hey everyone. what´s up? there have been some changes lately in the mission.
scripture: James 4: 6 - 10 i think the translation in Portuguese is better.
so anywho. how is everyone doin? it has been a long week. elder
fernandes and I weren´t getting along very well the last transfer,
especially towards the end. it was just getting way annoying and i
wasn´t sure if i wanted to stay here or go to a different area. i love the people and certain
members; but at the same time, it is way difficult to have a companion
who doesn´t concern himself with the most important aspects of
missionary work. but i ended up staying one more transfer here with him. i had
a long conversation with him and talked about certain problems in our
companionship and changes that had to be made and we've had a good
start....so far. at least i have been forcing myself to stay a little
happier.
we both got sick this week, so that was interesting, as well. he got
the flu. he was stuck in bed for a good amount of time with a headache
and way bad sinuses. he was pretty sick for sure. i have just been
suffering since last Tuesday night with diarrhea. it has been pretty
bad. i don´t feel the necessity to explain the sensations to you guys.
but i mean whatever i eat is just on a one-way ticket on that one
bullet train in Japan. we can call it the "Porcelain Pony." but we
still worked as much as possible. we worked every day.
so last night, on the way home, we didn´t have time to go to Sandra
and Sérgio´s to teach them. so i called them to let them know and
Sérgio is doing great. then Sandra wanted to talk to me. i asked if
there was something that they were needing or if there was something
we could do to help them out and Sandra was like, "Yeah, Elder
Ghormley, we need your help with something on Thursday." So obviously
I was like, "okay cool, what do you guys need?" And she was like,
"well now that we found out that you are going to be here one more
transfer, Sérgio and I were talking today and we decided to move the
wedding forward so you can still be here. So on thursday we need you
and your comp to come to the cartório (notary´s office? that is the
translation) and be witnesses for our marriage." SO AWESOME. it will
still delay a little bit. they will sign the papers and they will have
to be approved. so in like 20 or 30 days, the marriage will be legal
:) i was so psyched. i believe that when i hung up and literally
shouted for joy, some people got scared. but that is great.
other investigators...well. we are still working, but it looks like
there isn´t very much progress. several started giving up. they didn´t
want to make certain changes in their lives or certain sacrifices. we
are still finding some great people, but at the same time it is sad to
see others giving up. i really want Alex and Jonathan to progress but
it is tough. we´ll see what happens there.
as for the house...alright. the house i found was great. loftus and
van orden liked it a lot and were saying there was no way we could get
it because missionary houses in Brazil can´t be that good. it is just
an unwritten law. but after talking with president, we proceeded with
all the documents. we did EVERYTHING in our power and then passed it
to the mission secretaries. i called about 4 or 5 times reminding them
that they needed to send the documents to the real estate office. they
just said, "we are working on it." every call, same reponse. we only
had a 2 day reserve. the secretaries didn´t send any of the documents.
they took 5 days and still hadn´t sent anything. the lady from the
real estate called me and told me that she needed something to be able
to hold the house. i called the secretaries and told them to send the
documents immediately. the lady called me that same day and told me
that the proprietor had taken the house of the market because she
didn´t have any documents to hold the house on reserve. i was so
ticked with the secretaries. after calling and lightly chewing them
out, we have decided that we will no longer look for other houses. we
will continue living in this apartment. we talked with the landlord
and explained and he said we can continue living here if we behave
ourselves. and he likes us now. so whatev.
other news? we have received a missionary daily checklist. meaning
that every single day we have to check off rules that we are keeping.
so when i wake up at 6:30 (which i still hate) i mark that i woke up
on time. then i do my personal study and my comp study and mark each
one of those. we have to eat in less than 1 hour and if we do, we mark
that off. i am doing the stuff, obviously. but it is
so dumb. you can´t have any form of peace or tranquility. your life
has to literally be an open book for the president. any little thing
that you do, he has to know. i am really sick of this kinda stuff. it
is just so lame to me.
mom, we don´t have a good branch mission leader. he is a recent return
missionary and he has 3 things on his mind. girlfriend, relax, and
girlfriend. and he works on the side and will start studying soon. but
i am glad that you guys are being great examples of missionaries. the
Lord knows everyone´s needs and will be able to use us in the ways
that He needs to fulfill His designs. i really do like the basic
principles of the gospel. it is so important to always remember those
simple, basic feelings when the spirit testifies of simple truths. it´s
like what you were saying, dad, about faith. faith is the first
principle of the gospel. without faith, we don´t have any destination.
we just remain confused and lost in an increasingly dangerous world.
we lose ourselves in what the world calls happiness. we become
addicted to the short-lived moments and falsifed joys of the natural
man.
that is great that Scott S is progressing so well. the spirit that he
feels will help him stay strong, but his wife will be desperately
needing that spirit soon.
dad, i don´t really hear much from...anyone. it has been a while since
i have heard from any other missionaries. TJ, Jackson, Hyrum, Sam, and
the other friends who are serving missions have kinda fallen off the
radar. As for friends at home? Well I occasionally get an email or a
letter every now and again.
morgan - i hate money, too :) i just want a lot. and halloween kinda
sucked. and i bet jackson looks like a baller in that suns jersey. i
am gunna play with him one day alright?
funny story! elder loftus locked himself in the bathroom this morning.
that little piece that clicks in place to keep the door shut was held
open by a little cardboard piece and the GENIUS (he is my friend,
don´t worry) took it out. so the door closed and that piece clicked in
place and couldn´t open again. so, he got locked in for 35 minutes. we
were trying to open it and everything, but it wouldn´t give. we ended
up throwing him a hammer and a screwdriver from one balcony to the
bathroom window (we live on the 4th floor) and he popped the pins out
of the hinges. then i had to slam on the door about 25 times to get it
busted out of place. we called the landlord to inform him that there
would be lots of noise....but anyway. that was our p-day morning
experience. you can all laugh in unison now. :)
um if it is possible, can you send me some deodorant in a package?
i don´t know what else i have to report. love you guys a ton. i hope
you are all doing great and have an awesome week. tchau!
elder scott ghormley
scripture: James 4: 6 - 10 i think the translation in Portuguese is better.
so anywho. how is everyone doin? it has been a long week. elder
fernandes and I weren´t getting along very well the last transfer,
especially towards the end. it was just getting way annoying and i
wasn´t sure if i wanted to stay here or go to a different area. i love the people and certain
members; but at the same time, it is way difficult to have a companion
who doesn´t concern himself with the most important aspects of
missionary work. but i ended up staying one more transfer here with him. i had
a long conversation with him and talked about certain problems in our
companionship and changes that had to be made and we've had a good
start....so far. at least i have been forcing myself to stay a little
happier.
we both got sick this week, so that was interesting, as well. he got
the flu. he was stuck in bed for a good amount of time with a headache
and way bad sinuses. he was pretty sick for sure. i have just been
suffering since last Tuesday night with diarrhea. it has been pretty
bad. i don´t feel the necessity to explain the sensations to you guys.
but i mean whatever i eat is just on a one-way ticket on that one
bullet train in Japan. we can call it the "Porcelain Pony." but we
still worked as much as possible. we worked every day.
so last night, on the way home, we didn´t have time to go to Sandra
and Sérgio´s to teach them. so i called them to let them know and
Sérgio is doing great. then Sandra wanted to talk to me. i asked if
there was something that they were needing or if there was something
we could do to help them out and Sandra was like, "Yeah, Elder
Ghormley, we need your help with something on Thursday." So obviously
I was like, "okay cool, what do you guys need?" And she was like,
"well now that we found out that you are going to be here one more
transfer, Sérgio and I were talking today and we decided to move the
wedding forward so you can still be here. So on thursday we need you
and your comp to come to the cartório (notary´s office? that is the
translation) and be witnesses for our marriage." SO AWESOME. it will
still delay a little bit. they will sign the papers and they will have
to be approved. so in like 20 or 30 days, the marriage will be legal
:) i was so psyched. i believe that when i hung up and literally
shouted for joy, some people got scared. but that is great.
other investigators...well. we are still working, but it looks like
there isn´t very much progress. several started giving up. they didn´t
want to make certain changes in their lives or certain sacrifices. we
are still finding some great people, but at the same time it is sad to
see others giving up. i really want Alex and Jonathan to progress but
it is tough. we´ll see what happens there.
as for the house...alright. the house i found was great. loftus and
van orden liked it a lot and were saying there was no way we could get
it because missionary houses in Brazil can´t be that good. it is just
an unwritten law. but after talking with president, we proceeded with
all the documents. we did EVERYTHING in our power and then passed it
to the mission secretaries. i called about 4 or 5 times reminding them
that they needed to send the documents to the real estate office. they
just said, "we are working on it." every call, same reponse. we only
had a 2 day reserve. the secretaries didn´t send any of the documents.
they took 5 days and still hadn´t sent anything. the lady from the
real estate called me and told me that she needed something to be able
to hold the house. i called the secretaries and told them to send the
documents immediately. the lady called me that same day and told me
that the proprietor had taken the house of the market because she
didn´t have any documents to hold the house on reserve. i was so
ticked with the secretaries. after calling and lightly chewing them
out, we have decided that we will no longer look for other houses. we
will continue living in this apartment. we talked with the landlord
and explained and he said we can continue living here if we behave
ourselves. and he likes us now. so whatev.
other news? we have received a missionary daily checklist. meaning
that every single day we have to check off rules that we are keeping.
so when i wake up at 6:30 (which i still hate) i mark that i woke up
on time. then i do my personal study and my comp study and mark each
one of those. we have to eat in less than 1 hour and if we do, we mark
that off. i am doing the stuff, obviously. but it is
so dumb. you can´t have any form of peace or tranquility. your life
has to literally be an open book for the president. any little thing
that you do, he has to know. i am really sick of this kinda stuff. it
is just so lame to me.
mom, we don´t have a good branch mission leader. he is a recent return
missionary and he has 3 things on his mind. girlfriend, relax, and
girlfriend. and he works on the side and will start studying soon. but
i am glad that you guys are being great examples of missionaries. the
Lord knows everyone´s needs and will be able to use us in the ways
that He needs to fulfill His designs. i really do like the basic
principles of the gospel. it is so important to always remember those
simple, basic feelings when the spirit testifies of simple truths. it´s
like what you were saying, dad, about faith. faith is the first
principle of the gospel. without faith, we don´t have any destination.
we just remain confused and lost in an increasingly dangerous world.
we lose ourselves in what the world calls happiness. we become
addicted to the short-lived moments and falsifed joys of the natural
man.
that is great that Scott S is progressing so well. the spirit that he
feels will help him stay strong, but his wife will be desperately
needing that spirit soon.
dad, i don´t really hear much from...anyone. it has been a while since
i have heard from any other missionaries. TJ, Jackson, Hyrum, Sam, and
the other friends who are serving missions have kinda fallen off the
radar. As for friends at home? Well I occasionally get an email or a
letter every now and again.
morgan - i hate money, too :) i just want a lot. and halloween kinda
sucked. and i bet jackson looks like a baller in that suns jersey. i
am gunna play with him one day alright?
funny story! elder loftus locked himself in the bathroom this morning.
that little piece that clicks in place to keep the door shut was held
open by a little cardboard piece and the GENIUS (he is my friend,
don´t worry) took it out. so the door closed and that piece clicked in
place and couldn´t open again. so, he got locked in for 35 minutes. we
were trying to open it and everything, but it wouldn´t give. we ended
up throwing him a hammer and a screwdriver from one balcony to the
bathroom window (we live on the 4th floor) and he popped the pins out
of the hinges. then i had to slam on the door about 25 times to get it
busted out of place. we called the landlord to inform him that there
would be lots of noise....but anyway. that was our p-day morning
experience. you can all laugh in unison now. :)
um if it is possible, can you send me some deodorant in a package?
i don´t know what else i have to report. love you guys a ton. i hope
you are all doing great and have an awesome week. tchau!
elder scott ghormley
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