Letter July 23, 2008

Hey! How are things going? It definetly sounds like you had a bit of a difficult week this week. but it also sounds like things are working out. which that is always good. i am definetly sorry to hear that Kaya was let go, because they decided to sell that restaurant. but i bet that she will find another job really fast. and i know that she is going to have a bunch of fun at girls camp, she always does. and remember to let me know when those pictures get there that i sent two weeks ago, and yes i definetly want reeses, i dont care if they melt. i brought my pajama pants with reeses on them and every day they remind me that they dont have reeses here in brazil, and then i am sad. and you well have to let me know when you hear from Matt about his mission call. i am going to write him today i started writing him before my companion and i left the apartment. but i wasnt able to finish it, i also wrote josh, i am so excited for him. i think about him just about every day now, but before the only time that his name popped into my head was when i got a letter from him and i read. haha jk. but things are going pretty well, i am still progressing in the language and am doing a lot better. i think that now i have a better companion and he has been helping me a lot more with the language, one because he has more patience and he lets me teach. and i have really been trying to push myself and i have been seeing a big difference lately. and for juston dad tells me that he is working two jobs now. he got a graveyard job at Home Depot loading trucks and he did tell me that he got your package that you sent him. but i guess he is struggling and dad also told me that he has been complaining a bit. because he thinks that kaya got everything that she ever wanted since she was practically born and that i have gotten all that i wanted ever since i turned 17, but i just pray for him every night and i just have to have faith in God that he will take care of him. because there really isnt a whole lot that i can i do for him now, being nearly around 8000 or so if not more miles away from him. but things are going really well for me. i mean my companion and i seem to be in a bit a slump right now, because we have been teaching and teaching. but none of the investigators seem to be really making any progress, because they dont seem to have the desire to change and start living the gospel. we have marked a few baptismal dates for next month and we are hoping to get some baptisms, but we will see if they actually hold up. because you never know, they might back down at the last minute. Because none of them really seem to have a great desire, but all we can do is just keep teaching, praying, working, and fasting and then just hope for the best. i finished the book of mormon again today i plan on starting it again tomorrow. and i also plan on writing juston today i really need to. i wrote kaya last week, so she should be getting that soon and i also sent those pictures. so you should be getting those with in the next few days. and if you could, please send a few of them to dad, because i really dont have a whole lot of time to do that. but things are going really well. and send me some pictures of the family if you can, because every one here is always asking about my family and if i have any pictures and all i have are the pictures that we took together at the MTC in Provo and i would like some more if you could get some to me. but there really isnt anything that i need that i can think of right now, but i would like some stain remover if you can find any anywhere that you will be able to send really easily, because the stuff here pretty much sucks. but yeah......my companion and i did have a good lesson last night that i ofrgot about. with a man and his son, we ran into this man a couple of weeks ago while we were giving a lesson to a family outside there door. he was drunk and he just came up to us and starting talking to us about all sorts of things, like his bible and he really wanted to show us his bible. so he went home got it and came back and started talking to us again, and then we decided to mark an appointment with him. so we did, but we ended up missing it, because we were way busy the day that we had him marked down for. so we returned like the next day or so and marked a different day, which was last night and we taught him the third lesson. and it went really well, the spirit was there and we mark his baptismal date. and i really like him, there is something about him that i really like. i have no idea what it is, but i really hope that everything continues to go well with him. because i can tell by look in his eye that he needs this gospel and that he is struggling. an i pray that everything will work out with him........and then on sunday, we had a bit of different experience. my companion and i had the opportunity to teach the first lesson to a prophet.....atleast he thinks that he is.....it was really weird but interesting. because he really believed that he was a prophet, i mean he admitted that he had never talked with God or anything, but he still believed that he was a prophet. and we also found out that he is a member of a church here in brazil that has a prophet and 12 apostles, and they stay inside all day searching for God. which was really interesting. but some crazy things go on here in Brazil, and it is just a really weird place. but everything is going really well with me. but i need to be getting going and i need to write a letter to the president still. but i love you guys so much and i miss ya. you are always in my prayers and i hope that things get better and they stay that way. i am starting to fall in love with mission and it has been really good. but i really cant think of anything else that is going on. i love ya and tell kaya hi for me and give everyone else my love. tell steve that he needs get of his lazy butt and do something with his life like maybe write me a letter or something. jk but i love you and i miss ya. O evangelho é verdadeiro e esta obra é a obra de Deus. Eu sei que com a ajuda de Deus e Jesus Cristo nos podemos fazer e realizar todas as coisas. Com Amor, Élder Jory B. Spotts