We usually don't get to E-mail on non P-day's, but I'm
told this is an exception! This is my reassignment letter, I will be
serving in the Arizona, Tucson mission until my Visa comes through! I'm
so excited!!! There are a pair of Sister Missionaries in my mission going
to Cape Verde, and they leave on the 10th and arrive in Cape Verde on the
13th. That's a lot of traveling! My flights will probably be a bit
shorter :) My companion got his Visa as well, so he's going straight to
Goiania!
My district has been through a bit of an emotional roller
coaster today. One of the Elders in our district went home today.
He said that there is something going on at home that he has to help with, and
as soon as it is resolved he'll be back in the field. I don't think we
realized how close we had grown together over the past month. It was so
neat to see the district pull together to support him and one another.
After that, we all got our reassignments or itineraries, which was so
exciting! I think that as a whole our district is going to sleep pretty
well tonight, it's been a long day! I am loving my mission more with
every day, and can't wait to serve the people in Tucson!
I'm so glad that your cut-overs are going well Dad! I
hope that you get a new contract secured soon, too. Do you think H. F. will
bring you on again?
I have had some interesting insights lately too, but
I'll write it up in a letter so I can give you some more details. Watch the mailbox for my letter!
I love you all so much, and I hope that you can feel that. The
hour we get each week feels like hardly enough time to keep in touch with those
we love, but it's what I have. I do love you tremendously.
Left to right: Elder
S. (My companion), Elder H. (My roommate), me, and Elder N. (My
previous DL)
You guys rock, do you know that? Thank you so much for
all of the letters and packages, you've got no idea how cool it is to get
one. They definitely make my day! So how's life on the home
front? How're the cut-overs coming, Dad? How's my car doing?
When does Savannah get her permit? What's Landon up to? Have you
guys gone fishing again lately? Tell me what's up! By the way,
thank you so much for that care package and for sending me my totally awesome
Brazil futebol jersey! It's an awesome jersey and it's getting a lot of
use. I've had a couple elders try to buy it off of me actually, but I'm
not selling it! It's too cool...
Well, here's the news on my end. On Sunday I was called
to be the District Leader for the remainder of my time here at the MTC.
The Branch Presidency didn't have time to let us know beforehand, so all of the
calls came from the pulpit just like in the olden days!
It's Brother Sukow! (a former member of our ward)
This picture is right outside my classroom
It was fun. I also met a Senior missionary here named "Elder Bitter." When
he saw my name tag he couldn't help but come and introduce himself! Nothing new on my Visa, but a lot have come through lately. One of the other
districts decided to fast that their visas would come through, and half of
theirs came through the next day! Pretty cool!
So how'd Trevor's interview go? ... Anyhow, I hope that everything's going well and that
Trevor gets the job he wants! I've attached some more photos,
and a link
to one of my favorite Mormon messages. I like how Elder Christofferson
talks about God cutting us down, so that he can build us up into something
greater. Also, have you heard David Archuleta's song "Glorious?" It's for the church film "Meet the Mormons." I'm amazed at the success that the film has had; after just 10 days it was the 37th most successful documentary ever, and it was in the nationwide top 10 highest grossing film list for the week it came out. I'm sure the Red Cross is pretty happy, seeing as they get all of the profits! The church is doing some other really cool things in the near future, we got a sneak peak at a devotional a couple of weeks ago. I'm not supposed to talk about it though,
so you guys can just keep guessing!
Thanks for pointing me to the "We lived with God"
film,
It was awesome!
I love you all so much! I've got the best
family ever! Thank you for your prayers and letters, they mean a lot to
me. Talk to you soon!
How are you all doing? Congrats on your successful
cut-overs Dad, that's so awesome! So Savannah, tell me about Star Wars
rebels! Don't spoil it, but how was it? What are the storylines and
characters like? Has Ahsoka come up in the series yet? No spoilers,
but let me know! What's the status on Paraguay, Landon? Is it a
go? How's school going for you both? Well, the language is coming
along really well. My companion and I are trying to gain a decent facility
with the past-tenses right now, and it's coming a long. While we were on
our Sunday walk at the temple a guy came up to us and started speaking in
Portuguese. We able to understand and talk back! It was so
cool! We've still got a ways to go, but it's coming along quite well.
I have gotten some news on my Visa. I know that the
Brazilian Government has received the application. The next phases, or
'landmarks," if you will, are processing, granted, and ready for pickup if
I remember right. One of the guys in our Zone got his Visa yesterday and
shipped out to Brazil this morning. They don't waste time here! Our
Zone leaders also shipped out today. Elder N.... and Elder B..... were
re-assigned to Virginia as Visa wait-ers, and Elder G..... was reassigned to
Indianapolis waiting for his Visa. Several of the guys in our Zone did a
haka for them last night. One of our Elders from New Zealand, Elder
P...... taught and led the haka. I've never seen another person who can
do a haka like that, the only word I can think of to describe it is
terrifying. He did it so well. If I can get my hands on a recording of it
I'll let you know!
Elder N...., the guy we met in Capitol Reef, and I are
talking about meeting up in Capitol Reef after the mish. It would be so
cool to do that, so we should make it happen! Capitol Reef has an ability
to permanently capture people's hearts like no other place I've ever heard
of. Elder N.... and I were talking about how beautiful the storms there
are, and he mentioned how stunning it is to see the water start running over
the cliffs. You've got to be careful in that situation, but I would love
to see the park like that someday. There's nothing quite like storms in
Southern Utah!
I'd be at a bit of a loss to give you my favorite scripture,
there are just so many that I love. There is, however, one that
definitely stands out as the one that I want on my plaque. It is
1
Corinthians 15:10 - "But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."
I love the phrase "but by the grace of God I am what I
am, and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain." Isn't
that just beautiful? One of the things that I've thought about a lot is
what does it mean for Christ's grace, which was bestowed upon us, to be in
vain? This is the best I've been able to come up with, so feel free to
share your insights as well! Christ has paid the debt for our sins,
regardless of whether or not we accept the fullness of the blessings of the
Atonement so that we won't have to satisfy justice ourselves. All of us
receive the blessings of resurrection; every man, woman, and child that will
ever live gained that blessing when they accepted God's plan in our pre-mortal
lives. In this life we must be baptized, and repent when we sin for
"He who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them
[our sins] no more." D&C 58:42
Finally, we can all have access to the transforming power of
the atonement. We must never lose sight of the purpose of everything in
the restored gospel: helping us become Christ-like people, or making the
character of Christ manifest in the way we live our lives. If we keep
this end in mind always, then every commandment, ordinance, and covenant will
fulfill its purpose in us. There is a very real transforming power in the
atonement, and we can feel it in our lives as we keep our covenants with God
and repent when we, inevitably, fall short. I know that as we do this, we
will feel Christ lifting us up to be more than we ever could be on our own, and
we "shall know that it is by
me [Christ] that [we] are led." 1 Nephi 17:13
I love you all so much, and I know that I am were God needs
me, feeding his sheep. Have a wonderful week, and I'll see you all soon!
I'm so excited to write you! I miss you so much! I just got the brownies that you
sent me, they'resooogood. It's so nice getting
your letters too, you have no idea how special it is hearing from home.
Thank you so much : ) Well let me tell you about my companion His
name is Elder William A. S..... He's from Spanish Fork, Utah. He
reminds me a lot of Jonah. He played football, baseball, and wrestling in
High School. He's 6'2" and hence much taller than me. He and I get along super well. The MTC is a lot of work and having
a companion that I get along with & can joke around with is so helpful.
I don't know how boring people make it through here!:) Well, I can't believe
that this week is almost over! The first several days crawled, but these ones have flown. I'm
starting to get the feeling that it's going to be a short two years.
Portuguese is coming well!Meu Profesor novo tamben.
Sen nive e' de Brasil, e pode dezir Portuguese como os Brasileiros
(porque e' de Brasil!) Ele
e' muito ben!Translation; "My Professor Brother
S......, is super. I have a new professor as well, his name is Brother
M....do. He was our first investigator. When we finished teaching him he
began being our professor. Brother M..... is from Brazil & he can
speak Portuguese like the Brazilians (because he's from Brazil!) He
is really awesome!" End Translation. He's also super,
super funny. I'm constantly amazed at the quality & caliber of the
professors they have here. Brother M...do is only 22 years old.
He's married has a child due in December! I'm not sure how old
Brother S...... is but I'd guess between 21 & 25. Both of them are
such great teachers, have an excellent command of the language & have
wisdom beyond their years in matters of the gospel. On top of this,
they're both students at BYU & have families to take care of & provide
for. I'm consistently amazed at these men & women that are working
here. I'm really growing to love the MTC. My testimony is growing
daily and my desire to serve the Lord grows daily. Apparently I'm pretty
funny too. Several people that are in my zone have
bumped into me in the cafeteria, looked at my name tag, & said "hey,
you're that guy who's hilarious & laughs a lot, right?" I think,
I'm kind of weird, personally but if they want to say I'm funny then that's
just fine. : )
Here’s the letter I promised! I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to write a better
e-mail. The hour we get to write e-mails
flew by so fast! I’ve heard that they
only get 25 minutes a week at the Sao Paulo MTC though, so I have a lot to be
grateful for. It really helps me to
realize how much I cherish these relationships.
When you only have 60 minutes a week to communicate with your loved
ones, you grow grateful for time together.
This is a picture of my companion and I outside the Provo temple earlier today!
At 4:15 we go
change for gym time, which usually starts at 4:30. We get gym time for 60 minutes, and then we
come back to our residence, shower and go to dinner. Dinner’s usually at 5:45 and then we go back
to class at 6:30. From 6:30 – 7:30 we
have personal study, 7:30 – 8:30 is companion study and 8:30 – 9:30 is language
study. After that we go back to our
residence and have personal time. We can
write letters, write in our journals, and have various companion study things,
we usually go to bed between 10:30 and 11:00.
It’s a long day. And very little
time for ourselves. You really have to
work hard to keep things fun. But, we’re
doing it!
Here's a picture with all my roommates
This is Calvin and Hobbes! They're our Zone leaders, and they actually look a lot like the comic characters lol! Dad, the guy on the right is Elder N...s. He's the guy that we met at Capitol Reef National Park. He and I swapped stories about the park, and of course all the ones I had were yours. It was a lot of fun though. He really loves the area, and wants to meet up there after the mission! He leaves the MTC on Monday. Now for a quick
spiritual thought. To redeem us from the
fall we were given 2 things; the law of sacrifice and a redeemer. We commonly talk about Christ’s role in
redeeming us from the effects of the fall and it is of infinite
importance. We commonly overlook the
role of sacrifice though. In order to
understand this better, I found that fasting is a powerful example. I found as I studied that fasting is a “type”
of the law of sacrifice. To better
understand this I recommend reading Isaiah 58 then re-read it but replace the
word “fast with “sacrifice”. The first
time I read Isaiah 58 it seemed to scream that fasting is a type of the law of
sacrifice. I hope you enjoy that, please
share your insights!
I haven’t told you today how much I love you have I? I love you so much. I miss the time we spent together, but I’m
really looking forward to spending more time in 2016! I think of you a ton J Keep in touch! Love, Elder Logan Sweet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Mom and Dad, (E-mail)
I didn't sing in the MTC choir this conference (October 2014), they put it together the week before I arrived.
Keep the "dearelders" coming, they make my day every time I get one! The MTC is a lot of work, and you have to try to make it fun. Luckily my companion, Elder S...l, is way cool. He and I come up with a bunch of creative ways to keep life interesting! We get up and go for a run each morning, and that really helps too. I'm finding that the better the friendship with your companion is, the better the MTC is.
I also got to watch a recording of a devotional that Elder Bednar gave about hearing the voice of the spirit. It's called "Recognizing the voice of the spirit." . He said that people frequently ask him the question "how do I know if it's the spirit or if it's me?" His answer was pretty simple: quit worrying about it! He told us to " Remember your covenants. Keep the commandments. Your steps will be guided, your utterances directed. You will be put in the right place, at the right time. 'Ye cannot go amiss.'" He said that the vast majority of the times that we are guided by the spirit, we are completely unaware that it is going on. He shared several examples from his own life of this. It was an incredible talk. If you can access it, it's called "Recognizing the Voice of the Spirit" by David A. Bednar, I would highly recommend it. It was one of the most incredible messages I've ever heard.
I miss you so much, I love you so much and miss you, I'll write often. My time's up now, I've got to go :( I'm looking forward to hearing from you again!
Love,
Logan Sweet
P.S. Keep being awesome!
I'll tell you more about it in my letter, but if you can access it than read it! It's incredible!
Dear Mom, Dad, Landon, & Savannah, Thursday October 2, 2014
Hey guys! It’s
Thursday the 2nd today, but it feels like I’ve been gone so much
longer. The MTC is definitely a lot of
work. You basically start working at
6:30 am & keep doing so until 10:30 pm when we go to bed. The only gusi-free time is when we eat,
because we can’t study then (we aren’t allowed to bring anything but
necessities into the cafeteria) & we get to sit by who we want. Other than that, it’s pretty hard-core! It’s a lot of fun seeing people I know around
here though. I saw Bethany (a girl from
my seminary class) on Wednesday, & I saw Emily (one of my FHE (Family Home
Evening) sisters from school) today in the cafeteria. Little
treats like that make being here much easier.
My companion is
awesome! His name is Elder S...l & he’s from Spanish Fork. He & I get along really well, we’re
constantly joking with each other. We
practice the language a lot too. They
don’t give us much time for studying outside the classroom, so we try to
squeeze it in wherever we can. The
spirit is really strong here, & that’s what makes all of the work
bearable. They bring in real
investigators to the MTC for us to teach (& some role – players) some of
them have the neatest stories. I’ll be honest;
sometimes it’s really hard not to cry at some of their stories.
Missionary Training Center in Provo Utah
The MTC is difficult, but it is growing on
me. I really can’t wait to get to the
field though. That’s what we’re all here
for. By the way, do you remember the guy
we met at your old house in Capital Reef, Dad?
He’s the one that was going to Brasilia for his mission. We exchanged E-mails, remember? He just so happens to be my Zone Leader! Small world, huh?
Well, I love
& miss you guys! Landon & Savannah,
keep trying hard in school. It’s tough
but if you endure to the end you WILL see the benefits. Dad, good luck on your cutover this Sunday! Mom, I want you to know that you’re a 100%
super hero. You do so much for all of
us, you really are amazing. This is my
MTC mailing address:
Elder Sweet Nov. 11 BRA-GOI
2009
N. 900 E. Unit #132 Provo,
UT 84602
Also, if you find
my camera cord please send it. One more
thing, could you look up the S. Zip-Code?
Their address is ..... Newbury Park, CA. I get to email people on Tuesday, so I’ll
look forward to e-mailing you guys!
Love, Elder Logan Sweet
Click Below to watch a short video about the MTC (4 1/2 min)
Elder Logan Sweet is Set Apart as a Missionary by President Lythgoe
We met with President Lythgoe Tuesday evening and after a discussion with advice from each family member President Lythgoe gave Logan his council and advice, then assisted by Dad he set Elder Logan Sweet was set apart as a full time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints.
We especially enjoyed this talk from the October 2014 General conference.
(The assigned Topic Was Obedience) Brothers and sisters, it is such
a pleasure to be here today! I love
seeing all of the familiar faces of family and friends (the weather’s nice
too.) But now, into the talk. It can sometimes be difficult to fathom a God
that is so full of love and mercy that he would sacrifice his only begotten son
so that we might return to live with him, but one who also cannot rob justice
for if he were to do so he “would cease to be God” (Alma 42:25). Justifying all of the rules that seem to be
imposed upon us can be difficult, and many people see the commandments as
nothing more than that: rules. I've heard of some people who said “it’s too hard,” or “the burden that is placed
upon me by the commandments is just too heavy, I cannot bear it.” All of us at some point or another have
probably wondered why we have the commandments, and why strict obedience to
them is so important. As I pondered just
that, it became clearer and clearer to me that there is so much more to the
commandments than simple “do’s,” “do not’s,” and rules. Rather, they go far beyond that. Obedience to the commandments of God is how
we gain access to the fullness of God’s grace, and through his grace become all
that we can become. It is this point
that I wish to establish in my message.
To do so, I would like to consider a few different scriptural accounts
of obedience, and see what we can learn about the connection between obedience
and grace.
One of the archetypal examples of
obedience is that of Abraham and his son Isaac.
In Genesis 22 we read the following instruction given by God to Abraham:
“Take now thy son, thine only son
Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him
there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of”
(Genesis 22:2)
Before we dive into this, let’s
try to wrap our minds around just what God had asked Abraham to do. Isaac was Abraham’s first born son of his
most beloved wife, and indeed he did love Isaac very much. In spite of all this, the years of waiting
for Sarah to bear a child, the countless prayers that I’m sure were said, in
spite of all that, God wanted Abraham to offer up his son. This comes into even starker relief when we
recall that it was on the altar of the Egyptians that Abraham himself was
nearly sacrificed by his father.
Despite
all this, Abraham submitted and went about keeping the commandment of the
Lord. He “rose up early in the morning,
and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son,
and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place
of which God had told him.” After three
days of travel, Abraham saw the place where they were to perform the offering a
ways off. Instructing the young men that
were with them to stay behind, Abraham and Isaac continued to the place of
sacrifice. The perceptive Isaac noticed
that a crucial part of the sacrifice was missing, and said “My father: Here am
I, thy son. Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt
offering?” To this Abraham responded
“God will provide himself a lamb.”
Continuing with the account: “And they came to the place which God had
told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and
bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and
took the knife to slay his son. And the
angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham:
and he said, Here am I.” The angel that
appeared told Abraham to stay his blade, and informed him that God now knew
that Abraham truly feared him and would not withhold anything from him. “And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked,
and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went
and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his
son.” Abraham’s example of strict
obedience is certainly one that we all can strive for, but there are also some
key doctrines that we should learn from this.
God commanded Abraham to offer Isaac, his only son, to him as a burnt
offering. The ram caught in the thicket
truly was Isaac’s deliverance; it took his place as the sacrifice that God
required. I would like to draw special
attention to the fact that simply laying Isaac on the altar is not enough to
procure the delivering ram. God did not
ask Abraham to go out and find himself a ram, and bring it to the altar. Rather, upon complete submission by both
Abraham the father and Isaac the son, God provided the means of deliverance.
Now let us consider another
incredible example of obedience: that of the widow of zarephath. Here I will give an “extended quotation” if
you will, from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s message in the April 1996 general
conference, entitled “A handful of meal and a little oil:”
"As the prophet [Elijah] prepared
for a final confrontation with Ahab, God commanded Elijah to go to the village
of Zarephath where, he said, he had commanded a widow woman to sustain him.
"As he entered the city in his
weary condition he met his benefactress, who was undoubtedly as weak and wasted
as he. Perhaps almost apologetically the thirsty traveler importuned, “Fetch
me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.” As she turned
to meet his request, Elijah added even more strain to the supplication. “Bring
me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand [also].”
"Elijah’s pitiful circumstances
were obvious. Furthermore, the widow had been prepared by the Lord for this request.
But in her own weakened and dispirited condition, the prophet’s last entreaty
was more than this faithful little woman could bear. In her hunger and fatigue
and motherly anguish she cried out to the stranger, “As the Lord thy God
liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil
in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks [which tells us how small
her fire needed to be], that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that
we may eat it, and die.”
"But Elijah was on the Lord’s
errand. Israel’s future—including the future of this very widow and her son—was
at stake. His prophetic duty made him more bold than he might normally have
wanted to be.
“Fear not,” he said to her, “but
make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for
thee and for thy son.
“For thus saith the Lord God of
Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil
fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.”
"Then this understated expression
of faith—as great, under these circumstances, as any I know in the scriptures.
The record says simply, “And she went and did according to the saying of
Elijah.” Perhaps uncertain what the cost of her faith would be not only to
herself but to her son as well, she first took her small loaf to Elijah,
obviously trusting that if there were not enough bread left over, at least she
and her son would have died in an act of pure charity. The story goes on, of
course, to a very happy ending for her and for her son." (end of extended quote)
Now, as we all know, the cruse of
oil did not fail, nor did the barrel of meal waste, until the famine had
ended. But let’s examine this a little
bit closer. Where else have we heard of
a loving parent being called upon by God to offer up their son, and only upon
the exact keeping of God’s commandments, and at the moment of complete
submission, did deliverance arrive? This
widowed mother was indeed asked to make a sacrifice very similar to the one
that was required of Abraham many years before.
By agreeing to feed Elijah the prophet first, the widow of Zarephath had
effectively signed the death sentence for both herself and her son. However, once the sacrifice was made God
provided by keeping oil in the cruse and meal in the barrel for as long as was
necessary to sustain them. Once again, I
would like to draw your attention to this fact: The act of preparing the cake
for Elijah would not have put oil in the cruse and meal in the barrel. Rather, it would have done quite the
opposite. We will return to this as
well.
In order to illustrate the doctrine that I am attempting to share, I would like to share an allegory on the topic in addition to the two shared previously.
Imagine that you are stuck at the bottom of a
deep pit, or well. You cannot climb
out. It seems that your fate is to
remain at the bottom of this well until you whither. As the realization finally sets in that there
is nothing within your power that will allow you to exit the well, you might
find yourself sitting in the bottom pondering upon what your life has been, and
what it could have become. At this
point, in the very pit of your despair,
a rope falls in front of you and a
voice calls out “Grab on!” Hope suddenly
rushes back as you realize that rescue finally may have come! You grab hold of the rope, and do all that
you can to maintain your grip as your unknown benefactor, a true good
Samaritan, pulls you up out of this well.
Once on the surface again, your possibilities seem endless, your life
once again has purpose and potential.
Now, let’s take a few steps back in time when you were at the bottom of
the well. Imagine that the rope had
simply been dropped in your lap, and the passerby above once again yelled “Grab
on!” but then simply walked off. You
follow the instructions perfectly and squeeze the limp rope laying in your lap
with all your might. Will this get you
anywhere? Squeezing the rope is exactly
what you did in our first scenario, and you ended up on the surface! Why wouldn’t squeezing the rope now put you
on the surface too? It is because it is
not the act of squeezing the rope that moves you to the surface. Rather, squeezing the rope serves to cause
something that is normally beyond our abilities to come within their realms. Likewise, it was not the act of placing Isaac
on the altar that caused the Ram to appear, and it was not the act of using the
last oil and meal to feed Elijah that placed more in their possession. Rather, these actions served to help them
achieve something that was beyond their abilities, and it was the grace of God
that procured the ram for Abraham and the meal and oil for the widow. Likewise, the commandments and obedience to
them serves to put within our grasp that which we could not attain by our own
strength: salvation and exaltation. The
commandments are the rope that was cast to us in the well, squeezing it tight
is our strict obedience to them, and the atonement is the difference between
the two scenarios we discussed. Thus, we
see the true freedom that accompanies obedience. Without grasping the rope (keeping the
commandments) one can enjoy free reign over the bottom of the well. But by holding on we can experience the
freedom and joy that accompanies the being on the surface of the earth rather
than in the well. The mountains,
valleys, sights, and sounds that simply cannot be enjoyed from the bottom of
the pit are available to those who grasp the rope. So let us choose which of the 2 freedoms that
we desire. By keeping the commandments
we choose the greater of the 2 freedoms, and avail ourselves to the full grace
of God. That we will do just that is my
prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Sunday September 28
Open House
Logan and Sheela, Note the shoe trade.
It was Tuesday when we were told Logan would be entering the Provo MTC the next week on Wednesday, What we thought was six weeks to prepare became six days. I lamented not having an open house for family and friends to say good bye before Logan left . Sheela Logan's Girl Friend, jumped right in and said there was still time and we should have one and offered to help.
A song Logan liked
Some Things To Know About Brazil
Brazil is the largest country in South America.
The name Brazil comes from a tree named brazilwood.
It is called Brasil in Portuguese, the official language spoken in Brazil.
Brazil is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese.
Portugal claimed the land of Brazil in the year 1500. Independence was declared in 1822.
Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world by both land area and population.
The population in 2012 was around 194 million people.
The capital city is Brasilia, while the largest city is Sao Paulo.
Other major cities include Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Fortaleza.
In Brazil they drive on the right-hand side of the road.
Brazil has a large coastline on the eastern side of South America, stretching 7491 kilometres (4655 miles) in length.
Brazil shares a border with all South American countries except for Chile and Ecuador.
Brazil covers 3 time zones.
Brazil has one of the largest economies in the world.
The Amazon River flows through Brazil, it is the 2nd longest river in the world (after the Nile).
The climate in the majority of Brazil is tropical.
Brazil is home to a wide range of animals, including armadillo, tapirs, jaguars and monkeys.
logging, mining fishing and agriculture are important to the Brazilian economy
Millions of tourists visit Brazil every year.
There are around 2500 airports in Brazil.
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Brazil with the national team consistently among the best in the world, winning the World Cup a record 5 times.
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