Ha ha, I was so happy when I heard that the Cougars won. I actually heard about it a little bit after it happened. The Doctor here at the MTC watched the game on a TV, I guess, so word spread quickly. I’m so happy about that. Two things have become increasingly apparent to me as I’ve been here: The Church is very true, and the Ute’s are very terrible. Ha ha!
While it’s on my mind, I did think of two things that I would like. Sorry to start off an e-mail with demands, but I’ll forget it if I don’t do it now. I borrowed some kind of adapter that lets you plug camera memory cards into a type of jump drive thing, which in turn lets you plug it into a computer. I forgot to use it this week (again) to get pic’s to you guys. But I was wondering if you could find one of those and send it to me? I could send pictures home then. I haven’t found a computer lab that just accepts memory cards. The second thing was a couple of those Moleskin notebooks. They have them in the basement of the BYU Bookstore. The lined ones like a regular notebook. I think they’d be helpful for writing down my Portuguese words. I know you guys already sent those two packages already, so it’s fine if you can’t.
Thanks for that advice from Bro. Todeschini [Home Teacher in Provo]. Actually, that goes right along with some advice that we got our first day. They told us no one speaks Portuguese without making 500,000 mistakes first. So we are encouraged to speak all the time, even if it’s wrong. More mistakes equal more practice, so that helps.
My district is good. I get along with everyone. Ha, Levi telling me about the Office reminded me that one of the Elders in my district, named Elder W…, is a big Office fan. We’ve had some good quote wars about that show.
It’s great to hear about College football. Man, I miss that game. Once a week, the top 25 polls get posted outside the cafeteria, and all the Elders get way excited. Missouri is number 1? What the heck?! That is crazy. BCS is terrible, hopefully when I get back it’ll be fixed. I only have to miss one more Utah/BYU game...
So on Friday, we go proselyting. I’m a little nervous. Not so much about talking to the people, but the fact that I don’t think I’ll be able to remember what I need to say. We all memorized a short street contact, then we give them a pass along card. I know mine, but I can’t rattle it off as quickly as I need too. I’m practicing, and I hope that I can have it down come Friday. Ha, my companion is very nervous about talking to people, but I’m not as much. Yeah, it’ll be awkward, but I just hope that I can have the people understand me. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to answer any questions they have, as any Brazilian speaking to me sounds like he is moving 1,000 mph. Anyway, it should be ok.
Our Brazilian roommates are cool. They help us read passages from the Book of Mormon, and we help them to say cool English phrases like “what’s up, fool?” or, “holla” (like hollaback girl). I actually asked one Brazilian in Portuguese how he was doing, and he replied with “fo shizzle my nizzle”. Ha ha, language is a great thing!
They teach us stuff as well... My favorite thing to say is: Aus Meninassuperpoderosous. (Ow-s Meh-nih-nahs-super-poe-der-oh-sohs) It’s probably spelled wrong. It means: The Powerpuff Girls. I learned it my 2nd day here from my teacher. Now it’s my favorite word.
The schedule is still brutal, but I’m pretty used to it. I like being a missionary more now than I did in the beginning. Hopefully I can continue to improve.
Oh, and thanks to Gretchen and Talisa for writing me! Remember, you send me one, and I’ll be sure to write back... Thanks you guys for sending me those letters. I also got one from Grandma and Grandpa earlier in the week. Please be sure to thank them for me. It was very good. Elder Heperi, out.
Elder Heperi =w=
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Late Mail from Brazil
The following letter arrived today (November 21, 2007), two (2) weeks after Luke arrived at the Brazil MTC. Guess the mail takes a little time to arrive from Sao Paulo.
Hi, so I guess we made it safely. Tonight is Wednesday [November 7, 2007] night, and I haven’t had a decent sleep since I left Provo. I’m pretty tired, but luckily they’re letting us go to bed early of we want. I hope to take advantage of this.
Anyway, the flights were not too bad. Just cramped and kind of hard to sleep on. I got a window seat both times (Yay!) but that meant I couldn’t get up to walk around ‘cuz both times the guy in the seat next to me was asleep the majority of the time (Not cool!). Nothing noteworthy on the flight, except that it was cool to travel with so many Elder’s. I think there was 15 of us when we hit Dallas, [Texas].
Now, on to the MTC. It’s a cool Skyscraper-like building with a big fence around it. In fact, every house around here seems to have a big gate and walls around it. And, as a nice touch at the top of said walls, everyone has chards of broken glass cemented in, charming decorations here.
My room is on the 5th Floor of six (6), which isn’t bad except for the fact that everything else besides my room is not on said floor. Elevators are here, but as they told us in orientation, “You ride the elevators twice; once when you get here and once when you leave .” You know the song Twenty-Flight Rock” by Eddie Cochrane? I hear that chorus in my head every time I have to climb those stairs.
My comp. is a nice guy. His name is Elder H… He was raised in Las Vegas, but moved to Panguitch [Utah], last year. Nice guy, talks a lot, says he hates silence. We aren’t much alike and don’t have much in common, but we’ll see. We’ll get along, he says about 50 words to every ten (10) I say.
Also, it’s so humid here. I’m pretty sure that I’m gonna be sweating for two years , straight, but that’s OK, water-weight, right?
I’m almost outta time so bye until next week.
Elder Heperi
Hi, so I guess we made it safely. Tonight is Wednesday [November 7, 2007] night, and I haven’t had a decent sleep since I left Provo. I’m pretty tired, but luckily they’re letting us go to bed early of we want. I hope to take advantage of this.
Anyway, the flights were not too bad. Just cramped and kind of hard to sleep on. I got a window seat both times (Yay!) but that meant I couldn’t get up to walk around ‘cuz both times the guy in the seat next to me was asleep the majority of the time (Not cool!). Nothing noteworthy on the flight, except that it was cool to travel with so many Elder’s. I think there was 15 of us when we hit Dallas, [Texas].
Now, on to the MTC. It’s a cool Skyscraper-like building with a big fence around it. In fact, every house around here seems to have a big gate and walls around it. And, as a nice touch at the top of said walls, everyone has chards of broken glass cemented in, charming decorations here.
My room is on the 5th Floor of six (6), which isn’t bad except for the fact that everything else besides my room is not on said floor. Elevators are here, but as they told us in orientation, “You ride the elevators twice; once when you get here and once when you leave .” You know the song Twenty-Flight Rock” by Eddie Cochrane? I hear that chorus in my head every time I have to climb those stairs.
My comp. is a nice guy. His name is Elder H… He was raised in Las Vegas, but moved to Panguitch [Utah], last year. Nice guy, talks a lot, says he hates silence. We aren’t much alike and don’t have much in common, but we’ll see. We’ll get along, he says about 50 words to every ten (10) I say.
Also, it’s so humid here. I’m pretty sure that I’m gonna be sweating for two years , straight, but that’s OK, water-weight, right?
I’m almost outta time so bye until next week.
Elder Heperi
To the Faraway Towns
Ah, P-day. Thank you everyone for those letters. It’s really a motivational boost to hear from home. To tell you the truth, it feels like I have been gone for a LONG time. Seriously. I guess the MTC has that kind of effect on you.
To answer your question about mail, No I haven’t received any. Although, we haven’t checked the mailbox today, yet… but I haven’t received any as of yet. Kinda depressing, although our whole district hasn’t received any mail yet. I feel happy that I have some coming, though. Maybe I’ll be the first.
Oh, to clarify, Elder M. isn’t going into the field early. They were thinking of sending him, but now he’s just gonna stay and help our district along. He’s a way nice guy, and it’s nice that I have someone to talk about Utah stuff with. He’s actually typing right next to me as I type.
(Man, I feel rushed. There is an incredible amount to tell, and all in these little 45 min. that I have, but I’ll try.)
First of all, the traffic. The roads here are about a quarter-size of the ones at home, everyone drives very small cars, and it seems to be a rule that you must not drive UNDER 40 mph. at anytime, for any reason. You really have to look both ways when crossing the street, cuz here the driver apparently has the right of way. It’s insane, and I’m afraid to venture off the sidewalk. In addition, I learned from my teachers that Brazil has more Catholics than any country in the world. Makes some things easier in the sense that most people we talk too will already have some idea about God and Jesus Christ...
My companion [Elder H.] is a good guy... He’s from Vegas but then moved to Panguitch, UT last year. I doubt we’d hang out outside of a mission, but I guess such is the way companions go.
Now, my district leader. Oh, boy. I definitely had to have the faith to get on my knees and ask for the ability to get along with him. We are two completely opposite styles. Now, you know me, I like everyone. But in the first week, he basically embodied every guy I’ve never liked that I met at BYU. I can’t explain it, and he’s not a mean guy. Just the basic Band/Choir/Debate team guy that I’ve been very unable to tolerate throughout High School and my one year of college. He’s from Iowa, but went a year to BYU. Again, he did all the things that I dislike about BYU culture. I have a great love for BYU and the city of Provo, just not everything, and he represented those things. Can’t really explain. But, before you think I’m gonna have my experience tainted, things are better. He’s a very honorable and spiritual guy, just a little overzealous. I prayed VERY hard to like him, and it’s slowly coming. We talk, and I follow him as my leader. I think that things are continuing to improve. I realized that it would not be good for me to harbor those kinds of feelings toward my district leader.
Anyway, the first week was very tough. I knew that the Lord wanted me here, but I seriously doubted that I was cut out for it. It wasn’t anything specific, just the comforts of Provo (family, friends, sleeping in, etc.) seemed like it would be hard to deal with not having. I actually don’t mind getting up early, once I get rolling it’s good. One of the hardest parts was not being able to unwind at the end of the night. Class ends at 9:30, then I shower and brush teeth and stuff, then it’s about 10:00. I write in my journal, then bam, it’s light out. That was really hard, for all the Elders in my room too. But y’know, I got used to it.
So Vance is finally tying the knot, eh? Seems like they’ve been dating a while. I always wondered why he wasn’t getting hitched to her already. You know she’s Rob Magleby’s cousin, right? Rob’s gonna have Vance as a very distant in-law.
Oh, before I forget, last week I was really struggling mentally. Try as I might, my thoughts would dwell on things at home. Past and Present things. Living with Rob and Alex at good ol’ Penrose 80, Friday nights, lifting with Mat6t and Paul (although mat6t is very lazy when he lifts) and stuff that is yet to come, like hanging with the guys when we are all RMs. I realized that was not helping though, and prayed and sought a way to focus more on the work. It took a few days, but I was reading Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage, and I ran across a passage that I felt was an answer. You guys should read it, especially Levi for future mission reference. This passage especially. The page number escapes me, but it’s talking about when about three guys were talking to Christ and his apostles, and the first guy said that he’d love to follow Christ as an official minister. Christ responds that it is hard, because the foxes have their holes, and the birds have nests, but the son of man doesn’t have a place to rest his head. Now this is the part that got me. Elder Talmage writes (I’m paraphrasing), “Those who have been called and ordained and set apart as representatives of Jesus Christ, must be ready to abandon all comforts of home in order to attend the things of the ministry.”
Wow. I considered that an answer. I’ve been set apart as a missionary, right. So that applies to me. Since I read that, I realized that those things in the future are gonna be awesome, but if Christ could forsake all the comforts that he has, the least I can do is not be down about not hanging with my friends. I hope that two years from now, I can list this as a turning point in my mission. One from where I went from kind of a missionary missing the comforts of everything, to one who is completely lost in the work.
Thank you everyone, and to all friends, you got 1 year and 11 months to send me letters. So let’s get em coming!
Boa Tarde!
Elder Heperi =w=
To answer your question about mail, No I haven’t received any. Although, we haven’t checked the mailbox today, yet… but I haven’t received any as of yet. Kinda depressing, although our whole district hasn’t received any mail yet. I feel happy that I have some coming, though. Maybe I’ll be the first.
Oh, to clarify, Elder M. isn’t going into the field early. They were thinking of sending him, but now he’s just gonna stay and help our district along. He’s a way nice guy, and it’s nice that I have someone to talk about Utah stuff with. He’s actually typing right next to me as I type.
(Man, I feel rushed. There is an incredible amount to tell, and all in these little 45 min. that I have, but I’ll try.)
First of all, the traffic. The roads here are about a quarter-size of the ones at home, everyone drives very small cars, and it seems to be a rule that you must not drive UNDER 40 mph. at anytime, for any reason. You really have to look both ways when crossing the street, cuz here the driver apparently has the right of way. It’s insane, and I’m afraid to venture off the sidewalk. In addition, I learned from my teachers that Brazil has more Catholics than any country in the world. Makes some things easier in the sense that most people we talk too will already have some idea about God and Jesus Christ...
My companion [Elder H.] is a good guy... He’s from Vegas but then moved to Panguitch, UT last year. I doubt we’d hang out outside of a mission, but I guess such is the way companions go.
Now, my district leader. Oh, boy. I definitely had to have the faith to get on my knees and ask for the ability to get along with him. We are two completely opposite styles. Now, you know me, I like everyone. But in the first week, he basically embodied every guy I’ve never liked that I met at BYU. I can’t explain it, and he’s not a mean guy. Just the basic Band/Choir/Debate team guy that I’ve been very unable to tolerate throughout High School and my one year of college. He’s from Iowa, but went a year to BYU. Again, he did all the things that I dislike about BYU culture. I have a great love for BYU and the city of Provo, just not everything, and he represented those things. Can’t really explain. But, before you think I’m gonna have my experience tainted, things are better. He’s a very honorable and spiritual guy, just a little overzealous. I prayed VERY hard to like him, and it’s slowly coming. We talk, and I follow him as my leader. I think that things are continuing to improve. I realized that it would not be good for me to harbor those kinds of feelings toward my district leader.
Anyway, the first week was very tough. I knew that the Lord wanted me here, but I seriously doubted that I was cut out for it. It wasn’t anything specific, just the comforts of Provo (family, friends, sleeping in, etc.) seemed like it would be hard to deal with not having. I actually don’t mind getting up early, once I get rolling it’s good. One of the hardest parts was not being able to unwind at the end of the night. Class ends at 9:30, then I shower and brush teeth and stuff, then it’s about 10:00. I write in my journal, then bam, it’s light out. That was really hard, for all the Elders in my room too. But y’know, I got used to it.
So Vance is finally tying the knot, eh? Seems like they’ve been dating a while. I always wondered why he wasn’t getting hitched to her already. You know she’s Rob Magleby’s cousin, right? Rob’s gonna have Vance as a very distant in-law.
Oh, before I forget, last week I was really struggling mentally. Try as I might, my thoughts would dwell on things at home. Past and Present things. Living with Rob and Alex at good ol’ Penrose 80, Friday nights, lifting with Mat6t and Paul (although mat6t is very lazy when he lifts) and stuff that is yet to come, like hanging with the guys when we are all RMs. I realized that was not helping though, and prayed and sought a way to focus more on the work. It took a few days, but I was reading Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage, and I ran across a passage that I felt was an answer. You guys should read it, especially Levi for future mission reference. This passage especially. The page number escapes me, but it’s talking about when about three guys were talking to Christ and his apostles, and the first guy said that he’d love to follow Christ as an official minister. Christ responds that it is hard, because the foxes have their holes, and the birds have nests, but the son of man doesn’t have a place to rest his head. Now this is the part that got me. Elder Talmage writes (I’m paraphrasing), “Those who have been called and ordained and set apart as representatives of Jesus Christ, must be ready to abandon all comforts of home in order to attend the things of the ministry.”
Wow. I considered that an answer. I’ve been set apart as a missionary, right. So that applies to me. Since I read that, I realized that those things in the future are gonna be awesome, but if Christ could forsake all the comforts that he has, the least I can do is not be down about not hanging with my friends. I hope that two years from now, I can list this as a turning point in my mission. One from where I went from kind of a missionary missing the comforts of everything, to one who is completely lost in the work.
Thank you everyone, and to all friends, you got 1 year and 11 months to send me letters. So let’s get em coming!
Boa Tarde!
Elder Heperi =w=
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
First Email from Elder Heperi
Hi everyone,
Well, I~ve lasted thru my first week at this place, and made it to my first P-day! Glory be! Holy Prison as it is sometimes referred too as (even by the MTC Pres.). Flight over was...long. I only slept two hours. But it was way cool hanging with all the missionaries at the airport while we were traveling. We got a lot of strange looks, especially in Dallas and Brazil. So I~m like, alright, this mission thing is pretty good. I can do this.Then of course we arrive at the MTC, and everything changes. I sit in a classroom for eight hours. The room never changes, my seat never changes. Then we eat, go to bed.
Oh wow that was tough at first. By Friday, I thought I was wondering if I was mentally strong enough to last through this. Spiritually, I love it. The MTC (or CTM pronounced Say-Tay-Ehm) is very uplifting, and I~ve found that I have a great love for teaching the gospel. At least when it comes to English.
When it comes to Portuguese, I was way frustrated by trying to learn it. And when I thought that I~d have to teach in it, it just really overwhelmed me. But now, even though I~m far from being anything close to good, I see that it~s possible. They tell us here that there has never been a missionary who has not learned to speak the language. On Friday, I was convinced that I was destined to be the first. Now...I still might, but I don~t think so much so anymore.
Now, don~t get me wrong, I love being here, in the sense that I know that the Lord wants me here. Yeah, class is hard, and being in the same building 6 days outta 7 kind of can make people (everyone, not just me) go a little crazy sometimes, but overall I love it. I~m very grateful now for the advice that that Russian-boy Rob Magleby sent me. He said that he just got it into his mind to like the MTC, and he eventually did. Of course, he was in Provo, which has more buildings, but I~ll see how I can tolerate it. I~ve heard different advice from different Elders, but apparently if you can get past the first month, it becomes a little easier, at least in your minds. We~ll see.My district is good. I get along ok with everyone, some more than others. My companion is a good guy as well… It~s amazing to me that I could be the one to tell someone to settle down a little, but there you go.
Brazil (Braz-iw) from what I~ve seen of it, is beautiful. I was kind of imagining a lot of jungle stuff, but it appears to be more like some kind of very green New York City. The weather actually has been pretty pleasant, although the first day I thought that I was gonna be doomed to sweat for two years. but lately it~s been quite nice, Although it~s quite hot today, which I~m told is how it most likely is going to be. Although, I would love to trade the classroom sitting stuff for walking around.
The food is good at the MTC. Lots of Beans and rice, which I find very appealing actually. I could actually eat that for two years straight, I like it. Although, my digestive system appears to have to be adjusting to other shtuff here. I~m told that~s kinda what it~ll be like for two years, so I hope my bowels can take it. (heh heh). Also I~ve noticed that there is no apostrophe on this keyboard, just a weird squiggle, so I hope my contractions can be understood.
I~m trying hard to obey all the mission rules. It~s actually quite an adjustment, and sometimes I do feel like it is like a prison. (again, not my words, heard it from the MTC Pres.) But I~m obedient to them, even when I don~t understand all of them. I wake up at the right time, and get up and don~t take pictures on P-day. I know that the Lord will bless me for it. Most missionaries are obedient it seems, and I want to follow that example.I got pictures, but apparently I~m in the wrong kind of computer lab to send those, so I~ll have to send em next week. It~s pretty, but just the MTC.
Oh, I hope that my letter got received. Remember that the pouch system does NOT work anymore down here. You just have to send the letter directly. And please send me a letter anyone who reads this. No one has got any mail in our district, make me the first! Also, I~m not allowed to respond, or even read I think, e-mails from anyone else, but if anyone wants to shoot me and e-mail, MTC Pres. says it~s okay to have it forwarded by a family member. Can you be in charge of that, Levi? Talk to my friends, and if any of them wants to send me an e-mail (maybe not too lengthy, I only get 45 min. a week) they can do it thru you. Again, letter would be best since I can read it more often and have a hard copy, but this can be used to get anything too me fast.
Well, time is almost up. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and stuff, and I~ll keep working on this end.
Love,
Elder Heperi =w=
Well, I~ve lasted thru my first week at this place, and made it to my first P-day! Glory be! Holy Prison as it is sometimes referred too as (even by the MTC Pres.). Flight over was...long. I only slept two hours. But it was way cool hanging with all the missionaries at the airport while we were traveling. We got a lot of strange looks, especially in Dallas and Brazil. So I~m like, alright, this mission thing is pretty good. I can do this.Then of course we arrive at the MTC, and everything changes. I sit in a classroom for eight hours. The room never changes, my seat never changes. Then we eat, go to bed.
Oh wow that was tough at first. By Friday, I thought I was wondering if I was mentally strong enough to last through this. Spiritually, I love it. The MTC (or CTM pronounced Say-Tay-Ehm) is very uplifting, and I~ve found that I have a great love for teaching the gospel. At least when it comes to English.
When it comes to Portuguese, I was way frustrated by trying to learn it. And when I thought that I~d have to teach in it, it just really overwhelmed me. But now, even though I~m far from being anything close to good, I see that it~s possible. They tell us here that there has never been a missionary who has not learned to speak the language. On Friday, I was convinced that I was destined to be the first. Now...I still might, but I don~t think so much so anymore.
Now, don~t get me wrong, I love being here, in the sense that I know that the Lord wants me here. Yeah, class is hard, and being in the same building 6 days outta 7 kind of can make people (everyone, not just me) go a little crazy sometimes, but overall I love it. I~m very grateful now for the advice that that Russian-boy Rob Magleby sent me. He said that he just got it into his mind to like the MTC, and he eventually did. Of course, he was in Provo, which has more buildings, but I~ll see how I can tolerate it. I~ve heard different advice from different Elders, but apparently if you can get past the first month, it becomes a little easier, at least in your minds. We~ll see.My district is good. I get along ok with everyone, some more than others. My companion is a good guy as well… It~s amazing to me that I could be the one to tell someone to settle down a little, but there you go.
Brazil (Braz-iw) from what I~ve seen of it, is beautiful. I was kind of imagining a lot of jungle stuff, but it appears to be more like some kind of very green New York City. The weather actually has been pretty pleasant, although the first day I thought that I was gonna be doomed to sweat for two years. but lately it~s been quite nice, Although it~s quite hot today, which I~m told is how it most likely is going to be. Although, I would love to trade the classroom sitting stuff for walking around.
The food is good at the MTC. Lots of Beans and rice, which I find very appealing actually. I could actually eat that for two years straight, I like it. Although, my digestive system appears to have to be adjusting to other shtuff here. I~m told that~s kinda what it~ll be like for two years, so I hope my bowels can take it. (heh heh). Also I~ve noticed that there is no apostrophe on this keyboard, just a weird squiggle, so I hope my contractions can be understood.
I~m trying hard to obey all the mission rules. It~s actually quite an adjustment, and sometimes I do feel like it is like a prison. (again, not my words, heard it from the MTC Pres.) But I~m obedient to them, even when I don~t understand all of them. I wake up at the right time, and get up and don~t take pictures on P-day. I know that the Lord will bless me for it. Most missionaries are obedient it seems, and I want to follow that example.I got pictures, but apparently I~m in the wrong kind of computer lab to send those, so I~ll have to send em next week. It~s pretty, but just the MTC.
Oh, I hope that my letter got received. Remember that the pouch system does NOT work anymore down here. You just have to send the letter directly. And please send me a letter anyone who reads this. No one has got any mail in our district, make me the first! Also, I~m not allowed to respond, or even read I think, e-mails from anyone else, but if anyone wants to shoot me and e-mail, MTC Pres. says it~s okay to have it forwarded by a family member. Can you be in charge of that, Levi? Talk to my friends, and if any of them wants to send me an e-mail (maybe not too lengthy, I only get 45 min. a week) they can do it thru you. Again, letter would be best since I can read it more often and have a hard copy, but this can be used to get anything too me fast.
Well, time is almost up. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and stuff, and I~ll keep working on this end.
Love,
Elder Heperi =w=
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Letters and Packages to the Brazil MTC
ADDITIONAL MAILING INFORMATION
Do not send any packages to Elder Luke Heperi using the Brazil MTC address after he has been in Brazil for six (6) weeks (December 21, 2007).
When he has been in the Brazil MTC for seven (7) weeks (December 28, 2007), send all mail directly to the mission home address below:
Mission Address
Elder Luke William Heperi
Brazil Londrina Mission
Rua Higienopolis, 1100, Sala 61
Centro
86020-911 Londrina - PR
BRAZIL
Do not send any packages to Elder Luke Heperi using the Brazil MTC address after he has been in Brazil for six (6) weeks (December 21, 2007).
When he has been in the Brazil MTC for seven (7) weeks (December 28, 2007), send all mail directly to the mission home address below:
Mission Address
Elder Luke William Heperi
Brazil Londrina Mission
Rua Higienopolis, 1100, Sala 61
Centro
86020-911 Londrina - PR
BRAZIL
Saturday, November 10, 2007
MTC Address
The address you can currently reach Luke at is:
MTC Address *
Elder Luke William Heperi
Brazil Londrina Mission
Brazil Missionary Training Center
Rua Padre Antonio D'Angelo 121
Casa Verde
02516-040 Sao Paulo SP
BRAZIL
*We will inform you when Luke prepares to leave the MTC so you'll know when to change addresses and begin sending mail directly to the Brazil Londrina Mission address, below:
Mission Address
Elder Luke William Heperi
Brazil Londrina Mission
Rua Higienopolis, 1100, Sala 61
Centro
86020-911 Londrina - PR
BRAZIL
MTC Address *
Elder Luke William Heperi
Brazil Londrina Mission
Brazil Missionary Training Center
Rua Padre Antonio D'Angelo 121
Casa Verde
02516-040 Sao Paulo SP
BRAZIL
*We will inform you when Luke prepares to leave the MTC so you'll know when to change addresses and begin sending mail directly to the Brazil Londrina Mission address, below:
Mission Address
Elder Luke William Heperi
Brazil Londrina Mission
Rua Higienopolis, 1100, Sala 61
Centro
86020-911 Londrina - PR
BRAZIL
Goodbye Elder Heperi!
Luke at home with his friends just before his setting apart, Monday Nov. 5, 2007.
Pictures of Luke at the SLC airport waiting for his plane.
Two missionaries travelling on the same flight to the Brazil MTC.
Luke's shoes. Auntie Jo wanted a picture to see if, when he gets back, they look as good or if they get worn out.
Welcome to Brazil MTC
We have not heard from Luke, yet. However, here is the first communication received from the MTC Presidents wife the day after he left:
Dear Parents,
Your son or daughter arrived here safely at the Brazil MTC this morning. They were greeted, and are now moving in and resting, and then they will have lunch.This afternoon they will attend an orientation meeting and meet with the doctorabout immunizations, etc. Then they will go for a short walk around theneighborhood with a teacher. Tomorrow they will learn how to pray in Portuguese.
The food here is very good. There are always two kinds of meat or chicken, a hot vegetable, beans and rice, fresh salad vegetables, a variety of fruit, a dessert, a popsicle, and lots of Brazilian juices and other drinks. They can eat all they want.
We are so happy to have them here ready to serve and help the people of Brazil. It would be wonderful if you could pick them up at the end of their mission. You can then relate to them the rest of their life about their experiences here. It will be worth the time and expense.
They will be able to e-mail you on either Tuesday or Wednesday which ever day is their P-day. They go to the temple that morning and e-mail you during the afternoon. Attached is the information for mailing letters and other mail to your missionary while he or she is at the MTC.
Thank you for sharing them for this time. May you be blessed in their absence.
P.S. Please do not send a Christmas package to your missionary at the MTC anytime after Nov. 20th! The Church will not pay to forward your Christmas packages to your son or daughter's mission.
Love,
Phyllis Cardon
Wife of the MTC President
Dear Parents,
Your son or daughter arrived here safely at the Brazil MTC this morning. They were greeted, and are now moving in and resting, and then they will have lunch.This afternoon they will attend an orientation meeting and meet with the doctorabout immunizations, etc. Then they will go for a short walk around theneighborhood with a teacher. Tomorrow they will learn how to pray in Portuguese.
The food here is very good. There are always two kinds of meat or chicken, a hot vegetable, beans and rice, fresh salad vegetables, a variety of fruit, a dessert, a popsicle, and lots of Brazilian juices and other drinks. They can eat all they want.
We are so happy to have them here ready to serve and help the people of Brazil. It would be wonderful if you could pick them up at the end of their mission. You can then relate to them the rest of their life about their experiences here. It will be worth the time and expense.
They will be able to e-mail you on either Tuesday or Wednesday which ever day is their P-day. They go to the temple that morning and e-mail you during the afternoon. Attached is the information for mailing letters and other mail to your missionary while he or she is at the MTC.
Thank you for sharing them for this time. May you be blessed in their absence.
P.S. Please do not send a Christmas package to your missionary at the MTC anytime after Nov. 20th! The Church will not pay to forward your Christmas packages to your son or daughter's mission.
Love,
Phyllis Cardon
Wife of the MTC President
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