Year One, Letter Thirty

yo what up everyone

alright favorite scripture D&C 6: 29 - 34

um alright well i got lots of news from you guys today

blake got his car stolen?? that blows so bad. dude, i am sorry. if i
see anyone rolling around in a black honda civic with an arizona
license plate i will be sure to stop them. but for real...any news
yet? or is it just done? cuz that sucks way hard. just stay calm.
should you find the person who stole it, remember...WWJD!! well...i
don´t know what he would do. just don´t kill anyone. that would be bad
from an ETERNAL perspective blake...love ya man :)

um mom and dad...why are you always SO ridiculously busy?? i mean you
guys are always doing projects. and then you go to work to escape the
physical labor?? noooossssssa. that means "wow" just in case you were
wondering. um so congratulations on being amazing? superhero status?
oh and it has been raining here too. imagine that. who was surprised??

OH GOOD NEWS!!!!! i received a package and some letters on March
22nd!!! guess which package...the one with the testimony gloves and
candied pretzels from christmas. mom remember when you sent that? if
you said December 16, you would be correct!!!! just 3 months to
receive it is all. i dunno when i will receive other things. MOM i
will NEVER need chapstick again. ever. lol.

um dad i have an interview with president leal on friday. i have to go
to marília to interview with him. my companion said that only i will
be going. i think he is wrong. i am pretty sure my whole zone will be
going. so that is when i will know all your questions. but no, i won´t
be a trainer anytime soon...i hope. lol senior companion maybe in may
when elder da silva goes home. but trainer? i doubt it.

i heard from hyrum today. he seems to be doing great in australia. he
sent me a package, too. i receieved it when i got yours! lol i didn´t
even know. please say thank you to sister allen, too. i sent hyrum an
email. can i get jackson´s email?? i think you already gave it to me.
could you find it in one of your older emails?? because i can´t find
it.

my toes and butt are alright. my right toe is still ingrown...but on
the other side of the nail now?? i don´t even know what that is about.
i need to have a talk with my feet. maybe they can tell me what i am
doing wrong? my shoes are still...in one piece to say the least. i
have already told myself that 2 pairs of shoes will last my entire
mission. so that is that.

no i have not received grandma´s card yet.

morgan, i hope that everything is going spectacularly with the baby.
it is actually moving and such?? talk about WEIRD. i loved stuart´s
email. hahaha " i even called Skyler and talked for like 15 minutes
about how bellybuttons move." i was laughing so hard in the lan house.
people probably just thought that i was that crazy american guy that
they see walking around the city. your life really isn´t boring you
know. i mean...you are pregnant. how...crazy is that. and odd from the
perspective of your little brother who just realized that he really
isn´t that young afterall.

dad and mom...enjoy the vacation and the golf. i will be jealous, as
always. lol.

lauren it is good to know you are keeping busy at work and learning
quickly. i mean you blew me away there with some technical terms. and
i am glad to see your testimony is growing :)

ummm as for the work?? stagnant. we teach and teach and teach and no
one goes to church. one of our best investigators that was progressing
incredibly was dropped. we went to her house and her mom came out
yelling to never come back, to take our "stupid book" with us, and
that she would not allow her daughter to participate with this church.
that is awesome huh? we are teaching a lady named Maria and she is
pretty firm. she wants to be baptized, but she needs to go to church.
so we are waiting. we are also waiting on Lucianna to go to church.
and everyone else. i don´t know. maybe my job here is just to plant
the seeds. maybe i won´t be here to watch them grow?? we are working
hard. so i can only assume that the reason nothing is changing is
because the people are just being prepared for other missionaries. but
we will keep doing work. maybe the results are just a few days away?
just have faith i guess. keep doing our part and helping people build
a relationship with christ. most people that are baptized go through 7
sets of missionaries beforehand. so i guess i will just keep that in
mind.

well i love all of you. i miss you all a bunch. i hope everything is
going well at home. i better get going. my companion is getting his
panties in a twist. he might start causing a scene if i don´t leave
now...i mean it has been an hour and 3 minutes. what in the world
would happen if i stayed a little longer?!?!?!

i love you all. till next week. tchau!

elder scott ghormley