Mai e Pai e familia e amigos

Oi. today is my final day in the provo mtc. im really happy but its also a little sad. ive made some really good friends here and ive been reacquainted with old ones as well. i had to say my final goodbyes to christian again as he left early this morning. its tough but it was awesome to see him and i know he is just gonna dominate new hampsire. our distrito is really close and its gonna be tough to leave but i look forward to going to brazil for the next two years. ive heard so many stories and now its finally time for me to experience it. i leave tomorrow at 1130 from the mtc. my flight leaves about 2 i believe. so i can call before i leave maybe and when i land it fort worth texas. ill call home as you told me. look forward to it. im praying for everyone here to get their visas. 28 new missionaries are coming in this week that were supposed to go to brazil and only me and 3 others are leaving in the next week. so i have a companion flying with me from texas to brazil. his name is elder brady. hes in the other district but itll be good that we can meet up. thanks for all the packages and goods. my distrito loved the donuts. we have a lot of fun but we realize this is a lot of seriousness to this work. its weird how it works in the mtc but the days are extremely long and the weeks fly by. depending on the day it feels as if ive been here from 1 week to 4 months. the language is coming along. we finally started teaching in straight portuguese. thats a little tough. but its amazing because as long as we prepare ourselves and do what is right then the holy ghost will just take over and you wont even have to worry about the language. our investigator janeiro has accepted the commitment to be baptized. although hes a role play investigator the happiness me and elder miller felt was just amazing. i cannot wait until i feel that joy times 100 with a real investigator. i find it a real blessing to have come to the provo mtc. although the time was short i feel as if ive learned so much and have grown up a lot too. my teachers are amazing. im sad to leave them behind because they have taught me so much and are truly some really cool guys. my love for the scriptures has increased immensely. our schedules are so busy that sometimes its just really hard to simply read. but when i do i learn something new everytime. reading page after page its impossible for me to deny its truth. we have talked a lot about that if the book of mormon is true then joseph smith was a prophet jesus christ is a savior and the church is true. it truly is the keystone of our religion and jesus christ is truly our connerstone and redeemer. its gonna be a new challenge for me in brazil. i feel as if provo has just been the training wheels for me and that as soon as im in brazil those will be gone forever. this gospel is true and it is the happiest message you could share with the world. i look forward to proclaiming this to the people of campinas but before that happens i still have a lot to learn. i know i am blessed with the opportunity to go to brazil. God has work down their for me and im gonna work my hardest and best to accomplish everything that he asks of me. brazil e mais blanco more whiter. people are looking for the truth. the growth is absolutely amazing in brazil. its time for me to dive in and get down to work. i am so grateful for all of you guys and all of your support. maybe in brazil itll finally hit me how far apart i am from everyone. but i know i have friends doing the same thing and we are all gonna work until jesus christ has said, "the work is done." there is so much to teach and learn in this gospel. i feel as if i havent even hit 1/1000 of my potential and knowledge. the provo mtc is an amazing place. so those that dont go directly to brazil dont be ashamed or sad. god knows exactly what he wants for you. its all apart of His plan. He loves us and knows what is best for everyone. ill talk to you tomorrow mom and dad about 1245 hopefully. i love you so much

ELder DeSanti III

TUDO BEM? umm. first week in the mtc. hmmm pretty crazy. this week is way different than usual because all the new missionary presidents wer being trained here. so tons of apostles and general authorities were here. but of course we werent allowed to see them. it was hard saying goodbye but the mtc is super rewarding. my companero is elder miller from california. we get along great and were going to be an awesome team. we had tons of introductories to start off the mtc. we heard from the presidency and tons of others. the teachers here are super amazing. but they only speak portuguese. now thats a problem. see i dont know portuguese quite yet so its tough. portuguese is um poco different from spanish because of the pronunciation. muito bem. everyone is happy here. its so great. i get to see my old friends. elder ron mccall from byui, elder steven robertson, from washington. and of course christian. pictures are soon to come. i love my friends. my district is really great. we have tons of fun which i dunno if that is the best but it works for me. im so tired here that i cannot stop laughing. almost anything someone says even remotely funny i will laugh and laugh. so far the portuguese is coming along. weve learned how to pray and to bear testimony. and now a week later i can understand most of the portuguese my teachers fala. so we saw elder russell m. ballard on friday walking around and we got to shake his hand. as you know he is an apostle and ive never shaken ones hand before so really really neat. ive also learned how to snap my fingers brazilian style. it means very good or awesome. not many people can do it. me and christian aka elder smith get to hang out on p days just like old times. oh btw that is monday and my mtc box # is 98. so send me some mail. my mish is bra-cam and my mtc darte departure is july 12. my branch president said i should be able to go to the brazil mtc by then so my visa is on the way. it is also the same day all of my friends are leaving to the field so i am excited. me and elder brown that we met in the airport are in different districts but in the same zone. everyone loves each other and there are tons of elders in my zone from washington. so we have a secret handshake which makes us cool. christian is fresco. on friday night we had a special fireside where we got to hear from elder bednar. he spoke on being a pmg missionary. my goal is to be the best ever. amem. 1000 baptisms no less or ill being muito disapointed. also there were 7 apostles at the devotional. the spirit was amazing that night. i have learned so much here and surprisingly i am always the first one awake. 615 everyday. yaya. sunday we had combined church and every speaker spoke on enduring to the end. thats exactly what im working towards. we have tons of spiritual experiences here but i can only email 30 minutes every monday. so its tough to decide what to write. sunday night we had the best speaker ever. who was super funny and talked about being worthy on the mission. i really enjoy it here and we are way too super busy to miss home. we never have free time which is the opposite of my old life. i love you guys lots and hope all is well. today we got to go to the temple and i did sealings for the first time but the temple is closed for the next few weeks so i will not be able to go again here. send me dear elder mail. i am the only one that doesnt get them and i get them every single day. i love you guys until later....

tchau,

elder d

Oi familia

it has been another strong week in the mtc. we have gotten pesquisadors that are our teachers. janeiro and andy. its cool cause it almost seems as if real life. they have problems and information about them that we try to adjust our messages to match them. its tough cause all they do is speak in portuguese but it is really helpful and we hope they will get "baptized soon". we also have trc where outside members come in and we teach2 them as well. they speak a whole new language of portuguese haha. our teachers speak a little slower and have some hand motions and also repeat themselves but people in the trc just let it fly. its really tough to pick up on but i know it will come. its going to get harder as this week my comp and i have challenged ourselves to teach in portuguese starting wednesday. this shall be very interesting. i feel like theres so much work to do in the mtc but all i wanna do is to go out in the field. i have a lot to learn. so i got my flight plans to go to brazil. i fly out the 12th at about 1 or something like that. i think i have permission to call home so ill check up on that. and im sorry mom but i am the only one flying out as of now. i am 1 of about 50 missionaries going to brazil and im the only one with a visa. its funny cause a lot people like "hate" me now. haha theyre just jealous. i really hope this will boost my language learning but i am also a little nervous flying alone but God will be there with me and theyre will be no problems at all. the firesides are amazing at the mtc. we have them every tuesday and sunday. saturday night we had a special one for the 4th and we were able to watch the stadium of fire fireworks from our campus. pretty cool but the problem was we stayed up until midnight doing it and we still had to get up at 630. church was way tiring and i passed the sacrament for the first time in a while. we have about 40 in our branch. i almost busted up laughing cause my buddy elder peterson from arizona totally messed up. luckily i held it in. church was super hilarious because as people were bearing their testimonies other people came on over the intercom randomly like a piano solo and people seeing through the glass. the spirit was kind of ruined but we all had a good laugh. afterwards we had a mission conference. everyone in my district fell alseep we were all dead tired and it didnt help that the meeting was 2 hours. on sundays we also get the opportunity to walk around the temple. i have a bunch of good pictures but ill have to figure out a way to get them to you guys. mom yes i would like all the stuff i couldnt take on the plane as well as a laundry bag and my return of the quack shirt. also i love your guys emails but it would be amazing if you could dear elder me cause then i could read them at nights rather than cramming them into my 30 minutes on mondays. congrats to the mansiuses. thats awesome. i feel like theyre are apart of the family. i love you guys and am so glad your summer is going well. good luck with court and erics wedding hopefully ill hear from them soon. i got the suit and umbrella. wore the suit yesterday and got a ton of compliments on it. everyone has been telling me that im gonna get super tan and look like a brazilian so im looking forward to that haha. now just the language. the work is going forward strong. theres so much to learn here and im just trying to take it all in. i love the spirit. we have learned that without the spirit there is no conversion. we can teach the pequisadors but the only way they can know it is true by praying to god and asking for it. my district is amazing and i am really going to miss them but i know that going to brazil know is going to be a huge blessing for me. keep on going. i love all you guys

elder desanti (g- sanchi)