. I only get an hour and I spell checked as much as I can.
I can sort of speak Portuguese now. I taught a 50-minute lesson in Portuguese. Our P-day here is on Wednesday so I’m sorry that I didn’t reply back for a week. It’s been a long week! I do love the MTC and my experiences I am having here. It took me a while to stop being homesick. Let me tell you that was hard. HARD! That’s the only thing that made this week hard. Well actually I got sick my second day and then I got chapped lips so I could barely talk. Then I couldn't sleep at night because my nose got so clogged up, and last but not least, it has been incredibly COLD here! Yesterday it was snowing a little. It was so cold and I’m just over here like, "Well I am going to hot Brazil so I didn't bring any sweater vests or anything warm..." Just all-short sleeve shirts. I definitely miss the California weather if you can't tell. And now I’m just like, "Bring on the next challenge already!" Anyways, I’m doing good now. I just needed time to get over being homesick. It's only hard at night because during the day I’m always preoccupied with things to do, but at night as I lay in bed, I can't help but think of you guys. The crying has finally stopped until... I had to read your guys emails! THANKS! Hahaha!!! I love you guys and when I said there isn’t a minute that goes by that I don't think about you, I meant that!
My companions name is Elder Kessel. We share a residence with 4 other elders so a total of 3 companionships. Everyone is very diverse and we are all going to Brazil being called a district. There are different districts depending on where you are going. But is a pretty small room. The bathrooms are not a "tree of life" THANK GOODNESS.
Oh funny story, so I get off the plane and I’m walking down that walkway and you know how you see movies and everyone is holding signs for people they are there to pick up? Well I start coming down the escalator and I see ALL of these families everywhere with balloons and signs big signs that say " WELCOME HOME ELDER" and I’m like DANG-IT hahahahhaha. Also every time I heard a "DING" that the iPhones make when you get a text I kept checking my pocket for a phone but always quickly realized there was no phone, or sometimes I feel like my pocket is vibrating and check. It's hard not having a phone but you get over it in time. That was hard as I sat there and watched missionaries see their families again after 2 years as I waited for Brooks to pick me up. Don’t get me wrong though, I love the MTC and I’m excited for my mission, but it just takes time to get over being homesick, which I am pretty well over now.
Well it's funny, Portuguese is a lot like Spanish but it's also not hahahah! It kind of helps sometimes and then sometimes messes me up because the words are so similar but I know the Spanish words and I naturally say them. But I can testify that heavenly father is helping me. I taught a 50 minute lesson in Portuguese with my companion and I was the one bailing him out when he didn't know what to say and I was the one speaking the majority of the time. Let me put it this way I know more Portuguese in 5 days than I knew Spanish which I took for 2 years. I go to a class almost every day and the "first day" I walk in... he is only speaking Portuguese and that has not changed. He only speaks Portuguese to us. Sometimes I barely know what's going on.
Yes we have a gym here, sort of. There's only free weights but that is ok. Better than nothing. We only get like 50 minutes of gym time though and I don't have protein to take afterwards. The food here is great! I cannot complain with the food. Better than any camp or EFY I have been to. We get to go to the temple today and I’m excited for that. We went to the temple to walk around on Sunday and it was so funny to see the mass amount of missionaries there. There’s like 3000 missionaries here and almost everyone at the temple was a missionary. Every Wednesday new missionaries come in. It's not everyday, only every Wednesday so I guess I can finally say I’m not the noob anymore. When we first get here they gave us nametags and there is orange stickers on the nametags. Which signifies we are new missionaries so when you walk around everyone says "HI ELDERS" or "OLA" or "HOLLA" or whatever language. It took me a day to figure the sicker thing out so I took it off hahah. I’ve been here a week so I think I can say I’m starting to get the hang of things. I’m trying to explain everything the best I can because I know mom you wanted me to. They said I needed to wear black socks and I was like NOOOOOOO! I didn't even bring any black socks; only random cool ones. I love my sock game. But I can't wear them anymore. Or at least not till I get to Brazil. HA. I didn't hear Marc got his mission call he didn’t email me! Please tell him to email me and tell me all about it and how he feels!! DANG-IT I MISSED IT!
Well I think that’s it. If there’s anything you want to know, let me know! I miss you all so much! SOOOO much but I know I will be back before you know it! My first week went by so fast! Mom I regret cutting my hair. I was wrong and should have let you do it. I apologize but I guess I have to deal with it now.
I LOVE YOU ALL! I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU!!
My companions name is Elder Kessel. We share a residence with 4 other elders so a total of 3 companionships. Everyone is very diverse and we are all going to Brazil being called a district. There are different districts depending on where you are going. But is a pretty small room. The bathrooms are not a "tree of life" THANK GOODNESS.
Oh funny story, so I get off the plane and I’m walking down that walkway and you know how you see movies and everyone is holding signs for people they are there to pick up? Well I start coming down the escalator and I see ALL of these families everywhere with balloons and signs big signs that say " WELCOME HOME ELDER" and I’m like DANG-IT hahahahhaha. Also every time I heard a "DING" that the iPhones make when you get a text I kept checking my pocket for a phone but always quickly realized there was no phone, or sometimes I feel like my pocket is vibrating and check. It's hard not having a phone but you get over it in time. That was hard as I sat there and watched missionaries see their families again after 2 years as I waited for Brooks to pick me up. Don’t get me wrong though, I love the MTC and I’m excited for my mission, but it just takes time to get over being homesick, which I am pretty well over now.
Well it's funny, Portuguese is a lot like Spanish but it's also not hahahah! It kind of helps sometimes and then sometimes messes me up because the words are so similar but I know the Spanish words and I naturally say them. But I can testify that heavenly father is helping me. I taught a 50 minute lesson in Portuguese with my companion and I was the one bailing him out when he didn't know what to say and I was the one speaking the majority of the time. Let me put it this way I know more Portuguese in 5 days than I knew Spanish which I took for 2 years. I go to a class almost every day and the "first day" I walk in... he is only speaking Portuguese and that has not changed. He only speaks Portuguese to us. Sometimes I barely know what's going on.
Yes we have a gym here, sort of. There's only free weights but that is ok. Better than nothing. We only get like 50 minutes of gym time though and I don't have protein to take afterwards. The food here is great! I cannot complain with the food. Better than any camp or EFY I have been to. We get to go to the temple today and I’m excited for that. We went to the temple to walk around on Sunday and it was so funny to see the mass amount of missionaries there. There’s like 3000 missionaries here and almost everyone at the temple was a missionary. Every Wednesday new missionaries come in. It's not everyday, only every Wednesday so I guess I can finally say I’m not the noob anymore. When we first get here they gave us nametags and there is orange stickers on the nametags. Which signifies we are new missionaries so when you walk around everyone says "HI ELDERS" or "OLA" or "HOLLA" or whatever language. It took me a day to figure the sicker thing out so I took it off hahah. I’ve been here a week so I think I can say I’m starting to get the hang of things. I’m trying to explain everything the best I can because I know mom you wanted me to. They said I needed to wear black socks and I was like NOOOOOOO! I didn't even bring any black socks; only random cool ones. I love my sock game. But I can't wear them anymore. Or at least not till I get to Brazil. HA. I didn't hear Marc got his mission call he didn’t email me! Please tell him to email me and tell me all about it and how he feels!! DANG-IT I MISSED IT!
Well I think that’s it. If there’s anything you want to know, let me know! I miss you all so much! SOOOO much but I know I will be back before you know it! My first week went by so fast! Mom I regret cutting my hair. I was wrong and should have let you do it. I apologize but I guess I have to deal with it now.
I LOVE YOU ALL! I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU!!
Elder Horton
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