Year Two, Letter Two

hiiiii everybody.

what is up? so this week has been okay. i am doing good. my feet seem
to be getting better. i am walking. and i played soccer. and actually
did quite well. we played with a bunch of kids that actually play. and
i scored 3 times. yeah. what up brazil?!

we played because we took a bunch of investigators to play with us. we
are teaching a neighborhood team. seriously. Jonathan, Leandro, Alex,
Rafael, and another Jonathan. They all play soccer together and we
started teaching Leandro and Jonathan (Light) and now we are teaching
all of them. Jonathan went to church on his own this last Sunday. his
mom and sister couldn´t. but they are gunna go next week. it has been
pretty cool to teach all of these kids.

we also found a family that is absolutely amazing. their names are
Hélio and Nalva. their son and his girlfriend are investigators in
another branch in Prudente. and they are getting married so they can
be baptized. they invited us all over last night for a churrasco.
their names are Jorgeness and Marcele. they have been helping with
Hélio and Nalva. unfortunately, Hélio and Nalva need to get married,
too. they have been together for 29 years, but aren´t married. they
wanna get baptized, too. but they need to get married and keep the
word of wisdom. but jorgeness asked me to give Hélio a blessing to
help him understand the importance of all of this and Hélio told us
yesterday that they are planning on following the gospel. he said that
the minute we left, two people showed up at their gate. one was from a
catholic church and the other was from some evangelical church. they
started saying so much crap about us and lying and stuff. kinda funny
how the enemy never sleeps. the second we leave, he is attacking. but
Hélio just looked at these two people and said, "you follow what you
want to follow. i will follow the truth." and then he just pointed at
the book of mormon. oh yeah! take it! i gave him a metaphorical (or
hypothetical) fist pound for that. jorgeness also asked me to give his
son a blessing for health. so it has been cool to see the priesthood
working in this family.

we also got a wonderful piece of news. we were eating lunch at a
sister´s house that lives with her boyfriend but they aren´t married
either. so we went to eat lunch and she just looked at us and said, "
I have some excellent news for you two! Roberto wants to be baptized!"
so we were way psyched but still thinking, "Great...so when is the
wedding date??" and then she said that he had moved out and that they
weren´t living together anymore! so we are teaching him and he is set
to have a baptism date on the 18th!!! bombbbb.com. who wants to give
me a virtual high five and a chest bump??

ummmm so i don´t know what to really say. we had rain for the first
time in 2 months here. it rained for like 10 minutes yesterday
morning. and it was also independence day in brazil yesterday. so
there were parades and stuff going all through the center of the city.
that was splendid.

sorry. it seems like nothing very interesting is going on in my life
to share with you guys. we are working. we are kinda looking for more
ways to involve the investigators with fun stuff that involve
principles of the gospel. mainly the younger ones (the rapazes).

dad you are the gospel principles teacher and the ward mission
leader?! that is so tight! i am the gospel principles teacher, too!
and a full time missionary! we would be pretty good friends i bet.and
congrats on the golfing. i will have to go to a chiropractor before
doing anything with golf lol.

R. Dr. Gurgel, 226
Pres. Prudente - São Paulo, 19015-140

that is our apartment, dad. and mom...the roof is sturdy. there is a
bunch of tile and stuff up there and there is like this altar looking
thing that we used for our burn party. speaking of burning...yes, this
city is an oven. it has cooled off for a couple days. but overall, it
is hot. everyone says that summer is ridiculous and that you fry here.
i am not psyched for that. and congrats on the sunday school calling.
just show them who is boss. that is the key. that is why blake and i
were always such angels, right? ....right??

moe!!!! you are gunna have a baby any day now! i am so excited for you
and stu. and yes, i knew that you have to use special detergent for
baby clothes. how is it that i knew that?? that is wonderful to me.
that means i will be not only a great uncle, but a great father. my
wife will love me. and i think i need to have some cool pictures sent
to me from the new professional photographer. :) my pictures are all
nuts. i should probably sent some home.

well that is basically what i got for ya this week. i am missing you
guys a lot lately...but i think that is what it is supposed to be
like. it is to teach you how much you need your family. and yeah, i
need you guys :) i love you all. until next week...have an AWESOME
week!!!!

tchau!

elder scott ghormley