May 27, 2013

Well hello family!!

 Well what cool things happened this week, well  remember that lady that I talked to that her son died well we passed by there again and taught her about the restoration and how it is really important that we  know what church is true. Well so what happened is that we went by we taught and it was super good we were like there for 2 hours because they had so many questions that they wanted answered so we answered and marked another day we will  pass by. That day and we watched the movie with them together forever and we struck a home run on that movie with them it was so so cool! We invited them to church and what happened they came it was so so cool I loved it! The rest of the week we worked are buts off running behind things of the district like material doing interview for them and then talking to a lot of people I really liked this week it was super awesome this letter wont be so long because there is not a lot of detail in it. Today we went to the center it was super cool I bought a Brazilian basket ball jersey it is super sick I will have to take a picture of it for you guys! We went to a park called Parque Tanguara and it was cool but a lot of the water things like fountains weren’t working but that is ok but it was cool. We went with the zone leaders which is cool because they are super cool we have become really good friends it sounds like all of you guys are doing great that everything is going very well for you guys and that its all cool sorry for the short letter I just don’t have a lot to write about for this week I promise that next week will be a lot better love you guys have a great week!

Love, Elder Gray

May 20, 2013

Hello family

Would you look at that it is pday once again and I have this privilege to send you an email. This week was super cool when Saturday came I did an interview in Campo Comprido of one young lady there and she passed and at the end she was like Elder Gray I want you to baptize me and I said of course if you really want me to! Also on Saturday we decided that we would fast after having a super light lunch, fasted to find new people that are ready to hear are message and God answered! We went to church and there was a couple and we talked to them and it turns out that the brother is a member just less active and his girlfriend isn’t they live in Campo Comprido but because of some things they want to be in the ward caiua. I had the wonderful chance of talking to his girlfriend named Christina and she had a book of Mormon in her hand and I was like I am reading and I was oh wow that is awesome and she said I am in Heleman and I am liking the book a lot and I asked her did you pray about it and she said yes I have and.... she said well I have had a lot of dreams but I want a feeling and I was like alright how are you asking.... she said well I am asking for him to show me and then I said lets try it this way, lets ask him specifically and then lets listen to what we received and she was like that is a great idea and I was like oh ya I know! Then Sunday night we were making our contacts and I saw this lady in her gate and I felt very prompted to go and talk to her and so I did and introduced our selves and shared with her how we teach people how they can have more peace and happiness in this life and then she said well I am needing one of these messages and I was like great!!!! And then I asked what is happening in your life right now that you are needing to feel comfort in your life?? And she was like well its been 4 months since my five year old son died and I am really missing him and I want to know what he is doing (In that moment I just wanted to spill out the last part of the 2nd lesson but I let her finish before I said anything but it was super hard!) and then she went on to saying I hear so many things from other churches and I don’t know what to believe in and then I asked her so what do you believe is happening and she said I believe that he turned into a little angel and is happy! I was like great because right now he is very happy he is sitting in a place right now super happy and hoping that you guys are happy. And he is hoping one day you guys come and live with him again. Then I asked her Lucimar what are you willing to do here in this life to live with your son and your family forever and she told me and elder Stout that she was willing to do anything. I was so happy in that moment to look into her eyes and she this light of hope that I know can turn into a bright beam of light! We talked about the book of Mormon and it turns out she had one that she got from one of her friends that she use to live by and the interesting thing is that she actually was reading parts of the book of Mormon that day and it was so awesome we marked some other parts for her to read and then said to here when you know that these things are true will you follow the example of JESUS CHRIST by being baptized and she said yes I will. In that moment  I invited here, I felt the spirit so strong and I knew that she is going to receive answer and that she will be baptized and then we marked another visit with her for Wednesday! I was super happy what happened it really grew my testimony that Heavenly Father listens to our prayers and loves enough to send the answers for us when we are needing them! OH and yah this week was really interesting I have to resolve a lot of conflicts with elders in my district! Named Elder Hill and Elder Pantoja they just keep arguing and it so annoying so Saturday I had to go there after then interview and put them back on the tracks again to start going that was not that fun like I get super sad at this like elder Pantoja is 25 years old and Elder Hill is 21 or 22 and they are fighting as if they were little girls in elementary school! But in the end all went well and things are going better well things here in Brazil are going good just kickin it like usual and doing my work about the mission getting divided well that is a good question I don’t know what mission I will be in like for me I want to go to the south mission that is where the center of Curitiba is and I want to be able to go there at the end of my mission and buy a lot of things! But we will have to see how this works out but me and elder Stout are doing great. Yah it sounds like that all of you guys are doing great that things are going good for you guys well I love you guys take care!

Love, Elder Gray

May 6, 2013

Well hello family,

Well wow looks like things are going to change in the Gray house hold! I think that would be an awesome idea if the girls moved out and fend for them selves a little bit! I am pretty dang sure that their social life would go up too, looks like Easton is killing it out there on the field. Looks Like mom and dad are doing great and just livin the good life! well this week was interesting so I got a call Wednesday night about like 9 at night and they were like Elder Gray you have been called to be district leader so that was super cool that I am district leader again it will be a good thing because that means that Elder Stout is going to have to start to fend for him self a little bit more when I take care of the district like tomorrow Stout will be here with a different Elder and I will go to another area and he will have to well grow a pair and really get thing done, this week was cool we had a cool things happen we found a catholic family they are good the mom and dad and older sister are like super catholic and doesn’t look like they will change any time soon but there is a girl that is like 15 years of age and she is super good she has read until Moisah in the book of Mormon and we gave her the book this week like she is like loving it and she wants to go to church but her parents wont let her go to church which is super sad. But she is awesome and she gave the book of Mormon to her friend to and they read their Book of Mormons together and they love it that is super cool! I also had a testimony builder this week, so it came Sunday and we went by our investigators houses and none of them were there and we get to church none of ours are there so I said a prayer to my self and asked God look I would love it if some one came today please bless me with that at least. The meeting started and I got a little impatient and was like well that is crap then out of no where this less active guy and his girlfriend (not member) and her sons come walking in and sat down and it was so, so, so cool it is cool because like obviously God hears all of are prayers but he see also if we are patient and I learned that I need to pray and ask God more things and wait patiently to receive the answers that was super cool I really liked that a lot! Then the rest of church I felt the spirit a lot and it was an awesome thing I loved it made everything better and to put the icing on the cake Paulo will be our new WARD MISSION LEADER!!!! So that is really going to help us more in the work that we are going to do here! We are going to take fire to this area really find the good people and put the ward in line and get things back on track how it should be done! Just good things are happening I like that and what next week I got mother’s day!!! Yes that is going to be awesome cant wait till mothers day it will be so much fun to talk to you guys again! Besides all that there is nothing that is really cool. Well today we went to Jardim Botanico here in Curitiba which was super cool I will have to send pics next time I took a lot of pictures! That was fun we went with the zone leaders because they are my friends we got the power 4 hahahaha. Things are getting good! Well Family have a good week take care I love you guys!!

Love, Gray

Elder Gray & Elder Reese