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On June 2nd, 2010, Elder Coats left Curitiba for Sao Paulo.
From Sao Paulo, he traveled all night and arrived at the Dallas/
Fort Worth Airport at 6:15 a.m. on June 3rd.
He boarded the plane in Dallas at 9:50 a.m and arrived in
Salt Lake City at 12:12 p.m.
He is Home!!
This ends his incredible two year journey as a missionary
for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints in Brazil.
It has been an amazing adventure for him and the memories and
friendship that were made there will be in his heart forever.

The Last E-mail from Brasil

This is it!!! my last email to you guys from the mission field.!!!!
next week we have lots of things scheduled with president so we
dont even email home.
I want to thank all you guys for the love and support that you
have given me these last 2 yrs. The letters, packages and emails
have helped me out a lot and i have sure felt the love that you guys
have for me. without your support it would have been extremely tough
but it has seemed like i have been blessed a lot because of the prayers
and thoughts of all you guys back home. i have so much to tell you all,
about these last 2 yrs and about all the great experiences that i have had
and the testimony that has grown but im gonna wait and just lay it all on
ya here in a week..... im gonna be short with the email this week.
we had a old investigator that we had been teaching for a while get baptized
this week and also that nice family that we have also been teaching are getting
to the point of baptism. on the 1 of june we have Fabio planned for baptism.
it will be my last work day in the field. please pray for him so that he can
open his heart and feel that it is his time to be baptized.
im so excited to see all you guys again!!!! its gonna be a great reunion at that
airport!!!!! thanks again for everything mom and family and friends.
i love you guys and ill see ya next week!!
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Elder Coats
Missão Brasil Curitiba 2008-2010

Just Two More E-Mails...

hey family!!!!!!

so im gonna admit to you guys.... im a little trunky. i would say
more excitement than trunkyness. but that isnt keeping me
from working!! were working like crazy men and what the fun part
is, is that we have no time to find people that dont want anything
so were working to get the elects of the elects. yesterday we found
a family knocking doors that is incredible and were gonna do our best
to get them to church this week and help them be baptized as soon as
possible. its getting a little chilly here now but were staying warm
running around and working. i also got the soup package today so
that will help us out. thanks mom. and also a few letters from ty and
arien and also victoria. all the missionaries think that im loved
because even though im about home im still getting letters and
support from my people. thats gonna be good to have the garden
again this summer and this time ill be home to enjoy it also. thats
cool that ty is out of school this week already. i couldnt believe
the pictures of him in his letter. he is bigger than me. that doesnt
mean anything though.... arien and justins wedding pictures turned
out really well and the letter that she sent me was hilarious. tell gram
to get better quick cause i want her to be there at the airport in a couple
of weeks. the harley looks great and it looks like dad put an extension
on the handlebars. chiquezão!!! im so glad to hear that everyone is doing
good and that everyone is excited. ive got just 14 days left to serve the
lord in this marvelous work and i know that i have to do all i can to
help everyone possible to get to know the true gospel of Jesus Christ.
i love you guys and ill talk to ya next week!
Elder Coats

hey mom

im glad that you had such a great day on mothers day.
im not even a mother and i felt like it was a really special day for me also...
it was great to hear from all of you and im getting really anxious to see all
you guys again. thats awesome that every one went to church also with you.
im gonna do my best to get the crew all up and going to church when i get home.
i know that we cant force any one but we can always invite them to go. ive
learned that here on the mission, no one can be forced to do anything but
with a nice invite and promised blessing people have the desire to live the
gospel.
sounds like ty had alot of fun at the crazy Mr. westside pageant of his.
were you able to go and watch mom? that would have sure been fun to watch.
the senior pics look pretty sweet. thats cool that you just used that little ol shack
out back as the back ground. looks pretty professional.
we are having some good work here and the days are really passing by fast.
lots of stuff to get done before i can catch my plane home. the plans are gonna
be fun on june third. i think that it will be a really cool picture there at the
christ statue at the visitors center in salt lake. maybe everyone could probably
wear a nice shirt or something. (im especially talking to ty cause im sure that
he will probably want to wear his shirt that has a tuxedo painted on it or somethin).
we had a really great experience yesterday with an investigator and
his wife that is a member at the temple.

we got permission for the pres and also the president of the temple
here to bring them in and get a really detailed explanation about all that goes
on at the temple and about eternal marrige. they loved it and theyre really
excited about the gospel in their lives. they are one of our main focuses right now.
everything is going really great and were working hard, and im doing my best
to stay focused.
i love you guys, have a great week

Elder Coats

Happy May!

hey mom

hope that you guys all had a really good week!! we have had some really
great experiences this week and we're teaching some really good people
that pretty much fell into our path. the blessings are raining down on us!!
there was a new division set this last week and our ward picked up a bunch
of good families that are really excited to help out with the missionary work.
that's awesome that you guys were able to give dinner to the missionaries
again this month. i've always been really grateful for the families that give us
lunch every day. with out that plate of rice and beans and a little salad
everyday, i don't think that the day would go all to well. i know that the
families that give us lunch also receive lots of blessings.
was ty there to eat also with the missionaries? i know that he would make
them feel right at home.
so about the fone call home this weekend: it will be sunday (mothers day).
we're not sure exactly what time we will be able to call but i will give you guys
a little call some time this week to pass all the details. were gonna do it a little
bit different this year. i found a cheap, hour and 15 minute phone card that you
can call internationally with out any problems. so i will be calling to you guys from
our phone here. i think that it will be a little easier and cheaper than the last 3 calls
that i have made on the mish. i'm way excited to talk to you guys again!!!
it did sneak right up on me too, mom. i knew that the phone call home was close
but all the sudden it is this week already!! so i'm gonna call during the week
sometime to give you guys the whole scoop. don't be worried about when, you
know me, i'll get a hold of some one...
that lap top sounds really great mom!! thanks again for getting all that
college goods going for me.
that engagement picture of arien and justin was SICK!! she looks really pretty
and the bike looks really good, i'm way excited for them.
with all the rain that you guys are getting back home things should get really
nice here in a little while when the summer time sets in.
too bad for the grilling weather for now but don't worry mom, the time
will get there.
i love you guys!! i'll talk to you on sunday!!!! have a great rest of the week!!

Elder Coats

ps. tell jud that i didn't forget about his birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY last week Bro!!!

Turning 21 on the Mission

Dear Mom,

thanks for the great email mom. made me feel pretty good! thanks for
getting me to the point of where i am today mom. its crazy to think that
im 21 yrs old now. pretty cool but at the same time it seems like im still
at high school age. i think that getting home and stepping into real life
after the mish is gonna get things going for me.
we had a crazy rainy week this last week but for the conditions we
were stilll able to get some good stuff done. every week seems like it
passes by faster than the last and it also seems like things get better
and better each week. like i said before, now that im reaching the end it
seems like i somewhat know how to do the work effectively.
so for my birthday me and my comp had a nice little fire in a big bean
pot in our back yard, ate sunflower seeds and pizza and just chilled until
we had to hit the sack. ill try to send some pictures.
we also ate the cake that you sent. that cake is really GOOD for being just a
microwaveable cake!!
i laughed so hard when i read that part about grandma picking out the
new frames!! i cant wait to see her again!!
the talk on sunday went really well. i was able to use some pieces of the
talks that you sent me to help me out. thanks mom.
im glad that everything is going smoothly for the wedding. i bet that arien is
so excited now that her dress is all ready and everything. you might have to
hide it from her so she doesnt wear it to work or something. haha!
i could hardly believe that deal that you got on that computer mom!! that
was a screamin deal!! we have an investigator that has an apple mac book
pro that is really sweet. send a picture over the email of the new laptop for
me to see. my companion is really into computers and he also wants to see
it because he cant figure out why the price was so low.
at tys graduation, you guys might hear crickets chirping in that huge
new auditorium.... 32 graduates, that is really small. he said that he has
really liked it there though cause when ya need help the teachers have lots of time
to help ya out. im not sure when the mission is gonna send all the stuff about the flight
but im pretty sure that it will be soon.
have a great week!! i love you guys!!!

Elder Coats