Hello Brazil!

Jess has safely arrived at the MTC in Sa Paulo, Brazil. A brief email was sent to my dearest mother to inform her he had arrived. It was full of useful information but I can only hope that they too gave him that crucial bit of advice that I gave a few nights before he left: "Jess...don't get eaten by Piranhas."

We are hoping he writes us a letter every week (if he doesn't, President Garret will haunt him with a late night telephone call) so there will be plenty of adventures to post on here (as long as he follows my advice because if he doesn't then...well the adventure will be cut short). We're just glad to know that he has arrived safely and even if he is in the southern part of Brazil and not in the Amazon forest where there are all sorts of creepy crawlies and deadly beasts...I still stand by my advice because getting eaten by Piranhas, as great a story it would be, would really hinder his ability to do his duty as a missionary.

Good luck, Elder Angus.