June 25 2012

Well hello family

Well unfortunately I don’t have much time because we were in a different area climbing a mountain that was pretty fun! Haha took some sick pictures but this area Is good its like in the middle, it has rich parts and its poor parts but good I think this next week we will have 2 baptisms but besides that I am doing good and all that I am sorry that this message is not very long I love you guys have a good week!!

June 18 2012

Hello my big family!!

So it sounds like a lot has happened this past week for you guys! And a lot happened for me too! Well I don’t know where to start! First mom I am sorry you didn’t like the letter last week but it was all the time I had so I am sorry! Well so I got transferred! It was really hard to leave the area that I was in I loved it so much there! I cried when I was leaving! OH to let you know I will be very missed in that area I even got kissed on the cheek by 4 men! Hahaha it really threw me off I was like what, but I just went with it because it is there culture here! And I was told by many people that I could return to Brazil any time I want and I will always have food to eat and place to sleep and so it looks like I will make plans to come back for the world cup! So I am in my new area named Samambaia its in Parnagua it is really close to the beach! And it is freakin hot here! But it is really cool it is like a little bit like Hawaii but has a lot of roads of sand! My companions name is Elder Reynoso he is from Argentina he is a little elder I got like almost a whole head on him! Hahahaha he is funny but strict at the same time! he is learning Portuguese so sometimes when we are talking to people they don’t understand him and they look to me and I say the same thing and they don’t understand at all that so it is pretty funny! He has been out about 1 year and like 4 or 5 months! So let me tell you about my apartment! Is freakin awesome it is not really big but has a lot of privacy and is really nice actually! Hahaha but not going to lie I was a little homesick when I got here because I don’t know anything about this area or who is members or who’s is not! So it was a little tough! Like it is hard to know where we are at all the times so ya! I had to get use to the heat here like holy crap it is hot! like in my last area it was cold and rained a lot the last part that I was there and I get here and it is sunny with no rain and really humid so the mesh garments ya I am totally using them hahaha! Besides all of this I am good! Ya so I got the package and I loved it! Funny story the jump rope broke! Hahaha I was using it and all of the sudden the handle is in my hand and the cord hits me in the back! Hahah but ya I loved it! The ties were alright not the prettiest but there are good! Well I hope that gentry bought me something cool from her shopping spree! But like a laptop well that is really cool! Sounds like everyone else is doing well so that is really good! Oh tell Jarrett that I wrote him a letter and in the letter it has one for Jarrett and one for Tonya because she said that she is winning me on letters so I decided I would write her a letter! Well that is about it for this week no a lot has happened! Oh and no I didn’t get that the last baptism in she wasn’t prepared!! :( But I will have some baptism here I think in the near future! Well I love you guys very much and I want you guys to know that you are the world for me! Well I hope this letter is better mom! Love you guys!

Love, Elder Gray

June 4 2012

Hello my family!

Well that was a really short email! Well that is cool that all you guys had fun at the family reunion and all! I wish I was able to go I love boating and all that stuff and plus I have never been to Lake Powell!!!! But oh well we will see what will happen when I get back off my mission! Well what to say about this week because I wrote to you guys like Wednesday of last week! Well not a lot has happened! I hope that we will have a baptism this week! Her name is Joyce! She is super cool she is like family with one of family’s in our ward! If every thing goes as planed she will be baptized Saturday! So to tell you how the weather is here well it started last night and has been raining all day none stop which is fine but we still have to work after 6 in afternoon! But yah cool thing so I think that this was my last fast Sunday here in this ward so I walked up there to bear my testimony, well it was more of testimony of gratitude for all the people in the ward and all the things they have done for me and the other elders! Well I made some people cry and others really sad! But that totally wasn’t my purpose to do that! But it was good! Oh so if you see that I bought things on my credit card it was for my shoes and new umbrella because my other umbrella broke because of the wind and rain! Well it has only been 4 days since I emailed you guys and that is about it oh I made a division with Elder Finato again I love making divisions with him it is so fun because we talk and all that! Something that was really funny we were walking in Centro where there is a ton of stores and food things there and we were walking the street and he says to me in English with this Brazilian accent ``dude did you see that`` I said what?? He said dude did you see that! I was like see what dude? He said to me that really hot girl! I was like what! And he was like I can’t believe you didn’t see that hot girl she was so hot! I was like ok just dying laughing! Because he doesn’t speak a ton of English and I was like how did he come up with this sentence! Hahaha like it was soo funny! But yah that is about it for this week! I LOVE you guys so much! Take care you guys have a good week!

Love Elder Gray