Tuesday, April 23, 2013
April 22, 2013
Hello family!!!
So I will start off by today so we went to the center of the city today it was super cool, I like going there! Mom you would love it, it has a lot of those cool old buildings and the girls would love the outlets that they have here! Its sweet I bought a Nike jacket here you will see that on the bank statement also but it was totally worth it I have been keeping my eye out for this and I haven’t found it until today it is a yellow and green jacket with the Brazil symbol on the front and the on the back it has Brazil in green letters it is super sick it will go really well with my blue soccer jersey that I have! Its funny there a lot of parks in the center of Curitiba that people go and put blankets down and sit there and take naps there is some homeless people there that they build there little huts! It’s kind of funny there are street performers and it’s really cool there I could have stayed there all day!! What week is mother day any way?? I really don’t know how it is going to work out this time we will have to see because if I get transferred I will have to talk to members there in another area and here I think I will go to Paulo’s house and you will be able to see him! But beside that I really like elder Stout we are like the best of friends we are always laughing just having a great time and it super fun! The area is doing alright it is a little tough at times because we invite the people to be baptized and they are like yah I will and then they don’t want to mark for a date! But it’s going alright I think that we will have the baptism of that dad and son this week but they need to get moving the dad is being slow! Sometimes I just want to take there AGENCY away from them and make them get baptized! Because they know its true but there like I don’t know I don’t know and it starts to get a little bit annoying! After awhile but it happens but I know it will work out! Besides that this week has been good we had lessons with members so that was super cool! We are really trying to find more people that are good that want to be baptized and that are ready to follow! But it seems like these people are hiding! Something weird that happened this week is that Saturday I was not happy! Like it felt like I was just empty inside and it was just not my day that day and it made me sad because I am never like that usually I am super happy but Saturday it just went and I wasn’t happy I tried to think of why I was feeling like that and I really couldn’t think of anything that could of made me sad that day! I don’t know but know I am doing great! NO I have not been sick my tooth paste ran out so I went there and I bought enough toothpaste to last me the rest of my mission that is why your were seeing the pharmacy but no I am doing great haven’t ever been better! But that is awesome to hear that all of you guys are doing great that everything is going well and that you guys are being very blessed! Well I love you guys take care!!! Have a good week Dad you be safe alright!!!
So I will start off by today so we went to the center of the city today it was super cool, I like going there! Mom you would love it, it has a lot of those cool old buildings and the girls would love the outlets that they have here! Its sweet I bought a Nike jacket here you will see that on the bank statement also but it was totally worth it I have been keeping my eye out for this and I haven’t found it until today it is a yellow and green jacket with the Brazil symbol on the front and the on the back it has Brazil in green letters it is super sick it will go really well with my blue soccer jersey that I have! Its funny there a lot of parks in the center of Curitiba that people go and put blankets down and sit there and take naps there is some homeless people there that they build there little huts! It’s kind of funny there are street performers and it’s really cool there I could have stayed there all day!! What week is mother day any way?? I really don’t know how it is going to work out this time we will have to see because if I get transferred I will have to talk to members there in another area and here I think I will go to Paulo’s house and you will be able to see him! But beside that I really like elder Stout we are like the best of friends we are always laughing just having a great time and it super fun! The area is doing alright it is a little tough at times because we invite the people to be baptized and they are like yah I will and then they don’t want to mark for a date! But it’s going alright I think that we will have the baptism of that dad and son this week but they need to get moving the dad is being slow! Sometimes I just want to take there AGENCY away from them and make them get baptized! Because they know its true but there like I don’t know I don’t know and it starts to get a little bit annoying! After awhile but it happens but I know it will work out! Besides that this week has been good we had lessons with members so that was super cool! We are really trying to find more people that are good that want to be baptized and that are ready to follow! But it seems like these people are hiding! Something weird that happened this week is that Saturday I was not happy! Like it felt like I was just empty inside and it was just not my day that day and it made me sad because I am never like that usually I am super happy but Saturday it just went and I wasn’t happy I tried to think of why I was feeling like that and I really couldn’t think of anything that could of made me sad that day! I don’t know but know I am doing great! NO I have not been sick my tooth paste ran out so I went there and I bought enough toothpaste to last me the rest of my mission that is why your were seeing the pharmacy but no I am doing great haven’t ever been better! But that is awesome to hear that all of you guys are doing great that everything is going well and that you guys are being very blessed! Well I love you guys take care!!! Have a good week Dad you be safe alright!!!
Love, Elder Gray
Monday, April 15, 2013
April 15, 2013
Hello family!!!
Well from the last time I emailed you guys was like 4 days ago!! Well we had some really cool things happen in those 4 days and it looks like a lot of cool things have happened with you guys to! Well that is awesome about Easton that he scored his first goal on the season that is surprising! I hope that he scores more and that you guys video tape or do something that I can watch his highlights when I get back and you can tell him that I will be totally ready to thump´ on him when I get back! Hahaha Jk love you bro! That is awesome about Gentry going on a date and also had a real spiritual experience this week that is awesome! Well lets get back to me well so after I got done emailing you guys I still had an hour to take a nap so I did! And then we went out to work and what happened we found this guy and his son and we started talking to them and I was like can we share a message and he was like yes! We went started talking some more and I was like alright it is time for the message and so we said a prayer and shared the message of the restored gospel with them and OMG super, super spiritual!! We invited the dad to say the last prayer and he was like me why, and I was like good well 1st off for you to be an example to your son and 2nd off I know that you will feel a ton better after you say this prayer! And so he was alright well teach me how to pray and I was like done so I taught him and he said a prayer and the spirit literally dominated the scene and my comp started crying I got water in the eyes for some reason tears don’t come out any more but we were all kneeled down and he ended the prayer and looked at me with a huge smile and I was like how did you feel and he said I felt great and I said I know that you felt great and I said I know God is super happy and then I showed him through an example we are still knelt down I was like how would you feel if your son was in the united states and never talked to you. He said I would go crazy and really want to know how he is doing and I was like that is the same thing with God we are really, really far away from him and he is sitting there at the phone waiting and waiting for us to pray and talk with him and he was like wow that is so true and I said I know it is true and we marked a date with him and his son for the 28th of April and I know that they will be baptized also they went to church this Sunday and they loved it and they want to go back this week! Then during this week before Wednesday I told elder Stout hey talk to this lady with the baby and he was like alright and we talked to her and she gave us her address and I could not get her name out of my head so one night I was like elder we are going to pass by her house and we went Friday night passed by there and she is 19 has a little girl that is almost one she lives with her grandparents and her mom and we passed by there and her grandparents are super funny they were talking to elder Stout a lot and I told him teach them then I taught the girl one on one all of us in the same room I asked the girl if she wanted to be baptized and she said that she would love to be so we marked it for the 28th also I know that she will be baptized she didn’t go to church this week because her Grandma had a birthday she is like 73 years old if I do remember correctly! So we went over to the house and sung her grandma happy birthday in English it was super fun she is like even Americans come and tell me happy birthday on my birthday so she felt super special. It was really cool and we were talking and we have a plan to bring them all to the temple grounds this Wednesday and to the church on Sunday I hope that everything works out! It will be awesome its super cool to see the blessings of God in our work and it does really help that me and Elder Stout are like the best of friends! Just blessings keep falling from the sky for us and it is wonderful!!! Well Family take care have a good week I love all of you guys!!
Well from the last time I emailed you guys was like 4 days ago!! Well we had some really cool things happen in those 4 days and it looks like a lot of cool things have happened with you guys to! Well that is awesome about Easton that he scored his first goal on the season that is surprising! I hope that he scores more and that you guys video tape or do something that I can watch his highlights when I get back and you can tell him that I will be totally ready to thump´ on him when I get back! Hahaha Jk love you bro! That is awesome about Gentry going on a date and also had a real spiritual experience this week that is awesome! Well lets get back to me well so after I got done emailing you guys I still had an hour to take a nap so I did! And then we went out to work and what happened we found this guy and his son and we started talking to them and I was like can we share a message and he was like yes! We went started talking some more and I was like alright it is time for the message and so we said a prayer and shared the message of the restored gospel with them and OMG super, super spiritual!! We invited the dad to say the last prayer and he was like me why, and I was like good well 1st off for you to be an example to your son and 2nd off I know that you will feel a ton better after you say this prayer! And so he was alright well teach me how to pray and I was like done so I taught him and he said a prayer and the spirit literally dominated the scene and my comp started crying I got water in the eyes for some reason tears don’t come out any more but we were all kneeled down and he ended the prayer and looked at me with a huge smile and I was like how did you feel and he said I felt great and I said I know that you felt great and I said I know God is super happy and then I showed him through an example we are still knelt down I was like how would you feel if your son was in the united states and never talked to you. He said I would go crazy and really want to know how he is doing and I was like that is the same thing with God we are really, really far away from him and he is sitting there at the phone waiting and waiting for us to pray and talk with him and he was like wow that is so true and I said I know it is true and we marked a date with him and his son for the 28th of April and I know that they will be baptized also they went to church this Sunday and they loved it and they want to go back this week! Then during this week before Wednesday I told elder Stout hey talk to this lady with the baby and he was like alright and we talked to her and she gave us her address and I could not get her name out of my head so one night I was like elder we are going to pass by her house and we went Friday night passed by there and she is 19 has a little girl that is almost one she lives with her grandparents and her mom and we passed by there and her grandparents are super funny they were talking to elder Stout a lot and I told him teach them then I taught the girl one on one all of us in the same room I asked the girl if she wanted to be baptized and she said that she would love to be so we marked it for the 28th also I know that she will be baptized she didn’t go to church this week because her Grandma had a birthday she is like 73 years old if I do remember correctly! So we went over to the house and sung her grandma happy birthday in English it was super fun she is like even Americans come and tell me happy birthday on my birthday so she felt super special. It was really cool and we were talking and we have a plan to bring them all to the temple grounds this Wednesday and to the church on Sunday I hope that everything works out! It will be awesome its super cool to see the blessings of God in our work and it does really help that me and Elder Stout are like the best of friends! Just blessings keep falling from the sky for us and it is wonderful!!! Well Family take care have a good week I love all of you guys!!
LOVE, ELDER GRAY
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| Vinicius Cerqurira, Elder Gray, & Companion |
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Vinicius Cerqurira & Elder Gray |
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
April 10, 2013
Hello family
How are you??? Well I am doing
great!! We got out of conference weekend which was so so so good I loved it so
very much! It was awesome!!! Wow I liked how they started a second session with
Jeffery R Holland and he hit it out of the park like he usually does! That was
super cool! We watched it in English it was a lot better from the last one that
was all in Portuguese! Which was not cool! We had to watch the priesthood
session in Portuguese but I will read it when we get the liahona! But it was
super, super good I loved what Thomas S. Monson had to say also! OH Bednar laid
it down and called people to repent!!! That was cool that should help a lot of
people repent of there sins!!! Oh by the way I did get my package!!! Thank you
so much I loved it!! It was funny because when I got that package it was the
same day that I ran out of deodorant! So it came just in time! We have eaten
all the snickers and Beef jerky that was super good! So ya that is crazy about
Jennica with her mission call and Jarrett to that is going to be really, really
cool! One leaves one after another I wish I was there to listen to their farewell
talks because I know that they are going to be great!!! So I just saw the map
of the division of the things and I want to stay in the north part, because if I
do then there is going to be a possibility that I could go back to Paranagua or
Ponta Grossa either one would be super cool with me!! It was cool this week me
and my companion worked are butts off and found some really good people to
teach and we are teaching them and will help them come more unto Christ! Which
will be awesome as of right now looks like we will have a lot of people in
church with us this Sunday! So wow Elder Stout is really starting to talk really
well for 3 weeks here in Brazil the people that are leaving the ctm or mtc in
his case are coming out really trained and better missionaries I wish that my
ctm experience was like that also but I was happy with the ctm!! The members
they are still not really really helping us but it’s alright I guess I will
just have to do the work with Paulo he is a stud and we will baptize everyone! Well
I never asked president why but I thought I don’t need to! Maybe God is
preparing bigger and better things for me to do! Like next transfer president
told us that we will have 4 assistants 4 secretaries and like 24 new ZL all in
time to watch the mission split! It is going to be really interesting to see
how things will go and what mission I will be in and the new president and
everything! But as of right now I am happy with how things are going and
looking forward to the things to come! Hey to remind you mom here pretty soon
we are going to have to start looking at colleges for me and seeing where I can
get in at! Well I love you guys have a great week and take care!!
Love, Gray
Monday, April 1, 2013
April 1, 2013
Hello family!!!
Wow so last week was rushed and I
really didn’t have all the time in the world to write you guys!!! But that is ok because I
will write this week!! So my companion is Elder STOUT he is super, super cool!
I love him to death we go really well together!! Hahahaha he looks like
superman if you really look at him so that is super funny!! Oh yes about Sister
Hess so she will go to BYU in Provo so I gave her our address and the house
phone number I think to tell the truth I don’t even remember it hahaha so I
gave my old cell phone number so Easton might get the call! I told her that she
could call and that my mom would totally take her out to dinner or lunch one
day!! So mom I am leaving that for you to do, and when you do, remember to talk
me up cuz she is super cute! It would be super funny if she read my blog and
read this but oh well it is the truth!! Something sad happened this week so
they released me as a district leader
and I was not to happy about that because I was really enjoying it a lot!!! But
it’s alright why I don’t know but at least I am still training so I can stay
busy!! So with my last companion leaving the ward started to help us, like one
morning one family came to our house with a huge tray of sweets and I was like
what this is messed up because this has never happen before when I was here!!!
Hahaha but the sweets were super good! And yes they celebrate Easter here they
go crazy they sale these huge Easter eggs! It’s cool!! No I still have not
gotten my package yet but it could have came I will probably call the office
tomorrow and ask them if there is anything in there for me!! I really hope it
comes because I am getting low on deodorant!! hahaha but if it doesn’t come I
can live off the Brazilian crappy deodorant till the end of my mission I
guess!! So this week we have shared some really, really awesome lessons even
though my companion doesn’t speak very well and that I have to talk the most
these lessons have been packed full of the spirit there has been something that
is awesome! We walk out of the lesson we look at each other and said at the
same time that was sick! And then we laugh and dance a little bit because it
was so good! This is going to be really fun to train him! Teaching him
Portuguese really taught me that I am really speaking very well and that I am
also forgetting English because he asks me questions like what does that mean I
know what it means in Portuguese but I don’t remember any more what it means in
English so that is super funny!! hahaha you guys are going have to start
filming Easton playing lacrosse so when I get back I want to continue filming
him and then we can make a sick highlight video of him so that he can give to
colleges if he wants to! I really wish that we would have done that with me but
it is to late now to do that! Wow so dad is going to travel to Boston hey when
he is there he could travel up a state and see Colton Ferre and give a cool
care package because here in a little bit he will be coming home!! But that is
it for my week it was cool I really enjoyed it! Have a good week family I love
you guys to death!!
Love, Elder Gray
Love, Elder Gray
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| Elder Gray & Elder Stout Caiua Brazil |
March 25, 2013
HELLO FAMILY!!!
Hey so I got to run so this will be a short email!! So we had transfers and Elder Serrano he left !! What a blessing!!! Hahaha but what happened with elder Gray?? He stays district leader and he will be training at the same time!! Oh how I will love to sleep this one away because during this time I will not receive a lot of sleep which will be alright but it is all for a good cause! So we confirmed Ricardo a member of the church so that was super cool. So we took pictures and it was cool so we were talking to the members and they are sad that Elder Serrano is going away and but in their hearts they are happy! Today I saw Elder Een, Welch, Allen, Morris, Evans, Hawkes, Valdez, Knowles because of transfers in the bargui!!! So new things Allen, Morris, Welch are still DLs and elder Evans became a trainer, Elder Een became a new DL, Elder Valdez and Elder Knowles are zone leaders!! hahaha are group is growing it is super funny how all of us so have what like more 6 months!! BUT HEY I got to run to a meeting I will email you guys more tomorrow!! Love you!!!
Elder Gray
Hey so I got to run so this will be a short email!! So we had transfers and Elder Serrano he left !! What a blessing!!! Hahaha but what happened with elder Gray?? He stays district leader and he will be training at the same time!! Oh how I will love to sleep this one away because during this time I will not receive a lot of sleep which will be alright but it is all for a good cause! So we confirmed Ricardo a member of the church so that was super cool. So we took pictures and it was cool so we were talking to the members and they are sad that Elder Serrano is going away and but in their hearts they are happy! Today I saw Elder Een, Welch, Allen, Morris, Evans, Hawkes, Valdez, Knowles because of transfers in the bargui!!! So new things Allen, Morris, Welch are still DLs and elder Evans became a trainer, Elder Een became a new DL, Elder Valdez and Elder Knowles are zone leaders!! hahaha are group is growing it is super funny how all of us so have what like more 6 months!! BUT HEY I got to run to a meeting I will email you guys more tomorrow!! Love you!!!
Elder Gray
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