Hey everyone. What´s up? sounds like everyone has been pretty busy.
scripture: 2 Corinthians 12: 9 - 10.
so i was transferred on monday night. we missed our bus. i guess
presidente prudente wanted me to stay as much as i wanted to stay. we
got a bus at 11:05 PM. we arrived in Londrina around 2:00 AM on
tuesday morning. i worked there for the day and then i was on another
bus at 11:05 PM that night and i arrived in Cascavel at 5:00 AM on
wednesday morning. that gave me about enough time to think about
sleeping and then i had to start getting ready for the day. i was
destroyed. so tired.
so what are we dealing with? i am in a ward called Ala (Ward) 1A. It
is a ward with an attendance of 160 - 165. the city has 300,000 people
and 3 sets of missionaries. the work is...bad. right now, anyway. the
weather? there hasn´t been one day since i got here that hasn´t
rained. yeah. but at least it isn´t too hot. i mean we get some nice
breezes and such.
no i did not get to stay for the wedding or any of the baptisms.
president just said no when i called and asked. he said that it would
be too difficult. so i am here. I am living with 4 americans. again.
the names are: elder shaw and elder fellows (one companionship) and
elder standard and I. does anyone remember elder standard? i met him
when i was in ourinhos. so what happened? standard was here with elder
alves. elder alves is quite possibly the most disliked missionary in
this mission. he was also in my district when i was in ourinhos. i
don´t like him. simple as that. so standard and alves were together.
alves doesn´t like americans. he knew that standard´s knee was
hurting, so he tried to walk as fast as he could from one side of the
area to the other (this area is enormous). elder standard stopped
trying to keep up. elder alves then proceeded to give him a kidney
shot (punch in the side). standard didn´t do anything. then a few days
later, alves got all pissy and punched standard in the face. standard
just said do it again. alves punched again. and then standard said do
it again. and alves the idiot did it again. and then standard was like
what do you think president will say when he finds out that you
punched me 3 times? and alves goes let´s make it 4, and punched him
again. the fact that alves is still alive is a miracle. because i
would have killed him. but that goes to show the patience that my new
comp has. but me and standard are pretty tight. we already met and so
when i showed up at 5:00 AM on wednesday, standard was there with a
big smile and a hug. that week that alves punched him, he had been
praying that something would happen to change this area. yesterday,
after working our tails off, he told me that i was the answer to his
prayers. i hope so.
as for the area? alves didn´t leave a thing. it is worse than when i
got to marília. i organized the area book here and we have a grand
total of 0 progressing investigators, 0 investigators, 0 references,
etc. the only references we have? the people that we have made
contacts with since i got here. once again, i am opening an area.
yikes.
so who are we teaching? we found this lady named Márcia and her son.
her husband travels. a lot. but we taught her and she seems pretty
cool. she said she was gunna go to church, but she ended up not going.
we also found this lady named Indianara. actually, she is a member´s
sister. she has gone to church for like 2 years. everyone thought she
was a member. but she wasn´t. up until now, she has not been able to
believe that Joseph Smith was a prophet. or that the Book of Mormon is
true. but she does something that i could hardly believe...she fasts
once per week begging God to give her an answer and to remove the
doubts that she has. how amazing. there are members who wouldn´t be
able to do that. but she pays tithing and everything. she is great. so
we are starting from scratch here.
the apartment is gross. there is a roach infestation. i have already
killed three. on the kitchen sink. gross. i am gunna buy some roach
killer.
the address is:
Pio XII 1701, Apartamento 19, Bloco C
85802 - 170
Cascavel, Paraná
we have christmas conference and a general authority visiting us this
weekend. so if i receive the packages, i will get them this weekend.
it will be the first time since ourinhos that i see yuma. for our
christmas conference, it will be one conference for each state. so all
of paraná will have the conferences together and then all of são paulo
will have it together.
dad, i didn´t talk to jake on a day other than p-day. the only day i
can talk to people outside of Brazil is P-day. and i only talk with
him through email. i don´t really get to talk to him though. i just
say hey and ask how it is going because the hour difference doesn´t
really connect.
so anyway. we just have a lot of work to do to get things going in
this area. i hope i get the stuff at this christmas conference that
you guys sent. because the conference is happening early. so if i
don´t get it now...i don´t know when i will get it. so i just hope
that it gets through customs and to londrina way quick.
i gotta go unfortunately. my time is up. i am hoping to have some
success this week. oh by the way....it is EXCELLENT that jackson likes
football. he is already learning to walk in the right paths. anywho. i
shall be going now. love you all. have a spectacular week. tchau!
elder scott ghormley
scripture: 2 Corinthians 12: 9 - 10.
so i was transferred on monday night. we missed our bus. i guess
presidente prudente wanted me to stay as much as i wanted to stay. we
got a bus at 11:05 PM. we arrived in Londrina around 2:00 AM on
tuesday morning. i worked there for the day and then i was on another
bus at 11:05 PM that night and i arrived in Cascavel at 5:00 AM on
wednesday morning. that gave me about enough time to think about
sleeping and then i had to start getting ready for the day. i was
destroyed. so tired.
so what are we dealing with? i am in a ward called Ala (Ward) 1A. It
is a ward with an attendance of 160 - 165. the city has 300,000 people
and 3 sets of missionaries. the work is...bad. right now, anyway. the
weather? there hasn´t been one day since i got here that hasn´t
rained. yeah. but at least it isn´t too hot. i mean we get some nice
breezes and such.
no i did not get to stay for the wedding or any of the baptisms.
president just said no when i called and asked. he said that it would
be too difficult. so i am here. I am living with 4 americans. again.
the names are: elder shaw and elder fellows (one companionship) and
elder standard and I. does anyone remember elder standard? i met him
when i was in ourinhos. so what happened? standard was here with elder
alves. elder alves is quite possibly the most disliked missionary in
this mission. he was also in my district when i was in ourinhos. i
don´t like him. simple as that. so standard and alves were together.
alves doesn´t like americans. he knew that standard´s knee was
hurting, so he tried to walk as fast as he could from one side of the
area to the other (this area is enormous). elder standard stopped
trying to keep up. elder alves then proceeded to give him a kidney
shot (punch in the side). standard didn´t do anything. then a few days
later, alves got all pissy and punched standard in the face. standard
just said do it again. alves punched again. and then standard said do
it again. and alves the idiot did it again. and then standard was like
what do you think president will say when he finds out that you
punched me 3 times? and alves goes let´s make it 4, and punched him
again. the fact that alves is still alive is a miracle. because i
would have killed him. but that goes to show the patience that my new
comp has. but me and standard are pretty tight. we already met and so
when i showed up at 5:00 AM on wednesday, standard was there with a
big smile and a hug. that week that alves punched him, he had been
praying that something would happen to change this area. yesterday,
after working our tails off, he told me that i was the answer to his
prayers. i hope so.
as for the area? alves didn´t leave a thing. it is worse than when i
got to marília. i organized the area book here and we have a grand
total of 0 progressing investigators, 0 investigators, 0 references,
etc. the only references we have? the people that we have made
contacts with since i got here. once again, i am opening an area.
yikes.
so who are we teaching? we found this lady named Márcia and her son.
her husband travels. a lot. but we taught her and she seems pretty
cool. she said she was gunna go to church, but she ended up not going.
we also found this lady named Indianara. actually, she is a member´s
sister. she has gone to church for like 2 years. everyone thought she
was a member. but she wasn´t. up until now, she has not been able to
believe that Joseph Smith was a prophet. or that the Book of Mormon is
true. but she does something that i could hardly believe...she fasts
once per week begging God to give her an answer and to remove the
doubts that she has. how amazing. there are members who wouldn´t be
able to do that. but she pays tithing and everything. she is great. so
we are starting from scratch here.
the apartment is gross. there is a roach infestation. i have already
killed three. on the kitchen sink. gross. i am gunna buy some roach
killer.
the address is:
Pio XII 1701, Apartamento 19, Bloco C
85802 - 170
Cascavel, Paraná
we have christmas conference and a general authority visiting us this
weekend. so if i receive the packages, i will get them this weekend.
it will be the first time since ourinhos that i see yuma. for our
christmas conference, it will be one conference for each state. so all
of paraná will have the conferences together and then all of são paulo
will have it together.
dad, i didn´t talk to jake on a day other than p-day. the only day i
can talk to people outside of Brazil is P-day. and i only talk with
him through email. i don´t really get to talk to him though. i just
say hey and ask how it is going because the hour difference doesn´t
really connect.
so anyway. we just have a lot of work to do to get things going in
this area. i hope i get the stuff at this christmas conference that
you guys sent. because the conference is happening early. so if i
don´t get it now...i don´t know when i will get it. so i just hope
that it gets through customs and to londrina way quick.
i gotta go unfortunately. my time is up. i am hoping to have some
success this week. oh by the way....it is EXCELLENT that jackson likes
football. he is already learning to walk in the right paths. anywho. i
shall be going now. love you all. have a spectacular week. tchau!
elder scott ghormley
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