Year One, Letter Thirty-one

heyyyy, everyone

alright let´s see

favorite scripture: John 11: 25 - 26 Hymn: I know that My Redeemer Lives

alright so just to respond to a few things

dad i read alma 42. yeah it is amazing. i don´t know how someone could

deny the truth and divinity of the Book of Mormon. one chapter alone

can prove it. the chapter is teeming with spiritual and literal

complexity. but an unlearned 14-year-old kid just decided to create it

one day? come on.

um my interview was good. president leal said that my language is

"extraordinário" and that i am a great missionary. apparently he

really trusts me? don´t know how cuz i didn´t know that he knew me so

well. he told me that ourinhos is almost the size of all of foz do

iguaçu. foz had 14 missionaries in the city. ourinhos has 2. he said

that the Lord would only put me there because i am capable of handling

it. so that was cool.

i will not be able to watch all of conference. i think we have to work

on saturday. and i will not be able to watch in english. i have to

call president to authorize it. ourinhos only has it in portuguese and

i would have to go to marília to watch in english. so i am praying

that he will let me. that would be so dumb if i couldn´t. elder

richard scott said that we need to watch conference in our native

language. so i might pull that quote out on him if i need to.

that golf trip sounds amazing. congrats on the 74. it might make it a

little tough to beat you if you keep playing like that. and i wanna

play pebble beach. i don´t know what to think about tiger. if he wins,

everyone will love him again. he is still the most exciting player in

the game, regardless of what he does in his personal life. so that is

that. and let´s see if the suns can make something in their run in the

playoffs this year. are the cavs just destroying everyone with the

lebron and shaq combo?

blake´s car? any news? that sucks that everything was trashed. i hope

that he can find a way to replace everything.

um lauren...that scripture is pretty bomb. i may or may not have used

that as a favorite scripture. i am not sure. but yeah. it is way cool.

ummmmmmmmmm what else is new?? just working my butt off. OH! i got the

package that you sent. with the FIVE itch creams? lol that should keep

me covered for a while. and the oreos :) and the other candy. yeah. i

was happy. lol and i should be getting fat again.

ummmm that is cool that jessica got baptized. bummer about her

parents. that is so annoying when parents do that. they can´t just let

their kid be happy? is it really that difficult? way annoying. but she

will stay strong as long as she has a support system. so blake can

play a big part in that.

um not much to report here. we might have a few baptisms soonish. a

family (mom and 3 kids) and a few others. eva is way strong. she is

the assistant in the young women´s. she is asking me about patriarchal

blessings because she wants one. she is way cool. just keep praying. i

will let you know about any progression. love you guys lots! thanks

for everything you all do for me. enjoy conference!!!!!!

tchau!

elder scott ghormley