January 28, 2013

Well Hello Family!

Can you believe it another week went by! How fast did it go! I feel like it is starting to get faster and faster! Here in a little bit I will be home, home sweet home! Well let’s start off this week talking about the mission tour! OMG well it was expected to have Elder Oaks come and talk to us but because of medical problems he could not come! But President Christen I think he is the president of the 70 was there and President Costa the South America area president also part of the 70 and then had Bishop Stevenson that was there! So we had to wake up 4 in the morning to get on a bus and go to Curitiba that is 2 hours away but our bus driver needs to learn how to drive! He made the trip to be 3 hours long! But oh well! During this time I had the chance to talk with Elder Een! Well so we got to Curitiba and it was super cool! And we were the last ones to get there also which was superly not cool! But all of them gave there opening talks and it was good! and then they turned it over to us to ask them questions and I was like great, what question will I ask, so I thought about it and thought even more then I was like I got it! I am going to ask how we can get the bishops excited about missionary work because I have tried everything here to help the bishop and the ward to get excited! Well a lot of missionaries asked some stupid questions, that the 70s just ended up burning them to a pole about these things! And this whole time I am praying that he will call on me and I have my hand up in the air wanting him to call on me! But in the end he didn’t! And I was like that is such a rip off! And I wasn’t to happy because I felt like my question could of helped a lot of missionaries! But oh well! Then when they got done they told everyone that they could come up and shake their hands super quickly! That was a cool experience I really enjoyed that because they just have a super good presence about them! Then when they were leaving they said that if we didn’t answer your question here then heavenly father will! And I was like deal because an answer from God is better! Well after that we came back to our areas! And we had a division with Elder black and elder Souza I went with Elder Black to do interviews for these to young men that were baptized this Sunday! Yayayayaya baptism!! Love it! Well when we left the interviews! I was like I need to call the bishop because the young men their cousin can be baptized also! So I called bishop I told him what’s up and in the end he was like elder we need to mark a meeting with you and the ward missionary leader and he said that I looked to the heavens and I was like yes! Answer responded from God! BOOYAH! Love it so I said yes bishop as soon as possible will be better! And the meeting is marked for this week and I was like yes yes yes! About the baptism it was two brothers they are super cool! The boys bought clothes to be baptized in last week! Well they were baptized it was the first time that Elder Monteiro went into the water to baptism some one it was super cool! Now we just have to find some more people to teach and help them be baptized too! But that is super cool!

So funny story I was wearing my gray pants this week and me and my companion were doing companion study and he said to me Elder Gray do you know that you have two holes in your pants so I look down and what do you know I had two big holes in my pants on the inside part of my legs! Then I looked closer to what pants I was wearing and it was one of my suit pants and I was like crap! So they are beyond repair! I was thinking could I buy me a new suit down here?? I saw some in this store in the center of the city that is a suit shop and they priced there’s at like 270 reais being the most expensive and that comes out to be, 135 dollars! I would like to know what you like me to do! And no I still haven’t received the package that you sent me! :( I really hope that I receive that package soon! Can you track it in Brazil?? Well that is about it for this week! I love you guys take care! Have a great week!

Love, Elder Gray