Week Nineteen

Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 7:59 AM


Hi Mom!

I hope all´s well at home. I´m not sure if I´ll get your gift if it just cleared customs, but for sure I´ll get my first one. Who knows, being on a lag makes it kinda tough to tell what´s going to happen. As far as the call goes, it´s fourty-five minutes, and I´ll call you guys, so I wanted to see when would be good for you. I think the time lag is around 6 hours; what time is it now? Oh, and next week we won´t have p-day on wednesday, because of the mission conference tomorrow. It won´t be too long to wait, will it? It sounds like you guys are all doing great, and I hope that the holidays aren´t too crazy of a time for things.

I´ll be sure to call right on time, if not a bit earlier. If it´s a ton early I´ll ask President if I can email, but I really am excited to hear how things are going in your own voices! I´m not sure if I remember how they sound! I love you so much!!!!!!! Have a great week!!!!! Love you!!!!!




Hi Dad!


Things here have been pretty rainy, actually. I think the heat will come next week. We´ll see though; it´ll be so strange to have a hot Christmas. Right now I feel a little more in my element, because I´m actually wearing a sweater. As far as getting people to church, rain is actually the big deterrent, more than the heat. In the heat it´s almost guaranteed you´ll have people on the street, rain is a different story. But we´re working, and we´ll be getting some help, because the President of the district basically chewed everyone out in Sacrament meeting because some of the families have children that are less than reverent. We´re expecting some changes, at least; we´ve marked with some of the Elders´ Quorum members to make visits with us, so we´ll see what happens.

I´m pretty familiar with the negative here, Catholics in Prudentópolis are pretty bigoted about people of other faiths. The people are nice until you start to talk about religion. Then things can get rude. But I´m learning to deal with rejection, which is a step for me, at least!

I love you and hope to hear from you soon! I told mom that next week I won´t have p-day because of Christmas. Love you!!!