She Made IT!

From what we hear Ariana made it to Brazil safe. We haven't heard from her but my parent's recieved an email from the Mission President and his wife. The letter is written below. We are excited to hear from her!! I still think it is so crazy that she is that far away from home and her great friend is there with her. That has to make such an unfamiliar place seem a little better.

Sister Stephanie Ririe left side in white, Sister Ariana Salisbury in the middle of the 3 sisters on the right.

Dear Parents,

We are happy to send the good news that your missionary has arrived safely at the Brazil MTC. What a great joy and privilege it is to greet each missionary as they come through the front door of the MTC for the first time. We promise to take good care of your missionary.

They now have companions and are settled into their rooms. They are assigned to a district with capable and caring instructors for language and lesson study. The branch presidents and their wives, will soon give them a second greeting. These couples are rewarded in their callings through the love they always develop as they embrace and watch over the missionaries.

The MTC has a full time live-in physician to care for their health needs. He is assisted by his able wife. We are also happy to report that the Cafeteria food is abundant and very good.

Your missionary will be able to e-mail home on Preparation Day after a morning at the Temple. This will be either Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on individual assignments.

Your very important young person is about to make an eternal difference in the lives of others. We hope you will be encouraged and comforted by this quote by President Lorenzo Snow: “There is no mortal man that is so much interested in the success of an elder [sister] when he is preaching the gospel as the Lord that sent him to preach to the people who are the Lord’s children.”

Please accept our love,

President Donald L Clark and Sister Zaza Clark

ADDITIONAL information . . .

DO not send packages to the Brazil Missionary Training Center. All packages must be sent directly to the mission where your missionary will be serving not the MTC. If you have already mailed a package to the Brazil MTC and it arrives after your missionary has left for the field, please understand that the package can not be forwarded to his or her mission and will be returned to you. The only other option is for us to open the package and forward the letters and photographs, giving the rest of the content of the package to the missionaries that are here.

WE Strongly eNCOURAGE sENDING HAND WRITTEN LETTERS. Please write your missionary´s first and last name. Your missionary will provide you with his district and box number. Also, please DO NOT SEND ANYTHING BY FEDEX, DHL, UPS, or other private carriers. The cost to get this type of correspondence is exorbitant.

And She's Off

Ariana's visa came in and she is on her way to Brazil today!!!

A Few Pictures

Final moments on a CELL PHONE! Oh, no what is she going to do now!

Ariana flew from Pasco into Salt Lake where she was picked up by our Aunt Launa.

Standing by the famous MTC sign.

The BraSil flag will soon be the one she sees a lot of.

No I didn't spell Brazil wrong Chad frequently corrects me that it is an S not a Z to Brazilians!

Another picture with the Brazilian flag.

Our beautiful Aunt Launa who picked Ariana up and dropped her off at the MTC.

These days you say goodbye at the door instead of inside so here is her farewell!

It's official, she's IN!

Hopefully 18 months goes by really fast for those of us at home:)

Ariana was supposed to fly straight to the Brasil CTM but her visa didn't come in so she went to Provo. A couple days later her visa came in and she will be flying to Brasil on Tuesday I believe. She will even be on the same flight as her good friend Stephanie Ririe!

Como Vai?

Oi! Como vai? Tudo bem!

I said hello! how's it go? Everything's well! I got everyone's letter, i even got a letter from the Taylor's and a package of cookies from Karl and Kathi. THat was nice of them :) Well it took me awhile to figure out how to log on to this computer so i only have 19 minutes left. um i still haven't got all my plans about the shuttle so im not sure when i'll be at the airport. And yeah i think they deliver the mail every day, but i can only write on p-days. Since im going to Brazil now, i'll have to figure out a whole new schedule so im not sure when my p-day will be. And as far as my checks, i have no idea where they are, but i used up my last check in my book, but i have a box of checks somewhere, but i have no idea where they are. What do you need it for? And yeah you can put my little blankets and pillows away, i forgot about those. Well everything is going good like i said, i stay really busy and im starting to get the language...i think. That's awesome that me and stephanie will be on the same flight! two of my teachers served in her mission and they said it's amazing. I also talked to another teacher last night that served in my mission and he said i'll have A TON of baptisms.He said when he was there they average i think like 35 baptisms a week. and they got about 150 in a month..so it's gonna be crazy. Well i gotta go, im doing my laundry right now and my times almost up.

Joey!

Tudo bom?! that means, is everything good? Well the language is coming pretty good, it's not as hard as i think it would be. But thanks bud, hope everythings going good in school. How's the marimba band going? are you liking it? Well i gotta go joe, be good!

Love, sister salisbury

Eu gostaria de prestar meu testemunho, eu sei que Jesus Cristo morreu por e e(with an accent on top) nosso salvador. Eu sei que Deus me ama e poder de oracao e verdadeiro. Digo estas coizas, em nome de Jesus Cristo, amem.

Love, sister salisbury

Hi everyone else! Sorry im out of time, i'll write as soon as i can. :)

Going to Try

So I talked with Ariana before she left about maybe doing a blog of all her letters and pictures I can get ahold of. She was okay with that so I am going to try it out. I will try to keep this up to date. I am sure she would love letters so if you have any question as to how to get them to her just leave a comment and I will try to help you out:).

-JANDE