Dear Parents,

I'm here in Sao Paulo Brazil and I'm safe! The plane rides were terribly long and I got no sleep. In fact it's 8:11 pm on the 5th and I haven't slept since waking up Tuesday morning. That's 31 hours! I'm getting this letter done now because I have no clue if I will have time tomorrow. My first comp's name is Elder Karras. He's from Bountiful Utah. There's 2 more Elders here from the US and 2 Natives from Brazil getting here tomorrow. Only 9 weeks left in this place! It's actually a very nice place! It's a 7 story building and we're on the 7th. Elevators are off limits so we have to climb up every time we want to come up here. I'm going to have the strongest legs ever after 2 years.
So after I went through security in Utah we met up with 16 other new missionaries and 2 going home. Then in Texas there were more, for a total of 27 in my group! It's starting to dawn on me that 2 years is a long time, but I know I'm supposed to be here. This letter is getting to you fast because the CTM (MTC) sends out all the new missionary addresses in a plane, so after this one they'll take 2 weeks.
Thanks for your support and I love you all.
Love, Elder Jeffrey Todd Johnson