Year Two, Letter Twenty-nine

hey there.

scripture: Ether 4: 17 - 19

so that is bomb that BYU got back into basketball. it has been a while
since they have been active there. i hope they do well.

the doctor took some x-rays and said that there is a possible stress
fracture in my left ankle. i am taking some medicine called celebra. i
don´t know what it is in english. today i have physical therapy
(physiotherapy) in a clinic. i don´t know if it is actually fractured.
on wednesday, i will go to the university here and i will go to the
physiotherapy center. i think that i will be fine. don´t worry about
it for now. i think that if it was fractured, i would know. for now we
are working.

johny and moira went to church this last sunday. raulino and elaine
went as well. i am super psyched for them. keep praying for them.
they need to stay strong.

me and pianoman are good. we are working well together. he is way
timid. he doesn´t take the initiative. so i have to do everything when
it comes to planning. in the lessons, he doesn´t do much to break the
ice or to get friendly with the people. he just teaches the part that
he needs to teach and stays super quiet. but we are good friends. he
doesn´t cause problems or anything.

my camera broke. something happened with the zoom or something. so i
left it in a shop to get looked at. they are going to give me a quote
today. is that the right way to use the word "quote?" haha but i hope
that it is something cheap to fix.

that is cool that you got your project done dad. how are the results so far?

what is going on in Libya? what is the purpose? why are there forces
from the States and Europe going against them?

morgan, i liked jack´s pictures. does he use a tie already? he could
teach a few kids in the ward here. the majority of the kids don´t even
know how to behave. it is kinda annoying. lol but what can ya do? we
have one of the biggest attendance rates in the mission. i think it is
the biggest. so we have lots of kids running around causing
distractions.

ummm well that is all for now. i am trying to stay focused. i am
tired. and hurting. but i hope my ankle will be better. and i hope
that i will be able to sleep better. i think i am going to make
brownies today. everyone deserves something tasty.

i love you all. i hope you all have an awesome week. peaceeee

elder scott ghormley

Year Two, Letter Twenty-eight

hey everyone.

so this week is gunna be super quick.

scripture: Mormon 9. The whole chapter is bomb. I loved it.

so the new guy is Elder Miranda. He is Cavalcanti´s comp. He is a
little odd. in some ways. but he is alright so far. he has some odd
tendencies. but we are all chill. me and piano are still tight.

ummmm this week was great. on friday we went to the cartório with
Johny and Moira. we marked their marriage for the 2nd of April. we
taught them about temples, eternal marriage, and eternal families last
night. the president of the quorum and his wife went with us. great
lesson. especially since this last weekend was the temple weekend for
the stake. so they were both excited to talk about their experiences
and stuff. good stuff. johny and moira are awesome. their two
daughters are 4 and 2.

we had to travel to londrina on friday night because on saturday, we
had a meeting with an area seventy. his name is really odd and i
forgot it at the moment. but it was a good conference. sister tavares
gave my favorite talk to be honest. it was about faith. it was a great
talk. she was talking about the fruits of our missions and how they
depend on faith. good stuff.

i had the worst haircut up until this point in brazil on
thursday. i had to cut my hair for the conference. but now i am just
sad that lauren can´t buy a ticket to brazil and back to cut my hair.
lauren! don´t lose your hair cutting abilities. i will need them.

my ankle starting hurting really bad outta nowhere last week. along
with my ingrown toenails, that means bad news. the fungus/disease in
my toes is micose. meaning that it is slowly eating away at my nails.
i bought some medicine, but i don´t know how long it takes to get
better.

i don´t really have a lot of new news this week. we taught an awesome
lesson last night. this guy named Luciano had prayed to know how to
change his life and what he needed to do to become better on saturday.
and on sunday we showed up. he was crying as we taught him about the
restoration. he told us that he knew it was a miracle and that God
wanted him to do this. He has problems with alcohol for sure. that
much is a fact because he told us last night. the guy has had an
incredibly difficult life. like, he was a drug-dealer, he was already
in prison. he has already used lots of drugs. but he was an awesome
guy. so we will see where that can take us.

but i am good. i am jealous that Dad gets to play golf. i am glad that
Dave got my letter. i hope that he can come back to church. i'm glad
that you are getting that project done dad. i bet it will be
spectacular when it is finished. what is it exactly? haha

i am glad that people are getting over that cold. sounds nasty. i saw
little Jackson´s nose in that picture and it looks like he was
suffering with a very, very runny nose. i hope that you can lose your
3 pounds Morgan. We had an arm wrestling tournament on our way home
from Londrina. It was like a 8 hour trip, so people decided to have
fun and arm wrestling was our resort. i lost one time. My final
record was 17 and 1. My loss came at the very end. after i had beaten
EVERYBODY, who comes to the plate? the idaho boy. he reminds me a lot
of TJ. but my arms are still tight. i guess that means the gym will
destroy me at home.

megan is back on the radar eh? hey blake...cuidado com [essa moça]
menino....sua alma está em jogo. If you can tell me from what movie
that phrase comes, i will have to buy you ice cream when i get back.
lol

well...being the only american has definitely showed me one
thing....my portuguese is bomb. like, spectacular. people don´t ask me
if i am american anymore. they know i am a foreigner. but they
generally ask if i am from some other south american country. i just
tell them that i am from rio grande do sul. and that i am a gaúcho.

soooooo i guess that is all i have to say for now. i really want to
play golf. or any other sport really. basketball. or football (the
REAL football). baseball. fishing. i hope that the PGA is interesting
this year. i am curious to know what it will end up like. does tiger
woods still exist? what happened with him? is he going to be a threat
at any other point in his career?

well i love you guys. i thank you for all of your prayers and for your
support and for everything that you do to help me. i hope you have a
tubular week. say "oi!" to people there. love you all. peace!

elder scott ghormley

Year Two, Letter Twenty-seven

hey there everybodyyyy.

alright so scripture is: D & C 123: 7 - 14 talking about the
persecution that the saints suffered in the beginning of the
restoration

so we had transfers today. elder fellows left. there will be one more
brazilian getting here tomorrow. elder cavalcanti is pretty concerned
because everyone says that this elder that will be getting here is a
little feminine. as in..way gay. i dunno. i never met the kid so i
have no clue. but whatever. me and elder piano are gunna be here for
one more transfer at least! i will be in the house as the lone
american. oh well.

i had to go to the podiatrist again this afternoon. my nails are just
bleh. she said that when i get home i will have to do that same
surgery that dr. shockey did on my toe. i guess it would make
things a lot easier. she said that he did the treatment perfectly. so
i guess i will do that when i get home.

i guess the final decision for school will have to be a transfer
early. i will tell the secretaries that i will be going a home a
transfer early. so mom, that is my answer. i will be coming home in
the beginning of july.

i am sorry that you guys had so many problems with all the rain and
gutters and stuff. i hope that you both get better. i hope EVERYONE
gets better! everyone has colds. so mom, dad, morgan, stuart, jackson,
and everyone else with colds....GET BETTER! :)

i hope that denver, jackson, and tyson are all good. jackson sent me a
message this week. he is alright. he is a great missionary. i will
need to get in touch with tyson. i hope that their family is okay. i
hope that they can all find strength in the gospel.

joão´s baptism was great. he didn´t like the cold water. haha but it
was great. the whole family went. the ward fell through. they didn´t
help very much with the baptism. the bishop is doing so much stuff all
by himself and both of his counselors and our ward mission leader
all dropped out. but we are going to have a family home evening
tonight with joão and the family.

we are still working with johny and moira, but this transfer, we will
probably handle everything with the marriage and baptism. pretty great
huh?

we taught raulino and elaine and elaine said that she wants to take
things slowly. i guess she got scared when anatholy (our elders quorum
president) started telling them that they needed to be baptized that
weekend that he met them. yeah forcing baptism on someone is pretty
ridiculous.

i hit 1 year and 6 months this last weekend on saturday. dang. i guess
it has been a while huh?

stuart...i am not skeletor. it just isn´t the right word choice. but
thanks for the info about wonder woman. that will be an excellent tv
show. big crowds.

blake...freak man. i haven´t been getting your emails then. i wasn´t
saying that you weren´t writing. i just figured you were busy or
something. but this is the first email i have got from you in a while.
do you send them to this email all the time? dude...i was thinking
about an email that you sent me a long time ago. i think i was in the
ctm still. but you were talking about having fun and being excited on
the mission. dude...people just aren´t excited. i don´t know why. but
it is so annoying. i mean people worry so much about sucking up to
president that they are afraid to tell him that we aren´t out here to
NOT have fun. we are supposed to have fun. that is a necessity. but
anything you can imagine to do for "fun" is prohibited. i dunno man.
but what can ya do? i just keep going. and i will keep working. it
isn´t like we can change much about that. anyway. how is school going
man? what are you studying to be now?

lauren...i was super happy with the news that you sent me :) keep
doing your best and working hard. i guess i will be coming home in
july. thanks for reminding me of harry potter. that will be nuts. lol.
i don´t really maintain contact with the guys. it has been a long time
since i have heard from them. but i hope they are all doing great. how
is work goin for ya now? and friends and dating and such?

well i am good. i mean i am tired. and it is hot. but i am healthy.
and me and piano man are doin alright. i hope that i can have some
more success this transfer. i guess i am gunna head out for now. i
love you all. thanks for everything and the support and stuff. i hope
you have an awesome week and you all get better!! tchau!

elder scott ghormley