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

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