hey everyone.
scripture: matthew 7: 7 - 8 patience and seeking the Lord
alright everyone. let´s just go ahead and get going with one more week.
so to answer a couple questions first:
mom, i travelled with E. Fernandes to Londrina and then with E. Shaw
to Cascavel. no one is allowed to travel alone now because there are
some idiots who do stupid stuff while being transferred. i am sure you
can imagine what idiots would do on a bus without a comp when there
are cute girls around. a kid that i met in Foz do Iguaçu was at almost
20 months on the mission and he went home because he was an idiot and
couldn´t forget about girls for 2 years. so that is why.
E. Standard and I are getting along well! He is a great guy and
yeah...he had patience beyond his own with Alves. What I don´t
understand is that Alves is still here on the mission. I don´t
understand at all. He punched E. Standard MORE THAN ONE TIME. but
instead of going home, he just took my place in Presidente Prudente.
E. Standard and I have a lot of the same goals and we have the same
thought process with a lot of things.
mom to be honest, i don´t even know which way is north, east, south,
or west here. i know how to get to investigators´ houses. that is my
biggest concern right now. lol. but i think we are in one of those
buildings :)
we are going to teach indinara the plan of salvation tonight maybe.
she has heard all of the discussions, so we need to do something
different. i think your ideas will help though, mom.
I have traveled so much lately. on Wednesday night, we got a bus
around 11:45 PM to go to the Mission Tour on the 9th in Londrina. we
got there at about 6:30 in the morning on Thursday. Elder Araujo from
the Seventy came to our mission and he spoke. he talked a lot about
certain parts of our purpose and such. some of the stuff he said
wasn´t very clear, but i understood the point. i learned - or, in
reality - remembered several things as he was talking. i remembered
how important it is to accept the will of God and not our own. i also
was able to strengthen my faith and courage as a missionary. so that
was the 9th! then we worked in Londrina, stayed in a NASTY house, and
went to the Christmas Conference the next day. we had to be at the
chapel at 8:30 AM on Friday, but there were 14 missionaries in that
house. so you can imagine 14 missionaries showering and getting ready.
it was havoc. but we got out. so the Christmas conference was great. i
saw yuma, burt, titus, miller, vogeler, rodrigues, and the whole crew.
you guys probably won´t remember all those names. but it was way fun.
we did a white elephant. i won a broken clock which i traded for a
honking cow. in a while, you will know what my honking cow does. :) we
also had a cake-building contest and a scripture candy hunt. it was
also way spritual. i loved it. then we got on the bus around 8:00 PM
to go back and we got home at 3:00 AM on Saturday.
at the conference, i got Lauren´s package and I got an envelope
package. i think it was the one from the ward, because it has a card
from Relief Society...with a bunch of people that I don´t know. SO
yeah. i was super psyched. i don´t know if i will be able to wait till
Christmas to open this present...
dad...have you taken advantage of the 370Z yet? i can´t imagine you
saying no. haha. congrats mom! you totally deserved the employee of the
month title! probably of the year as well.
dad, the first couple sundays here have been good. the people have
welcomed me with open arms. they are great people. the ward is a lot
bigger than Planalto.
OH! speaking of Planalto! Sérgio was married and baptized! And Wanda
was also married and baptized! And Guilherme and Barbara were also
baptized! E. Loftus informed me today! And they were all confirmed and
received the Holy Ghost. so that was great to hear.
how was the trip to Dallas? and mom, please don´t move :) the house is
a chore...but i will help when i get home. as long as i don´t have to
pay rent and stuff ya know? haha cuz i will probably be broke fast.
morgan...i miss christmas movies. christmas music is still okay
though. can you believe that my nephew...aka your filho...is 3 months
old!?! talk about....young. that means i still have a while before
meeting him. lol.
tell stuart to study hard and do good on his test because if he
doesn´t do that...he will be a failure. :)
i have ZERO information about the christmas phone call. i know that it
will happen. but i don´t know when or where or what number. i will
inform you guys ASAP.
cascavel has STILL rained EVERY single day since i got here. it is
quite nice right now though. pretty chilly. i love it.
i don´t know when the next option will be to receive mail or anything.
so i dunno when i will get the other stuff that y´all sent (wow, my
Texas comp is gettin´ to me).
can i ask a favor from each one of you? i would like you all to find
and read one of your favorite chapters in the scriptures and send it
to me so that i can read and study it as well. and when you send me
that email with that info, tell me what the principle is that you
learned! Everyone understand? so 1 - find and read a favorite chapter
of scripture; 2 - send it to me with the principle that you learned;
and 3 - i read it. OKAY? great.
and to finish up? the work here is still tough. but we reactivated a
family last week. at least part of a family. Genoveva wasn´t going to
church for the last 3 or 4 months, but she went yesterday. now we just
need to get her nephew. we found 3 familes this last week that all
accepted all the commitments (even a baptismal date). in one of these
families, the name of the dad is João Batista (John the Baptist) lol.
Márcia is good, but it is tough to find her in her house. and with the
conference, we lost a few days of work. but we are workin our butts
off to make up for lost time. we will see what happens here soon.
that is my report for the week. i love you all so much. i hope that
you are all able to have missionary experiences especially during this
holiday season. LOVE YOU! have a great week! tchau!
elder scott ghormley
scripture: matthew 7: 7 - 8 patience and seeking the Lord
alright everyone. let´s just go ahead and get going with one more week.
so to answer a couple questions first:
mom, i travelled with E. Fernandes to Londrina and then with E. Shaw
to Cascavel. no one is allowed to travel alone now because there are
some idiots who do stupid stuff while being transferred. i am sure you
can imagine what idiots would do on a bus without a comp when there
are cute girls around. a kid that i met in Foz do Iguaçu was at almost
20 months on the mission and he went home because he was an idiot and
couldn´t forget about girls for 2 years. so that is why.
E. Standard and I are getting along well! He is a great guy and
yeah...he had patience beyond his own with Alves. What I don´t
understand is that Alves is still here on the mission. I don´t
understand at all. He punched E. Standard MORE THAN ONE TIME. but
instead of going home, he just took my place in Presidente Prudente.
E. Standard and I have a lot of the same goals and we have the same
thought process with a lot of things.
mom to be honest, i don´t even know which way is north, east, south,
or west here. i know how to get to investigators´ houses. that is my
biggest concern right now. lol. but i think we are in one of those
buildings :)
we are going to teach indinara the plan of salvation tonight maybe.
she has heard all of the discussions, so we need to do something
different. i think your ideas will help though, mom.
I have traveled so much lately. on Wednesday night, we got a bus
around 11:45 PM to go to the Mission Tour on the 9th in Londrina. we
got there at about 6:30 in the morning on Thursday. Elder Araujo from
the Seventy came to our mission and he spoke. he talked a lot about
certain parts of our purpose and such. some of the stuff he said
wasn´t very clear, but i understood the point. i learned - or, in
reality - remembered several things as he was talking. i remembered
how important it is to accept the will of God and not our own. i also
was able to strengthen my faith and courage as a missionary. so that
was the 9th! then we worked in Londrina, stayed in a NASTY house, and
went to the Christmas Conference the next day. we had to be at the
chapel at 8:30 AM on Friday, but there were 14 missionaries in that
house. so you can imagine 14 missionaries showering and getting ready.
it was havoc. but we got out. so the Christmas conference was great. i
saw yuma, burt, titus, miller, vogeler, rodrigues, and the whole crew.
you guys probably won´t remember all those names. but it was way fun.
we did a white elephant. i won a broken clock which i traded for a
honking cow. in a while, you will know what my honking cow does. :) we
also had a cake-building contest and a scripture candy hunt. it was
also way spritual. i loved it. then we got on the bus around 8:00 PM
to go back and we got home at 3:00 AM on Saturday.
at the conference, i got Lauren´s package and I got an envelope
package. i think it was the one from the ward, because it has a card
from Relief Society...with a bunch of people that I don´t know. SO
yeah. i was super psyched. i don´t know if i will be able to wait till
Christmas to open this present...
dad...have you taken advantage of the 370Z yet? i can´t imagine you
saying no. haha. congrats mom! you totally deserved the employee of the
month title! probably of the year as well.
dad, the first couple sundays here have been good. the people have
welcomed me with open arms. they are great people. the ward is a lot
bigger than Planalto.
OH! speaking of Planalto! Sérgio was married and baptized! And Wanda
was also married and baptized! And Guilherme and Barbara were also
baptized! E. Loftus informed me today! And they were all confirmed and
received the Holy Ghost. so that was great to hear.
how was the trip to Dallas? and mom, please don´t move :) the house is
a chore...but i will help when i get home. as long as i don´t have to
pay rent and stuff ya know? haha cuz i will probably be broke fast.
morgan...i miss christmas movies. christmas music is still okay
though. can you believe that my nephew...aka your filho...is 3 months
old!?! talk about....young. that means i still have a while before
meeting him. lol.
tell stuart to study hard and do good on his test because if he
doesn´t do that...he will be a failure. :)
i have ZERO information about the christmas phone call. i know that it
will happen. but i don´t know when or where or what number. i will
inform you guys ASAP.
cascavel has STILL rained EVERY single day since i got here. it is
quite nice right now though. pretty chilly. i love it.
i don´t know when the next option will be to receive mail or anything.
so i dunno when i will get the other stuff that y´all sent (wow, my
Texas comp is gettin´ to me).
can i ask a favor from each one of you? i would like you all to find
and read one of your favorite chapters in the scriptures and send it
to me so that i can read and study it as well. and when you send me
that email with that info, tell me what the principle is that you
learned! Everyone understand? so 1 - find and read a favorite chapter
of scripture; 2 - send it to me with the principle that you learned;
and 3 - i read it. OKAY? great.
and to finish up? the work here is still tough. but we reactivated a
family last week. at least part of a family. Genoveva wasn´t going to
church for the last 3 or 4 months, but she went yesterday. now we just
need to get her nephew. we found 3 familes this last week that all
accepted all the commitments (even a baptismal date). in one of these
families, the name of the dad is João Batista (John the Baptist) lol.
Márcia is good, but it is tough to find her in her house. and with the
conference, we lost a few days of work. but we are workin our butts
off to make up for lost time. we will see what happens here soon.
that is my report for the week. i love you all so much. i hope that
you are all able to have missionary experiences especially during this
holiday season. LOVE YOU! have a great week! tchau!
elder scott ghormley
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