Year One, Letter Fifty-Two

hey everyone.

scripture: D&C 99: 2 - 4

so yeah this is kinda nuts. i have been gone for one year. it is
official. i left exactly one year ago. that means it has been one year
that i have been gone. like, outside of the united states. in brazil.
are you following me? oh mom, it is, in fact, called "HUMP DAY." today
i have hit my hump. and the tradition is burning a shirt. at 6 months
you burn a tie. i burned some tie that i found in ourinhos. but today
or tomorrow we will have a burn fest. i will burn a shirt! it will be
a special moment, believe me.

um so yeah it is crazy how much i have changed and learned. everyone
says i haven´t really changed, but from what i feel, i have changed. i
have learned so much and done so much more than what i ever thought i
would be able to do. it has been pretty cool to push my limits a
little bit.

ummm so the health situation. calm down everyone. haha i called sister
tavares and advised about the situation and i went to a podiatrist
this week. she took out the ingrown toenail. it is feeling much
better. on the other toe, i did a self-surgery to take out the
infected part of the nail but then she cleaned up the job i did and i
am using this medicine on the toe. but you don´t have to worry about
talking with president and all that stuff. i am keeping him updated
and he told me that this is my priority right now. he told me that i
need to get this taken care of asap. so i have gone to the podiatrist
2 times and i have an appointment on monday to go back. so i am taking
care of it. if any problems arise, i will keep you informed and i will
keep president informed.

the boundaries are getting re-organized?? so i will have my homecoming
with a different ward? dang. but i guess it has got to happen.

dad, you can tell Rod hi for me and that there are several
missionaries who are very jealous of me for being able to have that
experience haha. i have told some guys who like golf about that and
they all wished it had been them :)

so the work here is tough. but elder miller and i are working. we have
found some great people. we are still waiting a little for the water,
but these people are progressing very well. arthur needs to go to
church more...so we are waiting a little.

um we got our washing machine today!!!!! but we don´t have laundromats
in brazil. so we were...ummm...suffering a little bit with clothes.
but i was making it work without any bad smells. the only thing that
was difficult was having to use the same pair of socks for two days or
something. but for the most part, we are good. that gold bond foot
powder saved me. unfortunately some of the other missionaries were
suffering with some serious B.O. but we are good now.

MORGAN! you are huge!! but i am super psyched for you guys :)

i don´t have much to report on this week. it is crazy that i have been
here for a year. we might get something to eat to celebrate. but we
are gunna play volleyball with the youth today and we gotta eat first.
so i gotta run.

i love you guys! thank you for the emails as always! i love them. if i
forgot something, let me know and i will remember next week. have a
bomb week...and i will have a spectacular hump day. lol love you!

tchau!

elder scott ghormley