I am an uncle!!!!!!!! And yes, i know that you all received new
titles, as well. soooo congratulations to you guys, too. BUT I AM AN
UNCLE!!! i feel pretty left out right about now. butttt
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!! jackson scott...9 lbs and 13 oz!! how
tight. sorry big guy, but i was still bigger (you can show him this
email when he learns to read). but that is great that morgan still
loves her first child. i mean it might have hurt a tid bit, but it was
worth it, right? lol but seriously...congrats. i am so happy that he
came early. now moe doesn´t have suffer so much :) i loved the
pictures. every one seems to have these really surprised faces like,
"hey...so you are the reason that morgan has been hurting so much
lately." i am way happy for you guys. it is gunna be pretty exciting
to be PARENTS!!!! and more exciting to be an uncle. because i won´t be
changing the diapers ;)
soooo um we got some more good news for this week. Jonathan "Light"
went to church again this last sunday and we brought one of his
friends, Alex. butttt even though they are liking everything, one of
their friends is definitely getting in the way. Leandro (who we were
teaching, as well) was causing some problems and saying that Jonathan
shouldn´t be baptized. definitely annoying. so we are just focusing on
getting him to read the book of mormon and pray so that he doesn´t
need to have any doubts. there is a lot of work ahead, but we
are...working on it.
we are also getting Roberto prepared for baptism. it could be this
saturday, but it isn´t for sure. it might delay a little more. we will
see. Hélio and Nalva are great. Hélio has to travel a lot for work
though. and now he stays outside the city for like 5 days straight.
and then comes back for only one day. so it is tough. they gotta get
married, too :(
ummmm we are also teaching a girl and her cousin. their names are
Graziele and Barbara. they went to church and loved it. but then some
lady from another branch starting asking a bunch of questions about
where they live and was like, "Hey, you live in our branch boundaries,
so you have to come with me right now to the other church." So
Graziele and Barbara got all upset because they already liked all the
girls in young women and relief society and they were really friendly,
so they didn´t wanna leave. they live right on our boundary lines as
missionaries, so it doesn´t matter about the branch boundaries to us.
we just wanna help them follow the gospel, but everyone else just
freaks out about location and numbers in their chapels and stuff. they
need to worry about helping these two girls like the church and
understand it. but no. they just complain. way stupid. but they are
way cool.
we also have this lady in our ward named Roberta. she is SO tight. she
took us to visit two of her aunts and one of her nieces yesterday and
they all wanna be baptized, they just have to make some changes in
their lives. it was crazy though, because roberta said that these
family members have had so many opportunities and the missionaries
have already tried to teach, but her family didn´t want anything to do
with anything. now, they are listening to us and they wanna start
following the gospel. she said that it is a miracle because she
doesn´t know why this sudden change happened. maybe that is just one
more reason that i am here. maybe it was because of this moment as
well? i dunno. but we will get working on it.
ummmm we played soccer this morning. i am actually getting lots
better. but my right shin hurts. but it was fun. i need to get a
little more practice in. and when we play, we play with guys our age
or right around that age. the neighborhood soccer team that we are
teaching (we call them the Cambucí Crew) are all between 16 and 22. it
is really fun to play with them. we set up a game with them today. we
are gunna play soccer, get some pizza, and then teach them all. the
group is: Jonathan (Light), Raphael, Leandro, Alex, Vinicius (deaf and
mute), and the occasional random friend of theirs. It is gunna be fun.
but we can only play with them on p-day, or at the friday night church
activity if they go, or randomly for a couple minutes in the street
haha
sooooo i don´t know what else i have to say. nothing as exciting as,
"I AM AN UNCLE!" yeah, it still has a cool sound to it. thanks for
giving me this opportunity morgan and stuart. :) ummmm things are
good. i am healthy. me and elder miller are still tight. is it weird
if i feel like Brazil is my home? i mean obviously it isn´t my REAL
home. but it feels like my home. it is hard for me to imagine what my
life would be like if i weren´t a missionary. sorry. i am just
rambling now. i love you guys!!!! i miss you a ton (including
little...or big...Jackson Scott). morgan...keep recovering. :)
love you all and tchau!!
elder scott ghormley
P.S. Dad! how is the new calling going?? i bet you are a kick butt LMA
(líder da missão da ala) WARD MISSION LEADER! ours doesn´t help at
all. he got back from the mish a while ago and he just focuses on
girls. literally. and he has a strange giggle. but let me know how
things are going with the calling!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment