scripture: D&C 100: 5 - 8
favorite hymn of the week (this isn´t a weekly thing - just a this week thing i think): I Believe in Christ
wooooooooowzers. so this week was...just nuts.
alright so i got everything worked out with my protocol. i just went to the international police department and got a paper that says i can travel without that authorized paper. i also had the secretaries send me a copy of my passport that had been certified again. so it is all good. at least until the one year mark. after that, i dunno what i will do. so anyway. i left that night and enjoyed 14 hours of buses. i got to my new area. dad...I GOT THE ADDRESS THE FIRST TIME. i am a quick-learner. so my new address is:
Para 316
Centro
19911 - 700
OURINHOS, SÃO PAULO
so, my new area is ourinhos. meaning "little gold city." it is far from little. my feet are sure of that. and it is not golden. it is so dirty compared to Foz. it is kinda a health hazard. you see, there was or is some big fire close by. so we have ash floating around all day every day. i don´t exactly know what we need to do about that. the house is bigger, but kinda disgusting. like most other mission houses, it has an infestation of ants. but i do have a closet for clothes this time. so there is a plus. um the washing machine broke, so it fails at washing clothes. someone broke one of the water lines, so you have to put the water in to start and at the rinse cycles. but it doesn´t wash clothes very well. this place isn´t as hot as Foz, but it is humid and still very warm. we only have one fan, so that sucks for sleeping. but no big deal. just mission life. but i will probably be here until some time in june. let´s discover why!!! you see, my comp is elder josé marcos da silva. i prefer SILVA. it is easier. anywho. so he is going home May 18th. but odds are, i will be here one more transfer after him. this area is ridiculously confusing. SO MANY STREETS. he has only been here for one month. so he doesn´t know the area very well yet. and i definitely don´t know the area. but anyway. he is FAR from trunky. we have been working our tails off. for example, on P-day, you are supposed to rest and prepare and stuff and then at 6:00 you are supposed to start working. but he marked an appointment at 8:00 this morning and then another one...at 9:00. so much for P-day. but whateverrrr.
we are doing work in this area. we are kinda just white washing. we have a bunch of crap from other elders that we are going through to see what is good and what isn´t. but for the most part, we are starting over. we marked 9 baptisms this last week. one - Márcia - for this sunday. 6 - Eva, Lucianna, Yasmin, Edna, Daiane, and Alander - for next sunday. and two teenagers - Sergio and Fabio - for the week after. the first 7 are pretty strong. Sergio and Fabio...well we will see. they have a good friend that is a member, but she is moving so she won´t be there to help. but we will see. We found most of these people the day that i got here and the day after. Lucianna has had a pretty tough life. she has some money problems, but we have members of the ward that are helping her with some relief. when we went there the first time, she said she recognized me from somewhere and that we got there about 15 minutes after she had prayed to god to let her know that she wasn´t alone and that someone actually loved her. we taught the plan of salvation. and because of you guys, i started crying. you see, i was bearing my testimony about my family and my future family and how i can live with my family forever and i cried. yeah, first time on the mission. but whatever. at least it was because of the spirit and not because of like, home-sickness or some wussy type thing. i am still way manly...
i gotta go. time is up. but thank you all for your support and for your testimonies. i know i don´t always get to write specifically to each and everyone of you. but i love when i get to read about what everyone is up to and what is going on in everyone´s lives. so even if i don´t write back to you specifically, i love reading your emails and i am interested :) so thank you for writing. i hope you all enjoy your week.
love you all so much!! you all are in my prayers constantly :)
tchau!
elder scott ghormley
p.s. mom - when you send that memory card, a little english hymn book would be cool. and um...m&ms (peanut butter, plain)? lol that would be excellent. um but i think i am good. OH! more Anti - Itch cream. i can´t find any cheap kind here. it is all like prescription type. way expensive. but that would be great.
P.P.S i sent grandpa and grandma bruce and jackie a letter. can you tell them?? and is it true that girls can serve missions at 18-years-old now? just wondering! someone in the ward said so.
OK! love you all!! have an awesome week!
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