Farmer Tan...

Hi Fam,
The beloved snow has finally arrived for you guys back home!! what a 
blessing!!!!! i got home yesterday with the sickest farmers
 tan on my neck and 
arms that i have ever experienced in my life!!!
the sun yesterday was the type 
of sun that gets right to the point and burns.
i like it though but i do miss 
the snow. for some reason the
brazilian people are a lot more of a joyful, happy 
people when its hotter than all holiness. they
accept us really well this time 
of year and with christmas arriving they
 like to hear about Jesus and what he 
did for us. we had an awesome week and
 found some really great families that are 
just asking for baptism!! its really cool to find
a family that has interest in 
the true teachings of the gospel. we are
now  gonna start all the teaching and 
help them to get to the waters of baptism.
now the fun part starts!!!
ty probably wont be able to hit the slopes
this year to hard but no worries next 
year will be better for him anyways, with
me out in front and him eating dust....
thats cool that jud and chelsea are still going
strong and that the job 
is going well for him. it would be pretty
sweet if he could maybe hook me up 
with a job when i first get home...
 im way excited to see the pictures of Ariens 
new house. you guys told me that it was an
older home but by the time that they 
finish with it, it will be brand new!!!
with what you have been telling me about 
the house, now all that it is lacking is a swimming pool!!
dont give any ideas to justin...
thanks for sending the package mom.
im sure that it will get here 
in a few weeks. i sent out a little package
for the fam today. you guys can 
decide if you want to wait till christmas
to open it or when you get it. you 
guys will be excited to see what it is...
i really dont need a whole lot of things and the
socks, legend. just about every american
missionary here has these socks cause the 
really hold out strong. there is a brazilian elder
here that asked me if i could 
get him a pair of pajama pants.
 the really thick ones. theyre not sold here in 
hardly any part of brazil. he said if possible
 a checkered pattern would be 
cool. i wont be needing cold clothing
now until i get home. i just have one more 
season of hot weather and thats it. time is
flying by!!!!!
next thanksgiving instead of rice and beans,
turkey and mashed potatoes!!
i love you guys, have a good week and enjoy the snow
for me this year!!
só alegria
Elder Coats

Ta doido' e'

hey fam
hope all is well and that you guys had a good week!
another transfer is now underway! im happy to
know that the weather is staying good back home. i miss
fall weather in good ol Idaho. having good weather
means that mom is still at it
with the barbeque. that is something that
keeps the family happy. i hope that
everyone still finds a little time to
go to the house and hang out for a little while.
it seems strange to think that it is just
ty that is living at home now.
when i was home we had a house
load every night with the whole fam, friends and
those months that krissy and the kids lived with
us.that was so fun!!! good times.
i didnt know that story about tys baptism.
its cool to hear stories about
things like that. i remember that he said
that the agua was really cold but i
didnt remember that he had to get back in
the clothes to do the ordinance again
after they had already changed. im so glad to hear
that ty has been going to sacrament meeting with you
mom!! ty, if you really pay attention and try to
learn, you will see the difference that it will make
in your week. keep going strong.
i received a new comp today. he is an older guy
from são paulo and ready to work. he has been
working in the mission office for
the past 8 months so he is ready to get out from
behind the computer. its gonna be a good transfer.
the next few months are gonna go by fast!!
i really liked the elder that i was with this last
transfer and we were able to have a lot of fun and work
hard at the same time. he went home today. his mom
came out and got him.
mom, are you able to do all the lifting now at the store
without problems from the surgery. the holiday season is
gonna be a good one.
is jud still enjoying the tractor work? hows ariens class
doing? tell dad that i send him a kiss on his bald head!!!
i love you guys and i miss you all!!
have a great week!!!!
um abraço bem forte
Elder Coats

November is Here

Dear Family,

So this week i had to buy a watermelon and carve a jack-o-lantern out of it to 

get a little bit of the halloween spirit in our place. the watermelon here is 

in season and really cheap and tasty!!! i miss good ol fall weather and the 

beauty that it brings with it. lots of good fruits are once again in season and 

its getting good and hot!! i like the heat though because the brazilian people 

are a lot happier when its nice and hot. kinda funny but when it is cold they 

are a lot more of a closed people and dont accept us as easy... 

so tyler d is home now also. craziness!!! seems like yesterday i was 

at his house telling him good bye. lots getting home and going out. for 

halloween ty and core dressed up like waynes world? i bet everyone got a

kick out of that!!  hows tys ankles doing? i knew that the 

second that he got the casts off he would be ready to take everything on.

he isnt one to just do nothing with life. we had a great week! 

every week seems to go by really quick lately. with this new calling,

i got a few more responsibilities that keep me going fast all the time.

are kris and the kids enjoying the new home still? its good cause

kameryn isnt to far away from the school to go to basket ball every

 morning at 5am. those were the good ol 

days. tell her i said good luck with the basket ball season!!

 the baptismal font has been out of gas for a little while

now but its all good cause no one 

complains about getting into the cold water to cool

down a little bit. we have a baptism marked for this week

 end with a family that we have been working with 

for a while. one of the sisters in the family has quit smoking

and is now ready for baptism. we would like to have them

 all baptized on the same day but some 

times it doesnt work like that. 2 in the family have already been

baptized and now 3 more are getting there!! the work is

going well!!!

i love you guys!!!!!!

i miss you!!!! Have a GREAT week!!!!!!!!!!!

Elder Coats

Still in Guarapuava

hey fam
i didnt have time to write yesterday cause
we had the mission olympics
in another city and we had a good four hour bus ride
there and back and it took up the rest of the day.
it was a really fun day
playing sports and joking around with the
other elders and sisters here in the mission.
my body is pretty much dead today
and im limping like an 87 year
old geezer but it was well worth it.
i know that in a few days the knee will
be back to normal.
the only physical exercise that we
get as missionarys is
walking in the street so is was really
fun to play around a little bit.
i bet that ty is as happy as a jay bird
now that his mouth is unwired finally.
those pictures that you sent of his mouth
were pretty nasty and he is so skinny!!
now that his mouth is unwired
he has probably gained a good part of it back.
did loyal and grandma take him out to
the golden corral? i sure miss that joint!
Arien always hated eating there but
how can ya beat it? they've got everything!!
sounds like her house is coming right along now.
its gonna be sweet when its all done.
justin is a perfectionist when
it comes to stuff like that.
is the fall weather setting in there now?
christmas is pretty
much here all ready!
so yesterday morning on our way
to the bus station at 4
in the morning we passed a
drug store on the corner that was being robbed!!
it was kinda funny cause the 4
dudes that were inside must have thought that we
were police cause they grabbed
what little that they had and took off.
they must have just started cause it
didnt look like they had taken too much.
a little bit after that the police showed up
but all we could tell them was the direction
that they ran.
we have had a good
week and were working with some good people.
one investigator has completely
stoppéd with smoking and she is
lacking just a few little things to be baptized.
i love you guys and i hope that everything is
going good.
have a good week!!
Elder Coats

i think that this is probably the only part of the
year that the weather is 
similar to what you guys are having back home.
there are days really hot and 
humid but there are also the days that
are cool and it feels like a good fall 
weather. of course everyone aqui thinks that
it is freezing. they think im crazy 
with out any thing but a short sleeve shirt.
summer is gonna hit us hard here in 
a little bit i believe.
we had a good week and some really fun family nights 
with some of our investigators. its fun to
show the people that are getting to 
know the church about family home evening. the kids
love the games that we 
invent. family home evening is something
so simple that we can do and it really 
brings the family together.
i cant remember if i told ya but i live in a house 
with four elders this transfer. a new branch opened
up here and the elders dont 
have a house yet so they live with us. its way
fun and we have entertainment 
every day with out a tv!! my companion is on his
last transfer so im trying to 
learn the area the best that i can so i can be
ready to help the next elder get 
in the swing of things.
i havent received the package yet. we live in the
last city of the mission
so it take a good few weeks to get letters  and what not
out here.
(but that doesnt mean to stop sending them!!!) we have 
interviews with  pres this week so im pretty sure that
ill get it then. ill let ya now.
Jud, you got to send me some pics of your new ride!!
toyota tundra is a sweet little pickup.
i like the choice you made with the color also. 
its gonna be sweet when you get it all how you want it.
i think that im gonna drive the ol eagle 
for a while when i get home. just to get my
feet wet and get started again. i miss that beater.
ty, your almost there man, your gonna be able
to eat solid food again. when you can, go to
chester fried and get a chester special and eat 
it in my memory. jk. hows school going bro??
mom, is the store completley finished now?
its gonna be crazy to drive through
town when i get home. im not gonna
recognize anything. is arien and justins
new house a 2 story house? you guys need to
send me some pics of it also.
hows everything going  with dad??
I sure love you guys!!!
im glad that everything is in order and that
every one is happy and working hard.
have a great week!!!
um abraco!!
Elder Coats

Guarapuava

Hi Family!

the sun is now shinning bright here in the tropics of Guarapuava!! my summer tan
is coming on real nice...jk. its getting hotter each day now and its really nice
to work each day in the sun. during the summer the work goes really good cause
the people here do a lot of sitting on the front porch drinking a weird drink
called te ré ré. its herbs with cold water and supposedly its supposed to cool
down your body heat. were not allowed to drink it but im planning on bringing a
package home to give it a try later.
we had a really nice baptism this week!!
 a young girl whose family is slowly coming along to the gospel. she is really
excited about the church and she wants to learn more each day. were excited to
get her family going to church also.
 the cold is arriving to you guys now. its almost halloween again. so ty is
already walking?? i bet that he is a lot happier now. even though his mouth is wired
shut at least he can walk..
i didnt recognize any of those names that allan white knew. they are probably from
another ward that i didnt work in. thats cool though that allen white served
here.
the city that im in now is probably the cleanest city that i have been in
so far. the people that live here are a little more
difficult to work with but all is well. were doing what we can to warn them.
there are lots of cool parks and cites to see here so im gonna try to get a lot
of pictures while im here. guarapuava is in the interior but lots to do here. 
things are going great and we're working hard.
i love you guys!!!!
have a great week.
Elder Coats

hey fam
its been a rainy week but were still trucking along preaching the good word. we
had a good week with the conference and i was able to get alot out of the talks
that were given. (even though i had to watch it in Portuguese). usually they set
up a tv for the missionaries to watch it in English but it wasn't working. it is
a lot different in another language. not being able to hear the actual voices of
the apostles and prophet was sad but it was still really good. i want to watch
the talk that Jeffrey R Holland gave about the book of mormon in english still.
his talks are poderoso!!!
my new comp is a really cool guy. Elder S. Costa. he is 25 and really
loves the gospel.
we're working hard and were gonna have lots of good success this transfer.
thats too bad that ty wasnt able to get his mouth unwired. i bet that he is
dying to eat a big J burger. im also dying to eat a big J burger....
just let him know that he needs to be patient and let it heal up
good so it doesnt turn out bad.
i wish that i would have done all that i needed with the physical
therapy after my
surgery. i still have a limp with this danged knee. it is doing good though
and i dont have any trouble walking.
ill have to talk to the mission president about the letter. it is just a letter that
lets the family know the progress and what is going on here.
that sure is a big graduating class at west side, 34. wow!
he will be done with school before to long. crazy.
is jud still enjoying life in his apartment in town? let him know that
im gonna move in when i get home. tell Arien good job with those
hooligan 5th graders of hers.
is the store all finished up now mom? are ya still enjoying the work
there? at least its not the watermellon season any more.
tell dad that i sent a hello. i havent heard from him in a while.
everything is going great here. i love you guys!
have a great week!!!
Elder Coats