June 17, 2009

Hey Mom! How is everything going? i hope that all is well. things here are going pretty good and it isnt my fault that you didnt get a letter from me, because i had written you a huge letter and when i went to hit that send button the internet stop working and i didnt get to send it. so did get upset because it wasnt my fault. but it was probably a good thing that you didnt get it because it just talked about a ton of negative things. Because i have been struggle a little bit lately and it has been hard. My patience has trully been being tested lately because a lot things are started to go wrong here. the members have stopped helping us and it is difficult without them. Our teaching pool is small because no one wants to go to church, they just like our visits and i cant keep teahing people that just like to hear. they have to progress our i have to let them go. we are having some trouble with Carla´s parents. we dont exactly know what is going on there but we are still teaching them and the daughters all want to get baptized and the are progressing and fulfilling all of the commitments that we leave with them. but the mother is scared of being baptized and the father doesnt want to accept the Book of Mormon as the word of God. but i am not playing around anymore i am getting a little frustated with them and i am going to be straight forward with them from now on. but we did travel by boat again, we actually just got off the boat because we had Zone Conference again. and it was really good. It helped me out a ton, i felt like everything was said directly to me. President talked about the importance of every soul and also the importance of trials. and i was struggling for a little while to believe that i am that important to God and that He had lost confidence in me. but after Zone conference and my interview with President i am feeling a thousand times better. and hope that we will be able to get back to week this week and find some people to teach. The trip to Itacoatiara was pretty good too. On the way there we had clear skies and we were able to see all the stars. so the four of us missionaries laid on top of the boat and just looked at the stars and talked the whole night. it was a gorgeous night and it felt good to just relax and forget about all the stress that the mission brings. and while we were in Itacoatiara we went around visiting a bunch of members after the conference with Elder Milkanin(one of my old companions) and i met some pretty sweet people. i met a family that had recently traveled to the other side of the country to get sealed in the temple. and they are a very humble family with a small house and not a lot of money. and they were happy and talked about the experience they had in the temple and how it was the greatest thing that had ever happened to them. it was pretty cool. the trip went pretty well. the only thing that sucked was that we had to wait on the ship port for 3 hours to catch the boat go come back to Maués. and the boat was PACKED full of people. i ended up sleeping on the ground at the port for a long time at 1 o´clock in the morning and i was way tired. i am still pretty tired because of two trips. And as for the baptism.....it went well. but she almost didnt get baptized because of her mother. her other signed her Church record and was cool with the baptism. but she kept talking to carla about it and she tons of stuff and well Carla went to the interview crying telling us that she wasnt going to be baptized because of her mother. but we talked to her and she decided to do it and it went really well. now we are just going to try and help her family out. but we are going to need the help from the Lord to be able to help them understand the importance of baptism and the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. but yeah......just pray for me every day because i need the prayers. and as for the PSP......my companion wants a white one if you can find one, but if not then you than just buy a black one or whatever color. and you can go ahead and send it in his name......Elder A. Oliveira. and he wants the psp that has a microphone and that costs around $200 or cheaper. he doesnt want anything more expensive than that. and go ahead and send it with the Halladays(the family in grandma´s ward) and it should get here some time next month then. and well i dont know what else to tell you about that. but yeah.....Well everything is going pretty good and i hope that this letter makes up for the one that didnt make it last week because the internet fell. so dont be mad at me because it wasnt my fault. and say hi to the new neighbor for me. and what do you mean that he is doing to help me with my grants and schooling stuff, because we are going to have to start looking into that here pretty soon. because i want to be able to start studying as soon as possible when i get home which means that i am going to have to get prepared and you will have to take care of all that stuff while i am on the mission. but yeah....sorry that you are a lone. if i could i would totally come home and give you company, but that is kind of hard because i am on the mission. but i love you and i miss you and i will write you next week. Love you and give everyone hugs and kisses for me. talk to you later.
With Love, Elder Spotts