Year Two, Letter Thirty-six

yesterday was so bomb!

hey lauren! HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK :)

I loved the phone call. so great. i loved hearing everyone again.
including jackson for the first time! i miss you all so much! but i
still have some work to do out here! Elder Griner loved you guys. He
said that he already knows you guys are "so tight."

SCRIPTURE:

1 - Ether 12: 4, 6 - 9 Our faith is our anchor. And that gives us hope
for a better world. So bomb.

2 - Ether 12: 26 - 28 We don´t always know the purposes of God. We
don´t wholly understand our weaknesses. But with our faith (our
anchor), we come unto God. Then, He makes us powerful in our weakness,
even unto the confounding of men. Faith, hope, and charity brings us
unto God, which brings us eternal life.

I forgot to mention that i had one more ingrown toenail torn out last
week. It felt great. It almost tickled. Not. I wanted to die in that
chair. I can´t wait to get the surgery done to remove this ingrown
nail forever. But at least the doctor really likes me. She is pretty
cool. She is a member´s aunt.

Ummmm what else. So the phone call was bomb. Better than skype i bet.
Because we continued the tradition. I don´t ever remember talking to
blake via skype. so the tradition had to continue.

dad - sports in AZ suck huh? oh well. Life goes on. We need to golf
soonish. And fly fishing will be an adventure. trunky? i think not. i
am so glad the lakers got swept. SO GLAD.

mom - it was one of my best mother´s days ever. :) the book of mormon
reading is awesome. you pick up so much stuff that you never saw
before.

moe and stu - jackson is already swimming?! nuts. he will be so big
when i see him.

i am so happy that i got to talk to everyone. it was so fun. keep
praying so that i can stay in cascavel if it is God´s will. And pray
so that our investigators can progress. especially elaine. pray for
her to feel more secure and have the desire to be baptized, as well.

i love you all! i don´t have much to say today! have an AWESOME week.
i know i will have a high goin for me from the phone call. tchau!

elder scott ghormley

Year Two, Letter Thirty-five

wow. well lots of news from the home front. osama was assasinated
finally? great. Presidente told us today. we have received new
commands in all areas that have muslim colonies - meaning, my city,
Foz do Iguaçu, and other muslim cultural regions. we need to have an
emergency pack ready and a local member aware that at any time, we
could show up at their doorstep to spend the night to avoid our homes.
we need to take different routes home at all times. we need to avoid
any large area that could bring unwanted attention. we can´t speak
english commonly in public. we have to be ready for any revengeful act
from muslims against americans. good thing the majority of our mission
doesn´t have muslims. just cascavel and foz do iguaçu.

we had stake conference this weekend. super amazing. guess who
presided...PRESIDENT MONSON! and Elder Holland spoke as well! The
catch? it was just through satellite. but still...so tight. i loved
the talks. amazing. we had a spiritual feast. lol

raulino and elaine are good. they are set up for saturday. but the
baptism could be sunday. we visited them yesterday and elaine was
resting because she hurt her back really bad.

me and griner are bomb. like...seriously so legit. we are working our
butts off. pretty difficult. but we are doing well. we are pretty bomb
friends already. i am really helping him with portuguese.

i love the book of mormon. i started over and finished first nephi
today. why was nephi such a baller? to those who don´t understand
"baller," why was nephi such an absolutely amazing person? is there
ever a moment where he isn´t the best example ever? i want to be like
nephi.

dad - the t-minus was completely unnecessary. haha. i hope jake starts
to get back in gear. i will get on his case when i get home. wow...i
can actually say that? "when i get home?" weird. i hope you kill it
in the golf tourney. i bet i will need some lessons.

mom - griner is good. he teaches well. very basic. but well. i love
being his trainer. thank you ALL for your prayers and your support. i
know God is blessing us. i hope everything went alright with you and
dad in the photo shoot. i wanna sleep at 7:00 sometimes. lol but it
doesn´t work out.

stu - i am so not skeletor. and i don´t know why i haven´t sent photos
home. my camera is back getting fixed. which blows. and don´t try and
make me trunky. it is impossible. literally. i bet the fast and
furious was just as epic as the others right? amazing acting? hot
girls? lol but i don´t work very much in the favellas morgan. just
sometimes. griner needs to get a little scared. lol but i will get
home soon-ish. but i don´t know if i will be able to make fun of
people. i am gunna be weird bro.

moe - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!! Stuart, too. You guys are old. lol. 3
years?? long time. but it is awesome huh? is jack really gunna eat
sand? that would blow. haha but he can get his stomach pumped :)

lauren - you are going to move again?! wow. and tell me some stories :)

blake - conte algumas histórias também. como tá indo as coisas com....a vida? :)

MOTHER´S DAY CALL! i will inform you later this week. we need to
confirm it still.

i love you guys. a ton. i miss you all too. have a bomb week for me. i
will need to get the info from the secretaries about coming home. they
haven´t sent it yet. tchau. amor.

elder scott ghormley