dear Mom,
another dandy week has come and gone.
we got moved into our new place today and living the high life now. our new apartment is way nice and living above a bakery is always a plus.
the week passed by really fast and we found lots of good investigators to start teaching this week. we have the baptism marked for sunday with the family of gold that we found three weeks ago. they are all really excited and ready to be baptised. they all chose different people to baptise each one of them so its gonna be a really cool baptism with everyone dressed in white. were having lots of good success and it seem like there isnt enough time to get everything done somedays.
thats awesome that arien and justin have got the house to get started on here in a little bit. thats gonna be so nice to have them live close to us still.
rodeo weekend is biggest weekend of the year in preston. mom i bet that the store is staying really busy and that town is packed with cars.
i knew that ty couldnt go too long with out going out to the rope swing. thats gonna be one of the first things that i want to do when i get home!
i hope that gram gets the hearing thing figured out. good ol grammy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY this week mom!!!!!! i know that there is gonna be a grand barbequeing going down this weekend. make sure to get to your harry potter movie to celebrate a little.
its crazy that summer is already coming to an end... its been raining like mad the past few days and we come home good and muddy each day. its great!
if your getting ready to send another package im in need of gravy and the instant potatoes again... and also if you can find all the ties that i left home you can send them to me. i dont know why i didnt bring them when i left. its good to have lots of ties cause its pretty much the only thing that we can have that is different each day.
i love you guys!!! have a great week!!
fica feliz sempre!!!!
Elder Coats
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
So Alegria
Hi Everyone,
We had a great week and it ended with a killer party with the whole ward and about 15 investigators!! and to top that off we had a baptism sunday!!! rejanes son, wagner, was baptized and now they are both members of the church. she is so happy and is really seeing the difference in her life already. the party was really fun and it reminded me a lot of our camp fires that we always had out back with everyone. we had a bon fire, cotton candy, music games and a drink called quintão! its hot grape juice with roots and apples and junk thrown in it. it is actually really goood and im looking to find the recipe to bring it home with me.
It has really cooled down this week and we are able to work hard with the nice breeze blowing on us. there are a lot of people sick here with the cold but so far im doing good and so is my comp.
We are going to move to a new apartment here next week that is really nice and its above a bakery so every morning were gonna have the nice smell of baked goods to get us going each day. we are the only missionarys that live in a wooden shack in the whole brazil curitiba mission but next week were gonna move into the new place.
We found a golden family this last week also that have been to church 2 times already and they love it!!! they accept everything that we teach and are preparing for baptism august 2nd. its an awesome family of 4.
Sounds like summer is really setting in for you guys and sad to say that it is already coming to an end. i cant believe that it is rodeo time already. it is the best time of year though.
Thats awesome that juds dc graduation got put in the paper!! i know that he is living the good life now with out all of that on his shoulders.
All the pictures that you send of ty, he is in a work shirt.... i take it that he is really working hard this summer. he will be done with high school before we know it!!!
Im so excited for arien and justins wedding!!!! its gonna be so awesome to be there for it. thats cool that they found them a little fixer uper house to get started on already. im pretty sure that i will be home before the 18 of june. usually the american missionarys go home a week before the arrival date because of the visa ordeal. so it should go all smooth.
Speaking of home, the veterans kolb and mike are already with the light at the end of the tunnel. craziness!!!!! Mom your gonna be in paradise here in a few weeks when the corn gets done!!! is dads corn with jim again this year?. these brazilians dont know the piece of heaven that they're missing with corn. they eat corn on the cob but i swear that it is the corn that we feed to our cows....
Im glad that dad is looking after the impala for me and keeping the harley up to speed this summer. i miss seeing dad cruisin down the streeet on the hog. i was really sad to hear that brady returned home. thats to bad!!
I love you guys and im so happy to hear each week that everything is going well and everyone is happy!!!
Só bênçãos!!!!!
I love you and have a great week!!
Elder Coats
We had a great week and it ended with a killer party with the whole ward and about 15 investigators!! and to top that off we had a baptism sunday!!! rejanes son, wagner, was baptized and now they are both members of the church. she is so happy and is really seeing the difference in her life already. the party was really fun and it reminded me a lot of our camp fires that we always had out back with everyone. we had a bon fire, cotton candy, music games and a drink called quintão! its hot grape juice with roots and apples and junk thrown in it. it is actually really goood and im looking to find the recipe to bring it home with me.
It has really cooled down this week and we are able to work hard with the nice breeze blowing on us. there are a lot of people sick here with the cold but so far im doing good and so is my comp.
We are going to move to a new apartment here next week that is really nice and its above a bakery so every morning were gonna have the nice smell of baked goods to get us going each day. we are the only missionarys that live in a wooden shack in the whole brazil curitiba mission but next week were gonna move into the new place.
We found a golden family this last week also that have been to church 2 times already and they love it!!! they accept everything that we teach and are preparing for baptism august 2nd. its an awesome family of 4.
Sounds like summer is really setting in for you guys and sad to say that it is already coming to an end. i cant believe that it is rodeo time already. it is the best time of year though.
Thats awesome that juds dc graduation got put in the paper!! i know that he is living the good life now with out all of that on his shoulders.
All the pictures that you send of ty, he is in a work shirt.... i take it that he is really working hard this summer. he will be done with high school before we know it!!!
Im so excited for arien and justins wedding!!!! its gonna be so awesome to be there for it. thats cool that they found them a little fixer uper house to get started on already. im pretty sure that i will be home before the 18 of june. usually the american missionarys go home a week before the arrival date because of the visa ordeal. so it should go all smooth.
Speaking of home, the veterans kolb and mike are already with the light at the end of the tunnel. craziness!!!!! Mom your gonna be in paradise here in a few weeks when the corn gets done!!! is dads corn with jim again this year?. these brazilians dont know the piece of heaven that they're missing with corn. they eat corn on the cob but i swear that it is the corn that we feed to our cows....
Im glad that dad is looking after the impala for me and keeping the harley up to speed this summer. i miss seeing dad cruisin down the streeet on the hog. i was really sad to hear that brady returned home. thats to bad!!
I love you guys and im so happy to hear each week that everything is going well and everyone is happy!!!
Só bênçãos!!!!!
I love you and have a great week!!
Elder Coats
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
what JOY!!
Mom,
i loved the email this week!!! i think my companion thinks that i am a little strange because after reading the email i was laughing and going a little crazy with joy!!
that is so awesome that jud graduated!!! i cant believe that they adjourned the graduation to the sand dunes to see him jump his bike!! its so cool! and he busted a super man!!! i wish that i could have been there to listen to his speech also. it has sure been a long process but it is now completely over. i bet that he is so happy and ready to move on with life now. thats funny that he finds himself a little lost during the day because everything isnt all planned out any more. im sure that its gonna be like that for me when i get home also.
its good to hear that everyone is doing good and enjoying life. Arien enjoying the summer break, ty and dad working hard and mom feeling better each day. (ty bought another yoda. tell him to send me pictures of it.)
thats cool that you were able to go up the canyon for the weekend for that wedding. the canyon is so pretty during this time of year. did you see chelsey there also?
things are continuing to go great here. we did have a baptism last week but it wasnt rejanes son. he needed a little more time but this sunday he should be ready. the baptism was a girl named amanda that has been going to church for a long time and we just taught her everything and she accepted baptism. it was a nice meeting and her mom even came to watch. she doesnt agree with the church to much but she was nice enough to let her daughter be baptized.
so my chances of going to foz do iguaço are gone. the place that has the biggest waterfalls in the world. it now makes part of another mission. it was cut out of the brazil curitiba mission. all the elders that were there are now with the other mission also. i wanted to go out there but i guess it doesnt matter. im not here to look at waterfalls!
i love you guys. have a great week!!!
Elder Coats
i loved the email this week!!! i think my companion thinks that i am a little strange because after reading the email i was laughing and going a little crazy with joy!!
that is so awesome that jud graduated!!! i cant believe that they adjourned the graduation to the sand dunes to see him jump his bike!! its so cool! and he busted a super man!!! i wish that i could have been there to listen to his speech also. it has sure been a long process but it is now completely over. i bet that he is so happy and ready to move on with life now. thats funny that he finds himself a little lost during the day because everything isnt all planned out any more. im sure that its gonna be like that for me when i get home also.
its good to hear that everyone is doing good and enjoying life. Arien enjoying the summer break, ty and dad working hard and mom feeling better each day. (ty bought another yoda. tell him to send me pictures of it.)
thats cool that you were able to go up the canyon for the weekend for that wedding. the canyon is so pretty during this time of year. did you see chelsey there also?
things are continuing to go great here. we did have a baptism last week but it wasnt rejanes son. he needed a little more time but this sunday he should be ready. the baptism was a girl named amanda that has been going to church for a long time and we just taught her everything and she accepted baptism. it was a nice meeting and her mom even came to watch. she doesnt agree with the church to much but she was nice enough to let her daughter be baptized.
so my chances of going to foz do iguaço are gone. the place that has the biggest waterfalls in the world. it now makes part of another mission. it was cut out of the brazil curitiba mission. all the elders that were there are now with the other mission also. i wanted to go out there but i guess it doesnt matter. im not here to look at waterfalls!
i love you guys. have a great week!!!
Elder Coats
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Staying in Da Col
another transfer has now passed by and me and my comp elder murillo are gonna stay one more transfer together here in dal col. its a great area with lots of work so im excited to stay here for another.
we had a baptism sunday!! rejane (the cat lady) was baptized and her son will probably be baptized this sunday. she almost backed out during sunday school... we had a little chat in the room with the baptismal font and she decided that it was what heavenly father wanted for her. it went really well.
we have some good families that are preparing for baptism also so i believe that we are going to be blessed this transfer.
i cant believe that ty is already done with summer school. it seems like last week you said that he was just starting the summer. the weeks go by rápido.
speaking of that.... kolb and mike are gonna be returning to the beautiful U.S of A here pretty soon. craziness!! summer has really set in for you guys back home now finally. the cruise in is a fun time of year. thats cool that arien and jud were able to go down and have fun with all of that in logan. do you know if trent put his car in the cruise in this year??
thanks for the pictures that you sent. i love seeing how the family is changing. i just laugh eveytime i see ty. he is getting so tall. jud looks really good and i am glad that things are going good for him.
thats awesome that chris ward joined the church. he has been a friend of mine for a long time. if you could get a hold of his address, send it to me. he could be a part of a singles ward and really get into the blessings that the church has to offer.
mom im glad that everything is going well for you at work. dont worry about not having a whole lot of energy, it willl come with time.
dad is staying busy im sure with all the things of summer and work. is he gonna do a big garden this year again??
something funny that one of our investigators said last week ``if micheal jackson was mormon, he wouldnt have died alone...´´ kinda funny! she has realized that everyone in the ward is like a big family.
i love this gospel!!! i love you guys and i hope that you have an awesome week!!
fogo nos ossos!!!
Elder Coats
we had a baptism sunday!! rejane (the cat lady) was baptized and her son will probably be baptized this sunday. she almost backed out during sunday school... we had a little chat in the room with the baptismal font and she decided that it was what heavenly father wanted for her. it went really well.
we have some good families that are preparing for baptism also so i believe that we are going to be blessed this transfer.
i cant believe that ty is already done with summer school. it seems like last week you said that he was just starting the summer. the weeks go by rápido.
speaking of that.... kolb and mike are gonna be returning to the beautiful U.S of A here pretty soon. craziness!! summer has really set in for you guys back home now finally. the cruise in is a fun time of year. thats cool that arien and jud were able to go down and have fun with all of that in logan. do you know if trent put his car in the cruise in this year??
thanks for the pictures that you sent. i love seeing how the family is changing. i just laugh eveytime i see ty. he is getting so tall. jud looks really good and i am glad that things are going good for him.
thats awesome that chris ward joined the church. he has been a friend of mine for a long time. if you could get a hold of his address, send it to me. he could be a part of a singles ward and really get into the blessings that the church has to offer.
mom im glad that everything is going well for you at work. dont worry about not having a whole lot of energy, it willl come with time.
dad is staying busy im sure with all the things of summer and work. is he gonna do a big garden this year again??
something funny that one of our investigators said last week ``if micheal jackson was mormon, he wouldnt have died alone...´´ kinda funny! she has realized that everyone in the ward is like a big family.
i love this gospel!!! i love you guys and i hope that you have an awesome week!!
fogo nos ossos!!!
Elder Coats
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
It's Loco de bom in Brasil
hey fam
everything is loco de bom here for me still and we are able to get around the area with out any problems now. we have a good group of investigators coming to church (including the cat lady that will be baptized this sunday) and we're teaching lots of lessons each week.
there are a lot of strong catholic believers here and yesterday we got into a pretty good bible bash! the spirit wasn't there at all though so i just bore my testimony of the true church and invited her to really think about the things that we had taught and we got out of there. it was a good experience. it was by far the biggest bash that i have been in on the mish...
i heard about the tragedy of lance jensen from micheal. its really sad to think that he was way young and that he was getting ready to be married but for sure he is resting from all the struggles and worries that we have here on this earth.
Jud got him another bike? i want a picture of it.
Arien's hero micheal jackson died this week.. but tell her not to worry cause we can still watch the thriller music video...
so ty hurt the same colllar bone that he hurt last year..? me and him have weak collar bones i guess. im sure that if he finished with school by the end of october he would be happy to get a full time job and just work for a while. then he could save up for school and go to college with me...
im glad that everything went well for you mom returning to work. before ya know it you will be back to full strength. tell dad that i want him to take the harley out for a spin this week to get some of the dust out. i loved watching him ride the hog with his hair blowin in the wind.
i love you guys and i pray for ya daily.
have a great week!!!!!!!
Elder Coats
everything is loco de bom here for me still and we are able to get around the area with out any problems now. we have a good group of investigators coming to church (including the cat lady that will be baptized this sunday) and we're teaching lots of lessons each week.
there are a lot of strong catholic believers here and yesterday we got into a pretty good bible bash! the spirit wasn't there at all though so i just bore my testimony of the true church and invited her to really think about the things that we had taught and we got out of there. it was a good experience. it was by far the biggest bash that i have been in on the mish...
i heard about the tragedy of lance jensen from micheal. its really sad to think that he was way young and that he was getting ready to be married but for sure he is resting from all the struggles and worries that we have here on this earth.
Jud got him another bike? i want a picture of it.
Arien's hero micheal jackson died this week.. but tell her not to worry cause we can still watch the thriller music video...
so ty hurt the same colllar bone that he hurt last year..? me and him have weak collar bones i guess. im sure that if he finished with school by the end of october he would be happy to get a full time job and just work for a while. then he could save up for school and go to college with me...
im glad that everything went well for you mom returning to work. before ya know it you will be back to full strength. tell dad that i want him to take the harley out for a spin this week to get some of the dust out. i loved watching him ride the hog with his hair blowin in the wind.
i love you guys and i pray for ya daily.
have a great week!!!!!!!
Elder Coats
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