Another Great Week In Guarapuava

hey fam

another great week is flying by and lots of great things are happening
here for us in guarapuava!! this week we had a miracle happen:
not only the baptism that was held on saturday but also
we were able to invite a young man that was 
driving a home made, horse drawn buggy, down the
street to church. he went, loved it, felt the spirit and he is going
to be baptized this week!! he´s an awesome kid that, as soon as the
gospel was introduced to him he jumped right in 
and is loving every bit of it. he is a little farmer that works with five horses 
that are actually his. his family life isn't all that great but his dad was nice 
enough to let us teach him the gospel and said that there is no problem with him 
following the church. we're really excited for him and i know that the gospel is 
gonna bless his life. its great to see how the gospel changes lives!
sounds like you guys had a good week and that the MORP went good for Ty.
thats really weird that they call it MORP. (Prom spelled backwards?)
i got the packages that you guys sent for christmas, finally last week.
i couldnt wait on the bus to open up the package so me and my
comp got into them on the bus ride home to guarapuava. i'm
enjoying alot, all the great american goods! there is an 
american from georgia that is living with me also and he about
died when he saw the nacho cheese! good stuff!!
Ariens house is gonna be the ultimate when they get it all finished up!
i'm way excited to get to see it in person.
has jud got his new truck all tinted and stickered up yet? i bet that he 
is loving the new ride.   
are you staying warm in the store mom? now that it has been 
all redone and what not i hope that you are keeping warm in there.
tell Robbie and Kam to keep up the good work in the little league b-ball.
when i get home i'll run um through a couple of good drills....jk.
hows Krissy and Peri doing also? i missed not being able to talk to
them on christmas but its alright because i'll be able to talk to
them before to long...!  
i over heard the leaving date for my group in june...
it will be june 2nd, so right on Peri´s birthday!
time really flys when your having fun and working hard!
i love you guys!!
have a great week!!
Elder Coats

The First Week of 2010

The first full week of the new year is going really
well and we have found lots of new investigators that
are really excited. We have a few baptisms
coming up in these next few weeks including this weekend!
That will be nice for you to have the 11'0clock
church, Mom. It is always nice to sleep in a little
on Sunday. That's awesome that Ty bore his testimony at
church. Is he going every week now?
I will be heading to Curitiba on Friday for sure
this week so I'll be able to pick up the package that
you sent for Christmas. I'm excited
because it is a four hour bus ride from
Curitiba to Guarapuava so I'll
have pictures and letters to pass the time.
I was thinking today about when
you all called for Christmas and I wanted to
know how does Gram know about
the word: Trunky? She's so funny!!
Something cool happened this week. We have been
teaching a little 9 year old
girl that loves the church and participates
in everything. The other day we were
headed out to teach her and her family and when
we got to the street where she lives
we saw her out playing with her friends and
she had her book of mormon with her.
She told us that she doesn't go anywhere without
it. I just thought that was so cool
that she wants to always have it with her even
when she is playing with her
friends! She is going to be baptized this weekend.
I am going to be in this area for a few more months but
when I am transferred,
I will have just two more transfers and then
I will be coming home! It seems
crazy to think that this year, 2010, is the
year that I have been serving for two
years and will be coming back.
Tell everyone that I love them and that I hope
they all have a very happy new year!
Have a great week!!
Love you all,
Elder Coats

A Brand New Year

The Christmas call home this year was great and im glad that it

all went as planned!!! it was so good to hear all of you and all

the exciting things that are going on back home! i really

 enjoyed hearing some of the great experiences

you guys have had this year and also some of the

experiences that i didnt know about.

Our internet time got moved to today and our p-day will

be tomorrow. we will probably stay up till midnight to watch

the fireworks and listen to one of the missionarys that is now

 living with us play the guitar.  we will make it fun. we had

a snow ball fight in the house this morning as we cleaned the ice

out of our freezer. i cant believe that 2010 is underway!!

 lots of good exciting things are gonna go down this year,

1. Ty graduates 2. I get home 3. Ariens wedding

4. Juds wedding 5. lots of joy and great stuff.......

its gonna be a great year!! sounds like you guys had a lot

 of fun on x mas with all the games and the

good food like always. i havent got the packages yet

but im thinking that they should be in the mission office just

 waiting for me to pick them up. i should be

going to Curitiba next week. ill let ya know when i get them.

dad and arien: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! youre both getting old.....haha.

Ariens house is a great present that she will receive when it gets all done.

im excited to see it!  dont forget to have some shrimp and good stuff

tonight for the new years. ill be celebrating the new year a little

bit before you guys (5 hours). have fun and make lots of goals and plans

for the new year.

I love you guys!

have a great week!!!

Elder Coats

Just One Week Until Christmas!

Hi Family...

just one more week!!! so next week, i wont be sending an email on 
wednesday,(this week has been madness so that is why im writing today) but ill 
probably send a little email saying when ill call and all that good stuff. i 
still dont know the number that you guys will need to call cause i im probably 
gonna get transfered 3 days before christmas but ill let ya know for sure. ill 
do the little call also from one of the public phones in the street to confirm 
that everything is good also but once again im not sure when... but dont get 
worried or anything about staying in the house for ever just waiting for a call 
cause ill find a way to get a hold of someone.
im excited to get to talk to you guys again! ill do my best to get the right
number to yall this time. dont want some poor brazilian lady to get scared
recieving a call that she has no idea what is going on....!

tomorrow is our christmas conference with the whole 
mission together. lots of fun things planned and im especially excited to get 
the pictures and letters that you guys have sent. i hope that they have already 
gotten there. takes about two weeks for anything to get here! and because im in 
the interior its even longer for the letters to get out to us. this week was a 
really busy one!! me and my comp have been responsible for getting 2 zones that 
are out here in the boonies back to Curitiba. we have been running behind trying 
to get a bus to get us there all week. in the end all is well and were gonna get 
there with out any problems. i cant believe that it is  christmas already!!!! 
this month is just a trucking by!!

thats awesome that you guys had a family night with the talbots!!
who all went besides you, mom?? i hope that they liked 
the movie and that you guys were able to have some fun.

that really is a miricle that ty´s teeth weren't all to bad.
he will be able to get hopefully most of the 
work done with on the christmas break and not have to miss to
much school. the wisdom teeth thing isnt to bad ty,
dr naylor does a good job and you ll probably 
be out for the whole thing. mom, remember when i got my teeth
pulled and how i was all drugged up and i wouldnt leave the
office with out telling dr naylor that he did a good job and that
he knew what he was doing?? pretty funny.
tell all the families that have sent me a little dinherio (money)
thanks for the support and ya i think that it would be best if you just
put it in my account and when i need it ill be able to pull it out. 

today were gonna do a service project at an old folks home for
christmas. were planning on singing a few songs and then just talking
with them a little about their life stories.
i should have learned some of those funny songs that loyal always sings 
so i could sing for them like he does back home. i know that there gonna like to 
just talk with us and share some experiences. ill let ya know how it went next 
week.
i love you guys!! i hope that all is going well in this wonderfull 
christmas time of year. the spirit of christmas is something that we need to 
keep with us all year long. have a good week and try to keep an update on the 
internet to get all the details.

feliz natal hien!!
Elder Coats

Welcome to Summer

so it is definatly summer time here! today might just be the hottest day of the
year! the breeze would be nice but it is also warm...
i like it though and the work goes really nice when its good and hot.
we are working with some great people and some really fun familias
that are working their way to baptism.
today we did a serious cleaning in our apartment that was a huge success.
we found things in the house from missionaries from the 1900´s!!
it was really due for a good cleaning.
sounds like everything is going really good back home.
im glad that you guys like the little movie of pictures that i sent. 
ive now got quite a bit more pics to add to it but i wont be doing that
until i get home in june.
im pretty sure that the christmas call home will be in the church house like
it was last year. ill try to get the right number to ya this year so
things dont get crazy before we even get on the line....!
i bet the kids are all really happy and excited with the new house and what not.
tell kam and rob good luck with the up-coming basket ball season.
im getting excited for the christmas conference that is gonna be
the whole mission together in curitiba on the 18th.
it is the only time that the whole mission gets
together. ill be getting the nice packages also that you guys have sent.
i know that cheetos, peach rings and gravy sound pretty weird for a christmas
present but im dying to eat some good home style junk food.
everything is going good and the missionary experiences are really adding up.
i love you guys and i hope that you all have a great week!!!!!!!

Elder Coats

End of November Already

Dear Mom,

That cajun deep fried turkey just about made me
fall out of my chair here....
that sounds so good!!! my thanksgiving was a
beautiful plate of rice and beans
but i sure enjoyed it. sounds like you
guys had a good thanksgiving even though
everyone kinda went there own separate ways to
be with other families also. next
year its gonna be the show down of
thanksgiving feasts!!!! i bet grandma coats
was really happy to have everyone together
almost. did you guys take some pics?
the package didnt get out to me and now it will
be held until the christmas
conference that we are gonna have on the 18th
of dec. its all good though. so i
have been writing down a few things
that i think would be good for my american
appetite. if you send a christmas package:
pringles, flamin hot cheetos that nacho
cheese sauce that you heat up and is
really tasty, peach rings... 
the pajama pants i think should be a
small for the elder in my zone. remember that
he wants the good thick ones. did
you guys ever get my little package that i sent?
if it hasnt got there yet, it should be there soon.
we have a few baptismal dates marked this weekend and were
running like mad to get them all under way and the
people 100% ready to be baptized.
the work is going good and christmas is
gonna help us out a lot.
lots of people want the christmas dvd that
the church gives out so it gives us a great
opurtunity to get in and teach also.
thats crazy that you guys dont have hardly
any snow... the beav then is probably still not open. l
last winter and the year before was a lot.
i guess its gonna take a little break this year.
grammy will be happy.
Arien and justin are gonna have all the things good
and ready to go for
their new house when the time comes to move in.
im really excited for them.
thats funny that she about got knocked out working
with the sheet rock. i can
just imagine arien working with tools
and getting dirty and what not.
i know that mom will be happy with the christmas tree
and that you guys need to be
careful not to care for the tree too much so
that it will die off a little after
christmas so she wont have an excuse to keep it
in the house and continue to put
decorations of other holidays on it...!
good times!! i love you guys!!
have a great week!!!!
ELder Coats

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope that you guys have had a great week!! I know that it is gonna get even 
better on Thursday when you sit down to the thanksgiving feast!!
 I dont think that i will get the package that you sent cause
i'm still clear out in the boonies here and the package will
probably have to wait for me in the mission office. its all good
though cause my comp cooks really good and will whip 
something up.
this year ought to be fun at Nathan and Linae's house. its 
always fun to get together with the fam.
 its strange to think that it is winter 
time back home. its just so dang hot here!! i like it though
and were able to talk to alot of people each day
about the true gospel of Jesus Cristo because a 
lot of people stay out side in this heat.
i did a lot of traveling this week to 
do divisions with the whole zone.
the other areas are quite a ways away so i 
had to catch a lot of buses and meet up with
different Elders each day. it was 
fun and its nice to get to know new places
and people for a couple of days. i 
got home from a little city called Irati
yesterday. in this town there is a 200 
foot statue of mother Mary on the mountain
that faces the city. the Catholics 
are really strong there but the people are
really resceptive to our message 
surprisingly. the outside of the city is
really pretty and it reminded me a lot 
of home.
our branch got robbed last night also... they didn't take
a whole lot but it still makes ya pretty mad. they
just made a big mess and tore up some 
walls trying to get into the main room with the
computer and what not. luckily 
its that really re-enforced door that isn't easy to
break into. We will probably 
do some service work now to get 'er all back in shape.
our chapel is a little rented building so they didnt get
to do too much damage.
 im glad to hear that 
everyone is doing good and that things are going along 
smoothly.
tell everyone that i said hi at the thanksgiving party and that i will 
be there next year to join the fun!!!
i love you guys!
have a great week!!!!
ELDER COATS