hey fam.
i dont know why you guys havent got my emails for weeks!!!? it makes me mad!! if you dont get this one im gonna have to hurt someone!
we have been good here and were being blessed with baptisms! we found some good families this week and were working hard to teach as much as possible each day.
ty now in his senior year in high school. yes!! he is gonna be done with school before we know it. especially because he only goes until 1 oclock in the after noon. tell him to save all the moola that he is gonna earn this year and when i get home he can buy of us both street cruisers and will do a little traveling....ha. im glad that jud is stilll enjoying his new job and im sure that he is making a lot better than he was when he was at the plastic factory. did he get his toyota up and going again?
im excited to see ariens new house when it gets done. thats gonna be cool to have her and justin close.
so mom, you and gram did a little road trippin to black foot huh? i bet that was fun to hang out in stephs new house and relax a little.
dad decided not to buzz his head this year then. i guess its right, he usually cuts it every 2 years..jk.
i love you guys. im still in a little state of shock that mike and kolby are home from their missions now because i remember the day that they left like it was yesterday! there already getting a start on life. let me know how the home coming talk goes. if possible, tape it on that little recorder that arien had for college and send it to me later. i would like to hear it. then i could send you guys a tape letter later....?
i havent got the package yet but its just cause im clear out here in the boonies and letters dont get here until someone comes out here. i should be getting it this weekend. im hoping for some goods.
its good to here from you guys each week.
i hope this letter reaches you!! have a great week!!!
Elder Coats
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Letter for August 19th,2009
Dear Family,
Another transfer is now over and we are up and running already in the new transfer. i got a new companion today named elder s. rocha. seems like a cool guy, a little quiet but ill do my best to fix that. im staying in this area (Dal Col) in ponta grossa and my filho (jr.comp) got transfered back to curitiba.
so last week the email to you guys didnt go right so i ended up sending it a little late.
i couldnt hardly believe the picture of ol kolb!!! he is way skinny!! im sure that he will already hit the gym as soon as possible to get it all back to normal. mike is home now also. its is so cool to think that they are returned missionaries now and have completed two years of service to the lord. tell them that i love them ( in a friend sort of way....) did they go visit you mom?
ty and air will be back to school here in a couple days!! what joy!! i know that ty wont be too excited but it is his last year and he should enjoy every second of it. ill be home when he is fresh out of school. its gonna be great!!! arien, you let the little children know who is boss and dont be afraid to bring out the wooden spoon when needed.... i know that mom taught you well!
mom, how are the battle wounds from the surgery? are you getting all the strength back that you need? make sure to keep the barbeque grill up to standards this summer. dad still riding the ol white treker to work everyday? im sure the summer is keeping him really busy.
we had a baptism this last week that gave a little scare to everyone... lucia, the lady that was baptized didnt keep her nose plugged when she was coming out of the water... so she came out gasping for air. her son baptized her, which was really nice but he forgot to tell her plug her nose hard.. it went well in the end, she just had to let out a few screams to get her lungs working again.
i was called to be a district leader also. i forgot to tell ya. just a few more responsibilities to handle and a tiny bit more stress. its gonna be good though and im gonna continue to learn alot.
i was glad to hear that loyal is a little bit better this week. grandma is a great nurse and she cooks like she is cooking for a king. she is great! let loyal know that im thinking of him.
kameryn is gonna be a great little athlete, the rate that she is going. robbie also. tell her good luck with the tryout this week. kris and aunt steph still enjoying their new houses??
i love you guys so much and im so glad to get the good news from you each week. always be happy and remember that families are the most important thing for our heavenly father!!!
have a great week!!!!
Elder Coats
Another transfer is now over and we are up and running already in the new transfer. i got a new companion today named elder s. rocha. seems like a cool guy, a little quiet but ill do my best to fix that. im staying in this area (Dal Col) in ponta grossa and my filho (jr.comp) got transfered back to curitiba.
so last week the email to you guys didnt go right so i ended up sending it a little late.
i couldnt hardly believe the picture of ol kolb!!! he is way skinny!! im sure that he will already hit the gym as soon as possible to get it all back to normal. mike is home now also. its is so cool to think that they are returned missionaries now and have completed two years of service to the lord. tell them that i love them ( in a friend sort of way....) did they go visit you mom?
ty and air will be back to school here in a couple days!! what joy!! i know that ty wont be too excited but it is his last year and he should enjoy every second of it. ill be home when he is fresh out of school. its gonna be great!!! arien, you let the little children know who is boss and dont be afraid to bring out the wooden spoon when needed.... i know that mom taught you well!
mom, how are the battle wounds from the surgery? are you getting all the strength back that you need? make sure to keep the barbeque grill up to standards this summer. dad still riding the ol white treker to work everyday? im sure the summer is keeping him really busy.
we had a baptism this last week that gave a little scare to everyone... lucia, the lady that was baptized didnt keep her nose plugged when she was coming out of the water... so she came out gasping for air. her son baptized her, which was really nice but he forgot to tell her plug her nose hard.. it went well in the end, she just had to let out a few screams to get her lungs working again.
i was called to be a district leader also. i forgot to tell ya. just a few more responsibilities to handle and a tiny bit more stress. its gonna be good though and im gonna continue to learn alot.
i was glad to hear that loyal is a little bit better this week. grandma is a great nurse and she cooks like she is cooking for a king. she is great! let loyal know that im thinking of him.
kameryn is gonna be a great little athlete, the rate that she is going. robbie also. tell her good luck with the tryout this week. kris and aunt steph still enjoying their new houses??
i love you guys so much and im so glad to get the good news from you each week. always be happy and remember that families are the most important thing for our heavenly father!!!
have a great week!!!!
Elder Coats
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Going...going...
Hey Fam!
we're at the end of another transfer that has gone by really fast and i'm continuing to learn more and more each day as i walk the streets and teach all those that accept our wonderful message.
we have a baptism set this saturday that should go really well and the lady getting baptized is really excited. she is the mom of a recent convert and has been going to church for a long time now. she has really gained a testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel and i know that it will have a huge impact on her life. one of her sons was shot and killed a few years ago because of drugs and she was really shaken up about it for a long time. we taught her about the plan of salvation and how her desire of having her son learning about the gospel and living a straight life will be fullfilled in the spirit world. she was so happy to know that her son would be able to learn even though he is no longer on this earth. it was a really great experience.
if you take any pictures of kolby at the bluebird, you got to send them to me. it has been such a long time since i've seen that ol kid. mike will be coming home next week and im sure that his family is way excited to see him again. let me know how their homecoming talks go. if possible record them and send it to me....
im so happy for kris and hope that things continue to go well for her.
thats cool that jud and ty did the arena cross again this year. did jud try any crazy stunt at the finish line this year?? ty is really getting good racing! i know that he has really enjoyed his summer. its crazy to think that he is heading into his last year of school now.
arien is gonna be busy busy again teaching and catching the sicknesses of all the little kids that are in her class. (jk) she is gonna be a great teacher and each year she will learn and grow alot.
hows pops doing? did he shave his head this summer or is he still holding strong with the skullet.
mom good luck with the talk this sunday and you can use any experience that ive had so far including the getting robbed my 3rd week in the field and knowing no portuguese and trying to teach the guy robbing us about the restored gospel because it wasn't his fault of understanding nothing that was going on until he showed me his gun. i know that it will go well and it will be cool to hear about the other elders serving from the linrose ward.
let loyal know that i am thinking of him and grandma. he has sure been a huge example to me and i sure enjoy listening to all of his great stories.
i love you guys!! Have an awesome week!!!
Elder Coats
we're at the end of another transfer that has gone by really fast and i'm continuing to learn more and more each day as i walk the streets and teach all those that accept our wonderful message.
we have a baptism set this saturday that should go really well and the lady getting baptized is really excited. she is the mom of a recent convert and has been going to church for a long time now. she has really gained a testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel and i know that it will have a huge impact on her life. one of her sons was shot and killed a few years ago because of drugs and she was really shaken up about it for a long time. we taught her about the plan of salvation and how her desire of having her son learning about the gospel and living a straight life will be fullfilled in the spirit world. she was so happy to know that her son would be able to learn even though he is no longer on this earth. it was a really great experience.
if you take any pictures of kolby at the bluebird, you got to send them to me. it has been such a long time since i've seen that ol kid. mike will be coming home next week and im sure that his family is way excited to see him again. let me know how their homecoming talks go. if possible record them and send it to me....
im so happy for kris and hope that things continue to go well for her.
thats cool that jud and ty did the arena cross again this year. did jud try any crazy stunt at the finish line this year?? ty is really getting good racing! i know that he has really enjoyed his summer. its crazy to think that he is heading into his last year of school now.
arien is gonna be busy busy again teaching and catching the sicknesses of all the little kids that are in her class. (jk) she is gonna be a great teacher and each year she will learn and grow alot.
hows pops doing? did he shave his head this summer or is he still holding strong with the skullet.
mom good luck with the talk this sunday and you can use any experience that ive had so far including the getting robbed my 3rd week in the field and knowing no portuguese and trying to teach the guy robbing us about the restored gospel because it wasn't his fault of understanding nothing that was going on until he showed me his gun. i know that it will go well and it will be cool to hear about the other elders serving from the linrose ward.
let loyal know that i am thinking of him and grandma. he has sure been a huge example to me and i sure enjoy listening to all of his great stories.
i love you guys!! Have an awesome week!!!
Elder Coats
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
New Apartment!
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
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 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
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