June 24,2013

Dear Mom,

 

I am very glad you are feeling relieved about your descision to quit at the theater. That is a very good sign. When we make wrong choices they are always accompanied by feelings of worry or guilt. I believe that your role as a mother is far more important than the money you would have recieved. Emma will need a lot more of your support as she grows older and has to confront "boy problems". 

 

I am very glad to hear that Colby is maturing. Having a job will always do that to somebody. I am doing the best i can to encourage him to be responsible and prepare for his mission. Im glad that trevor and emma have the opportunity to strengthen their relationship as well. It will be good to have somebody to beat on the silly boys that will chase emma haha. Trevor finally passed the mom mark? Whoo! good for him :) I remember when i passed that mark i was so happy.

 

Emma will babysit for a week? Wow that should be quite the experience for her. 

 

Im glad that Dad has gotten busy and that he is able to provide for the family. Its a very different situation here. The unemployment rates are huge and the prices are always going up. The government is full of thieves. I dont know if you have heard about the protests going on down here but they are starting to get serious. There were 300,000 people on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. They even protested here in this little town. Fortunately it has not interupted our work at all.

 

 This week we had a barbecue in our house. I will try and send a picture of it later. We had a meeting with president Hart. There is a big holiday called São João or Saint John. They celebrate every year and have a tradition to eat corn and peanuts. Dont ask me why because they dont even know. The holiday has made things a little bit harder for us actually. Every body is drunk all the time. Nobody is at home and those at home dont want to let us in because they are partying. Oh well it will be ok. The members are giving us plenty of food :)

 

The girl is just fine now. She went with the rest of the youth on a temple trip today. The nearest temple is 12 hours away by bus. They only go four times a year if they are lucky. I did get a chance to watch the conference. I enjoyed it very much. I really liked the fact that they enphasized the fact that members need to work with the missionaries. We missionaries are just the helpers. Knocking on doors even here in Brazil is a very daunting and difficult task that leads to few fruits. The announcement that we will use electronics is a very exciting one but i dont think it will get to my mission until after i leave. That annoucement was more for the states and europe.

 

Transfers are tomorrow and we have yet to receive the news on who what and where. I believe i will stay in this area. My companion will probably leave. Other than that there is no news. Love you mom :)