Email 02/26/18

Thank you for letting me know (about his Christmas package). I was wondering why it hadn´t arrived yet, considering I have already received the package full of letters. Thank you for sending it. I like the messages from the members and the several letters from Jemma and Julia.

I am doing great actually. We had a good week and we taught some new people. We intend to visit them later this week. We had a lesson last night in a member's house with a woman who was born into the catholic church. We had a fun time teaching her the Plan of Salvation. We met a less active member this last week that attended sacrament meeting. I am grateful for the help we have received from the Lord. Our mission went from having three baptisms to having eleven.

Happy Birthday Jaylen. 🎂 Besides the snow storms, it looks like you had a good week. I liked the photos. Jemma looks happy. I liked the one of the Down Stairs Bathroom. It looks great. Thank you for the jokes. The spiritual thought was good. 🤓  I am sorry to hear that Heather´s father has died.😢 Thank you for letting me know.

Two of the pictures are from an ice cream place we visited on P-day. I bought Subway before and ate it there. The rest are from when we were stranded half-way home from Cuiabá city center. 🚌The Buses tire went flat. and we had to wait for while for another bus, but Elder Luiz Claudio called a member and he helped us out.🚗 The Guitar is a monument of the fact that Cuiabá is a three hundred year old city. 💯💯💯 The Flowers are just some flowers nearby where we were waiting. Thanks for asking. 😎 tchau.

Email 02/19/18

I am doing better. The physical therapy is working. I happen to be doing it at the same time as a Sister in the mission. She just so happens to be the same Brazilian Sister from my group when I arrived here. She and her companion are in the photos of McDonald's. Their names are Lobos and Francia. Sister Francia is Filipino and she speaks English.

My week was good. It was about as good as any other week here, but we did have progress with one of our investigators. She finally came to sacrament meeting. Now the only problem is persuading the rest of her family to do so. I did meet someone in the ward who told me that he was the first member of the Church that was baptized and confirmed a member here in Matto Grosso. His name is Luiz Papa de Arruda and was confirmed when you were five years old (1981).

Carnival was pretty good. We spent the evening with an investigator and watched Carnival on her television with her. My companion was happy to see his home town of Recife on the television.

I had forgotten about Valentines Day. Sounds like a good week. I like the picture of Jemma. The Grandfather Clock looks nice. 'Well-Adjusted Kids' what a good massage. Thank you for the jokes. Elder Luiz Claudio wants me to 'Mandar Braços' for you (it is a friendly gesture that implies: send hugs to them.) Thank you for the message from President Oaks. I am glad Jostan is💏 dating. Have a good week. 😎

Email 02/12/18

I am doing alright. I will probably spend Carnaval with members or investigators. Things are slow in reference to my investigators, and my companion is getting a little frustrated with how slow it is. If you look at the numbers that we have in the weekly mission newspaper (journal), it has numbers for the mission. Yes I like it better than Caceres, and the members here are great. The fact that we are at the outskirts of the city makes the bus situation fun whenever we have to travel downtown. It usually takes at least around an hour and a half to make it downtown, when ever we have to go; for the cause of having to wait for the bus and ride in it all the way there. I will be continuing to go downtown for physical therapy every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the next few weeks.

Sounds like you had a good week. I like that things are going well up there. Thank you for the jokes. They´re pretty good. Thank you for the thought. I happened to finally send the blood exam to you. I put it in Drive in the Jan 28th file. I have some other photos in drive from last week not too much exciting happened.  We have been having a lot of rain lately. 🌧😁

Email 02/05/18

I am doing great, actually. I have been feeling pretty good. It is going somewhat well with my investigators. We visited many of them this last week, we have various. I am happy with this. These circumstances are much better here than in Cáceres. We are teaching several families. We have been lately having problems with getting even a few of them to go to Sacrament meeting. At least they are still receiving our preaching. I am not as yet a senior companion, and probably never will be, here on my mission. The Lord has purposes for me that are being better fulfilled whilst I stay a junior. Don´t worry I will be fine. I kind of like being a junior. The life of the leaders is very strenuous, at least here.

I heard about him (new mission president coming in July). My companion told me he is the same person who signed his papers for him to go on his mission. Thank you for writing his name. I am happy that President Oliviera is being permitted to return to his home. He has been in the mission field for much time. He definitely needs a break from this stuff.

I had a doctor appointment this last week. I found out that my spine is a bit off and this is the reason why I have some back pain. I will be taking some physical therapy this next Wednesday and on several other occasions during my time here in Industriario.

Wait, that Python in the photo is in our house? Awesome."Jory for short" that's funny. Kaitlyn (Jostan's girlfriend), got it. That first joke is excellent. Oh, 😆😂 your jokes are getting better. Thank you for the thought. and the jokes.

Oh, did you here about the rain that hit all of Brazil this last week? It rained in all of Brazil everywhere all at once. Elder Luiz Claudio and I had to stay in a members house for a while to hold it out. 🌧☔ Much flooding of the roads and various other places. 🌈 Thank you for the email.