HEY EVERYBODY! wow...i can´t believe Christmas has come and gone. and
that New Year´s is right around the corner. i can hardly believe that
2011 is here. a decade is over. holy crap.
scripture: 3 Nephi 11: 10, 11, 14 our Savior, Jesus, the Christ
alright...welllll first off. what a lame ending to that phone call!
haha i am glad i got to hear everyone´s goodbyes and "i love you´s,"
but it just ended way quick! i feel like I talked way too much during
the phone call. i didn´t get to hear you guys very much. like...at
all. i think i heard very little from your lives. this makes me sad.
when i said, "Just to close...." and it cut out, i wanted to bear my
testimony to close the phone call. basically, i wanted you all to know
that even though I was super excited to talk to you all and that it
was awesome, now isn´t the time to get all trunky. like dad was
telling me in his email, i still have plenty of time out here and i
have a lot more ability to teach the gospel now. so the time that i
still have will be some of the best missionary work that i will be
able to do and i need to stay focused for that.
i know that Jesus Christ is our Savior. I know that he performed an
absolutely perfect Antonement for each and every one of us. Even
though it was the most difficult thing emotionally, mentally, or
physically that has ever been done or ever will be done, Christ did it
because of the perfect love that He has for us. The pain was enough
that it made Him, the King of kings, the firstborn of our Father,
tremble and shake and plead that the burden could be removed. But as
always, He performed the will of the Father and He completed His task.
This single act is the most important principle of the Gospel. This is
why I am here. Jesus Christ is the reason for EVERYTHING that we do.
He came to Earth in humility and left the Earth in humility. He will
come again. He will come in glory and everyone will know who He is. We
are here because we are Christ´s disciples and representatives. We
have to spread the message of the restored gospel to every corner of
the earth. everyone needs to know of the gospel. it is the only path
that can bring true happiness and peace in this world. i am so
grateful that we, as a family, have the opportunity to be part of this
great work in this last dispensation. i am so grateful for the example
that each of you has given me.
it sounds like the christmas eve party was pretty hectic. we ended up
going to a member´s house on christmas after the phone call. i decided
that knocking doors just wouldn´t do. so we called up the other elders
and they were at Carmen´s house, so we went there and ate and ate and
chilled a little bit and ate. twas good. i did a little service
project there, too. good christmas night.
i really wanna meet my nephew. don´t let him get too sick alright?
ummmm what is new? so i think opening an area for the third time is
just great. NOT. it is pretty tough. but this is the worst time of the
year for missionaries when it comes to teaching and stuff. we are not
going to be able to go back to several investigators until like
january 10th or 15th. yikes. my comp is way weird. yuma sent me an
email and was like, "who´s your comp now, mercy on your soul if it is
elder ferreira, he left my zone and went to cascavel, i was praying he
wouldn´t be your comp, but if so, i´m still praying." great. haha.
does anyone know what facebook pics are? like the people who just take
pictures of themselves doing weird poses and stuff? yeah that is my
comp. he doesn´t talk. he just complains a lot and stuff. i dunno. so
i will just...work? i think that would be the answer.
so i don´t have a lot of new news. i am convinced that i do not have
an accent. i talk completely normal. but i loved the phone call. and i
am thouroughly enjoying some christmas goodies.
i cleaned the bathroom in our apartment. today. gross. i have never
been in a bathroom that bad since i got here in cascavel.
so it was nasty. i was working for a solid hour and a half
with bleach and stuff.
i am gunna go eat lunch. i love you all! thank you for everything! i
didn´t get to say thank you enough for the christmas packages! they
are wonderful! thank you so much! i loved the card, too. hilarious.
and the pics of jackson are good! well i am gunna head out. i love you
all! until next year! happy new year´s!!!! tchau!
elder scott ghormley
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