Letter June 18, 2008

Hey!How are things going in the good old United States? brazil is very different than america and i am not going to lie, i will kiss the ground of my home country when i get home. but i plenty of time to plan for that. how is kaya and juston? i am so excited to hear where josh is headed, tell him that he better write me soon so that i can find out where he is going. everything is going pretty good here, my companion and i are in a more difficult time. we had a difficult day yesterday, not a lot of people wanted to hear the gospel. so we only got in a few lessons and did a lot of walking. but i got the package i went and payed for it. it ended up only being about 200 reais. and it is because of customs and the imported goods inside of it. they charge extra money for things like the ipod and the speakers. dont ask me why they do it for everything, it has already happened to a few elders here other than myself. so no worries with that. but the work is still going good even though we had a rough day yesterday. and we are really excited for the four baptisms that we have coming up on sunday, being able to see the progress of the investigators is really awesome. the spirit is so strong and the Lord has his hand in this work. but.....not a whole lot has happened lately, the language is getting better and better just about everyday and i understand more and more and can speaks more and more about everyday. the Lord has blessed me with the help. and i am beginning to love the work more and more too. at first it was hard, and still is because i cant speak really well. but things are getting better and better and i am in the Lords hands. i trust him with all my heart and will just do what i can and i know he will do the rest. i do have a couple of really funny stories, one an old man tried to rob my companion and i, hahaha it was hilarious. two another elderly man confessed all his sins to my companion and then afterwards got on one knee put my companions hand on his head and asked him to heal him. i busted up laughing it was so funny. but the old man that tried to rob us was hilarious, he just casually walked up to us while we were standing out side the church and then he tried to be fast and started reaching into our pockets. but he was to slow and we would just grab his hands. he seemed like he was either drunk or a little crazy. but he was funny and it was funny that he tried to rob us. but things are going good, we are hoping that we can set some more dates for baptism this upcoming week. but this area is one of the harder ones in the mission. my companion has only baptized three in this area the entire time he has been here. which is from about april until now, which isnt really good. he was telling me that before this area he served in an area where he baptized thirty people in just a few weeks. but i happy and am doing well. the gospel is true and i love you. tell everyone hi for me and give them hugs and thnks for the card that you sent me. and tell grandma roberts that justons b-day is on the 4th not mine. she sent me a birthday card. but i love you and tell kaya i love her and juston the same. and tell steven that i miss my little Love Muffin. but things are awesome, hope you have a wonderful day and a fantastic week, Com Amor, Élder Jory B. Spotts