Oct. 15, 2008

Hey! How is everyone doing? How is the family? and well things are going pretty well here. we have been keeping ourselves pretty busy and things have been going really well. today we are going to go to the Center of the city to go see some of the tourists things that they have here and to just relax and see what they have there. i have never been there, so i have no idea what it looks. and sorry to bust you bubble, but i havent been able to see the Amazon yet. in fact i dont even know where it is. but i do know that it is big and cool, but never seen it yet. i have seen the Rio Negro which is another huge river here. the amazon is actually two rivers that meet together and one of those rivers is the Rio Negro and it is a pretty big river itself. and we had another great experience this past weekend. i cannot remember what day it was, but one of our lessons fell through after lunch and we were going to go knocked some doors in one area of our area. but my companion had to use the bathroom, and they dont have any decent bathrooms in our area except our house. so we had to walk back to the house which is on the other side of are area, well actually it isnt in our area. but it was a really long walk and we decided not to return to the area that we wanted to knock doors, because it was really long. but we decided to knock doors somewhere else and we walked down this alley and the first house on the right i knocked. but i didnt just knock right off the bat, but i sat there thinking for a while should i or shouldnt i well i felt like i should so we did and we met an awesome lady that we are teaching but she turned out not to like the Book of Mormon to well. so we are praying for her, but that wasnt the really good story. but like two after that we decided to go down that same alley again and knock again. so we did and well my companion knocked at a door that he felt like he should knock and i felt good about it as well. and well the lady let us in and we taught the First lesson, but we didnt teach it like normal. the spirit guiding us and we taught quite different and the spirit definetly touched her heart. one the spirit was there strong and two she said the closing prayer before we left and she was just in tears as she was saying the prayer. thinking the Lord for sending us there and bringing her the Truth and that she knows that she needs a better life and that she wants a better life. it was an amzing lesson, i was practically in tear after we left and it was just awesome. i am way excited to go back and see how her prayer was. because she said that she would pray to know if these things are true and i really think that this will be a good one. but i try not to get my hopes up, because almost always something happens and they end up changing there minds in the end. but i really have a good feeling about this lady, her name is Sonha and she is just awesome. but other than that we havent had anything really amazing happen. but things are going really well, we have teaching a bunch and things are going really well. i have been noticing and becoming more of the missionary that i want to be with my new companion and it has been a good experience. because for the first few weeks with him i have practically been the senior companion because he doesnt know the area really well. i have to decide everything and it has been a good experience for me to have that responsibility. and things have just been going really well, we are still haveing trouble with getting a lot of help from the members here. but we are still pushing to get there help and are trying to figure stuff out. we have already starting a few things, like we have strting helping the ward get on reactivating the less-active members and well that seems to be going pretty well. but we are busy and doing well. i have thinking about home less and less. so things are going really well. but let me in on the details on how everyone is doing. how is kaya? Juston? steve? seince they dont write me anymore and did you give steve my email so that he can email me because that would be s much easier for me. but yeah let me know how things are going; and that sucks about Dallas, but oh well, and that is super exciting about BYU. wish that i had the chance to witness what it going on. but you cant always get what you want but. Mas, Tudo bem.but i hope that everyone is doing good and tell everyone that i love them and Morgan has been good about writing me and i dont have a whole of time to write him specifically, but i wanted to thank him and tell him that everything is going good and that it sounds like the family is keeping bust and doing well and to congradulate Josh and Ashley on there New baby and to tell everyone hi for me. but i love you all and i hope that everyone is doing well. oh and tell nick hi for me i havent had time to write him a letter. but things are going good nick and i hope that everything is going well for you as well and thank you for the letters it sounds like things are going well for you and the girls. but May God Bless you all and i love you. esta obra é a obra de Deus. Ele nos guia pelo espirito santo.
Com Amor, Élder Jory B. Spotts