You better not stop!! 6/24

yes i got my package and it was not opened and dang you already have another box that is way sweet! i~m eating the stuff slowly lol very slowly. and ya i found my jump drive and my memory card lol. you guys are good hiders lol. oh and thanks for you conversion story. i~m gonna start askin peeps those 5 questions lol. cuz people have no clue. ya that sucks that you guys only have 1 car and i bet the engine blew on my car cuz chris didnt put oil in it. i always put the oil in. but all is well lol. you guys can walk around like i do lol. sweet i would love to get senior pics of chris. i would love to get tonz of pics. just send me millions lol. there amazing out here. tell him he needs to work hard i actually regret not working hard. dang destinee must be growing up. to the temple for her first time thats sweet. i dont know if i approve of the knee converses but hey its her thing whatev lol. man i got that drawing from justin and he wrote lol. it was so funny lol. i miss that kid. tell uncle randy and becky hi next family night. awww sweet jake got married thats tight. i cant wait to get that announcement. i sent you guys an envelope but i didnt have time to write you guys lol. there is like 3 letters in there for yall to send out plz lol. and i drew a picture for the family. hmm what happened this week that i can tell you. well we went to pizza hut for lunch today and it was amzing. then when we went to catch the bus back we had to run cuz the bus passed us cuz you got to catch it at the bus tube. so we run and get there and my comp gives the guy a 10 and 40 centavos cuz it costs 4.40 for 2 people and then the guy is taking long for the change and then we hear pourtas fechando! lol which means doors closing so i jump like 3 feet into the bus and my comp jumps and gets like smashed in the door then gets in lol. it was hilarious everyone is looking at us lol 2 americans and i~m just busting up cuz i made it lol. but ya thats my story for this week. oh we got a tight investigator he is like almost afraid of god lol. were like are you ganna go to church with us sunday and hes like if its what god wants then i~ll go lol. hes great though. well i love ya guys. stay strong go to church read the scripts lol. pray. do it all. your son, Elder Arroyo

Quick note from Jimmy 6/24

ya i got the package! thanks. it wasnt opened either. and thanks for the jumpdrive. well me and my comp came to copy pictures to our jumpdrives then go print some out. were are ganna go to pizza hut in central.. its american and a buffet and only 15 heias! so like 7.50! talk to ya later. we are ganna get back on at like 12 your time i think. tchau tchau, até 2 horas aqui, e meio dia para você!

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6/17 email to mom

i guess i will just try and tell you about my last 2 weeks. well me and my companion have been teaching some good people we have marked some good people for baptism and are working on them. we have this one chick who lived in the states for 5 years and she speaks english so i get to speak in english to her somtimes when i cant explain stuf in portuguese. its tight. umm i got to be the senior companion for a day! way tight. i stayed in my area and a missionary who just intered the feild came and was my companion. i knew him from the mtc. we just went and knocked doors we had addresses for and tried to get a first lesson or mark another date. it was a good experience for me cuz i had to do alot of the talking lol. people always making excuses. but i marked some dates. we didnt get to teach any lessons though :( but you better belive i tried!. so hmm what else happened. i cant remember much everything is all a blur. oh i am ganna need some new shoes soon these ones are crapping out cuz they were a size to big and my feet slide around. and if i ever get an email back lol i would love that recipe to the cake i like mom lol. and to some easy cookies. oh and mom if you could tell me your conversion story that would be great cuz people are always like oh well you have always gone to your church you dont know anything. and im always like well my mom was catholic and now shes mormon. and people ask how did she change. so please send me that. oh and whats up with jake did he get married now. whats been up give me an update and have you seen greg yet? just tell me everything well i dont have much more to say this time. love ya guys.
Elder arroyo

Hi Mom!

man thats crazy that everyone is getting ready to leave for there missions. we have so many out now of our ward.. sweet justin and swimming lol. lol vance learned popcorn popping whata nut lol. i love little kids. its hard not to like play around with them in the houses. i have a problem with that. right before the lesson i play and then there like crazy the rest of the time lol. and yes i konw that i have made a wonderfull decision to come here lol. i will always make good decisions lol. so hmm this week well i went to the temple today. add the Curitiba Temple to my list of temples i have been too!. it was marivilhosa!. we have a baptism this week and we didnt baptise last week are investigater has fear. family pushing in one direction and the gospel the other. but she will make the right decision. oh this week it has been freezing! i love it. but houses here have no insolation and we just fixed our little ghetto heater we have. it plugs in the wall lol. i sleep with my long johns and then sweats and then a hoodie and my beanie and my hood on lol with 2 pairs of sox. then i have 2 sheets and 2 blankets! talk about warm but myface will still be cold. but all is well lol. i love it. but showers in the morning whoa! the water is hot but the air around is cold! hmm what else this week. i walked alot we taught lol. oh i made tortillias from scratch! ya you better believe it. elder bailey gave me a recipe book with easy recipes!. its tight. food is so easy to make lol. oh mom i want to know how to make good cake. like american cake ya know the cake i like. its like really moist with strawberries and whipped cream!. i need it! and danish pancakes too please. thanks. so mom just keep reminding people to write me even chris what a rat!. oh and send me a bunch of pictures mom like in a big envelope. i want pictures bad. like take one of the house and the family and i want pictures from my past and of me and kristen. pictures are good to show investigators to show them that your not a gospel zombie and show them what you left behind. well i still love ya guys even though i havent gotten my package! lol. jk. oh and can i buy myself a pizza everytime i get a baptizm? it would be 10 haies or 5 dollars. cool or no. anyway love ya keep the family running.
your son the amazing elder arroyo!
P.S. sweet blog.

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I have a slide show at the bottom of the posts. I will add pictures as Jimmy sends them.