March 18, 2013

Hello gray family and others that read!!!

Well this week we had a great blessing so Ricardo was baptized!! But who baptized him was our zone leader I was not very happy about that but he choose our zone leader to baptize him so I can’t complain it is just good that he got baptized!! It was hard work to get it because he has a really strict work schedule to follow and he only has little windows to work with us but in the end it was good and done! And no they don’t have ST, Patrick’s day here. Well let’s talk about this week!! I really am getting sick and tired of my companion like I really hope that I get transferred I don’t want to stay here in this area anymore, I don’t want to be with him anymore! Like it is really starting to get really old with him because everything has to be about him! And I am giving up on trying to help him out like it is ridiculous I really do feel really bad for his mom and his wife in the future because they will suffer. so we found this dude that owns a skate shop and I was like I have never been in a Brazilian skate shop so lets see what is in here I went in and I started looking around and I saw a rip stick and I was like does anyone ride this here and they were like the manager, and I was like I want to see and so they got the manager and we got talking and I was like I would like to see you ride that and he was alright but he can get on top and ride it  holding on to stuff and I was like wow that is cool man and he was like you try it and I was like no, no I am fine (thinking in my head oh I got this so easy!!) but he kept on insisting that I get on and try it and I was like alright so I get on I started to ride it like it was nothing and they were shocked and named me the king!!! hahaha it was super funny we got talking about our church and they said stuff about their churches then I was like dude we got to go and the manager ( Giovan his name) was like dude what size of shoe do you wear and I told him and he comes walking out and was look dude I want you to have these shoes! and I was like no I am alright I don’t have money to buy and I would not be able to wear them here and he was like look they were used once, but they looked brand new, he was like I cant resale the shoe if it was used even once so he was like here take it and I was like are you sure and he was like 100% and I was like alright man so I got new skater shoes here hahaha they are like a maroon color like Lone Peak! so that was cool and I offered them to come and learn English with us on Saturday and they were like ya sweet so we marked in front of the store and then we would all go to the church! so we marked to meet at 8:20 in front of the store and I told my companion look dude at 8:10 we are going to leave the house you know what happened, my companion was so late that we got there at 8:45 and my comp said dude where are they at and I was like they are probably at their house because we didn’t come here on time and I don’t blame them and he was like why is it my problem and I was like yes it is! and then he started to go off on me in the street and people started looking at us and I was like dude this is super not cool that this is happening right now dude like lets go to our house and there we can talk! and he was like no we are talking here so I was like do you want to talk and I told him everything that I was sick and tired of him doing and where he is wrong and I even told him, go home don’t stay here another transfer and do this stuff I really hope that you end with honor! but he got mad and I saw that he put his hand into a fist and I was like o crap we might go to a fist fight here in the street and that is going to be super embarrassing and so I started walking to the house and when I got passed him I put my ring in my pocket just in case he was going to throw a punch! he started calling me a girl and I was like dude that is not cool like lets go and do our studies now since they didn’t come lets go please and he was like no we are going to stay here and I was like alright dude well I am going if you don’t come it will be your problem and he started to follow me and I was walking home and he is still yelling at me and we get into the house and I put my stuff down and he is still spouting off and I looked at him and I was like sorry! he went off don’t tell me sorry and more stuff and I was like dude we are men and we are acting like children here so we can stop being children or we can be men and have a nice conversation or we can end in a fist fight then we can walk away hating one another for the rest of are lives and I was like you pick because I am fine with whatever! Then he stopped and I was like alright let’s talk and we started talking but it didn’t go anywhere because his head is made of steel and nothing works! But ya that was wonderful! So earlier today we went and played basketball with the zone and I really liked it! I was always against my comp which was great because I know how he plays and I know that he is a straight up right hander so I used that to his weakness! I stuffed him like three times and took the ball away from him 4 times! There was one time that he went up to shoot and was like nope I jumped and palmed the ball and threw it the ground and who went also to the ground was him! Hahaha then he got up all pissed off because he got rejected so badly and then he started to play dirty ball and I was like alright its time to end and everyone was just hating on him because he was doing so much crap and saying things! Like I need to be transferred and I can’t take it anymore with him! But a good thing is that we have a lot of good people now that we can work with and help and so that is awesome! But I hope all of you had a good week! I love you guys!

Love,

Elder Gray

March 11, 2013

Hello family!!!

HAHaha  I am so happy that Jarrett got his mission call to go to Japan he will do so well there I know that he will! Japan that is sick I was really hoping for Brazil so that I could come back down here for the world cup and give him a care package!!! Ahahahah so, so happy! It is a little bummer that he will leave before I even get home! It will be like 4 years before I will see him for real! That will hurt a little bit but it’s alright God needs him as soon as possible and who am I to stop that from happening!! So this week was a little hard one I had use my card a lot this week one to repair my pants and to buy food! It is ridiculous I have to use the bus so much here to go to the other areas and do interviews and splits with them!! So this week I only worked 3 days in my area! All the rest of the days I was with other elders of my district evaluating there work ethic and other things! That was a little tough I got super tired! Because I didn’t sleep well in their houses because it was not my bed and I had to buy food for myself because these elders don’t have any food in their fridges! But ya it was a real interesting week! It was nice to take a vacation away from my companion! It is funny because Paulo ( he added me on Facebook he said so make sure you accept!) said to Elder Serrano that he missed me that its not the same without me! But I am back now and it was good because he spent all Saturday and Sunday with us! He is a stud he wants to take us to a Tucanos type restaurant!! So we will see when we go I will take a lot of pictures! Hahaha so Ricardo the dude that brought his daughter to church we are going to have a family night tomorrow with him in his house!! I am 100% sure that he is going to be baptized this week! He is awesome! He is super cool! We just got to teach the commandments! Which he doesn’t have a problem with and then get the interview and its set he will be baptized!! This week in the district meeting it went actually pretty well I taught about the revelation through prayer and how it can help us and the people that we teach! They really seemed to have liked it! About the feel the spirit activity that would be a really good zone activity I think that I will save that one for when I am a zone leader! Talking about being a zone leader I had to divide with the zone leaders this week and it was really good! Elder Arriola one of my zone leaders he was talking to me and I think he was sweet talking me a little bit telling me how he thought I had already been a DL and that when he found out it was my first time he was shocked but he gave me a tie and wrote on the back and it said hey when you are a ZL I want you to wear this tie to the Zone leader meeting with President! I think that he will give a good report for me that could help me become a ZL which would be pretty cool! But that is it for this week I hope that everything goes ok with you guys have a great week!!

Love, Elder Gray

March 4, 2013

Well hello family!!

Well so this week were do I start off????? Well it was a super interesting week! By interesting I mean a lot of up and down moments! I was like to tell the up moments first so here we go! Well we went to church this Sunday and this guy walks in and sits down with his daughter and a member comes up to me and was like his little daughter is baptized and he is not go and talk to him and I was like deal! So I ran over there and sat on his side and introduced my self and I was like are you guys members (playing like I didn’t know anything) and he was like my daughter was baptized and I was like that is great! and I look at him and he was like I also want to be a member and I was like really that is awesome what do you think about for the 17th of March and he was like ya I guess so and I was like sick! Hahah that was an awesome experience! Another up thing was that my district this week really got better and shaped up and got done what they needed to get done which is actually a really good thing! In our district meeting I will tell them all congratulations and they are a really good district! That group of people in front of the temple is my district! Hahaha love them!! And that elder that I have over my head is Elder Valdez! He is not my companion but he is in the same group as me and he is one of my friends he will be on the plane ride home with me! Hahaha no I haven’t gotten your package yet! But I bet here in a little bit I will receive it! Because every week we get letters here so when it gets here I will get it! Alright for some down moments on the roller coaster this week! Well me and my companion almost got into a fist fight! That day was horrible! He was just like mocking me all day and when we go and teach he is not friendly with the people and then he decided to bump into me and that threw it through the roof for me and he came back to bump into me and I pushed and I was like dude stop it and then he was like what you going to do about it and I was like just stop bro your really pissing me off! But because he is a little cocky idiot he kept going so I took my ring off and put into my pocket and when he came back over to do something stupid with me I decked him in the arm and I told him next time it will be in your face! And he just wanted it but lucky a member came (Paulo like the only member that helps) and was like elders get in and so we got in and he knew that me and Elder Serrano weren’t to happy with each other then we all talked and it got better! But I am really starting to get sick with my companion because like the world has to move around him and it is super annoying oh well I could have 3 more weeks with him or 8 more weeks with him we will have to see! Besides all of that I am doing well! I am working hard and God is blessing me with it! That is so cool about Jarrett I really hope that he comes here for his mission! Like same mission that would be sick I would love that! If he came here then I could train him and that would be wickedly sick and I would love to totally do that! Easton bought a lacrosse stick?}? That is cool because he is going to have to practice because when I come back we are so totally going to play against each other! I think that I might have gotten faster here on the mission or maybe it’s been so long since I have been able to play something that I have forgotten what fast is! Hahah who knows! Well I hope you guys have a good week and that everything goes well for you guys! Love you!!

Love, Elder Gray