one lady was telling everyone she was ganna die lol (bus ride with new comp)

1. whoo!! im on!! so we had transfers and Elder Amaron got transfered! He was sad but left happy as well. and guess who my new companion is..... Elder Hope!. fresh out of the CTM. I got called to train and so far im loving it. He is from Rexberg Idaho. but now i bet the time will really fly by. it was so funny though. we had to bus back to my area and it took us 3 hours!!!! it was the longest bus ride ever. the buses were packed and my comp had all his luggage and people were like getting squished lol. one lady was telling everyone she was ganna die lol. but all in all we made it home and an investigator had a dinner planned for us so we went there and my comp understood nothing lol. just had a smile on and listening well. but he did the closing prayer!! ya hes great. we got home and hunted oranges from our trees in the frontyard and made fresh orange juice


2. i bet chris just wants out. but dont worry his language skills will be fine. he just needs to study hard. it is another language. like reading the book of mormon out loud and stufff. but ya he will do just fine. and thats crazy you saw katie rowe. she still writes me. and ya i heard katie thompson went to byu.
im fine out here. im really excited now with my new comp!!



3. ya i just got my comp yesterday!. and i cant wait for that package!!. remember starburst skittles.. laffy taffys are good. i like fruity candy. or snickers.. reeces.. twisslers... i want candy!!!!!


4. just fill it up as much as you can mom!! i dont wanna see any cracks or spaces!!!!. im TRAINING!!! i want candy so bad!!!!. I hope my holloween box will be huge!!!
 
5. oh justin i miss that kid. and tell him im coming home soon and to practice his soccer. i wanna bring him a brazil jersey home!!!. but my times up! love ya till next week!
 
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Elder Arroyo

he always tries to steal my beenie to sleep in 8/18

lol dont worry im all over the seed stuff. il come home with a ton of sweet stuff. im comming home with only goodies!. so wow preston is going to los angeles! Spanish Speaking!! thats way tight too. and i bet the crime is intense there...... but mom i dunno if i told you but like every day here someone is talking about some one who killed someone here close. when i was in my second area it was way scary.. you just got to talk to everyone and be friends with everyone! but ya the area is going well. we are working with some peeps to baptise here but all in all its going well. the people here are kinda closed. there are few who want our message, but there elects! my comp suffers in the cold. but hes tuff. he always tries to steal my beenie to sleep in. District leader is great. i like leading. but my district is so small. cuz theres like 2 areas in it that are closed so its just me my comp and another set of missionaries. so about my package.. what do i need. you can send me deodorant. 3 sticks!. some socks cuz there always good and..... 2 bottles of maple extract cuz there are families that want to trade stuff for it. and then just fill up stuff. heres another picture of me.

 i took it today and the other is a family i baptized. the one about the coxinha that exploded is the lady. so mom. what all do you want from here.. give me a list!. ill talk with the relief society to help me out and find it all. but my week was great. we got transferes next wednesday so we will see what happens! have a great week! love you guys
Elder Arroyo

i passed my 1 year and 6 month mark!!!

man cant wait to hear where preston will go. that will be tight. and wow uniforms. thats got to be nuts. everyone here uses uniforms. it doesnt look to bad. i havent been asking cuz i have been waiting. but im actually about to buy somthing here so you dont have to send me anything. but actually i will need more deaodorant. im on my last stick and i cant use brasillian stuff. its just horrible! so ya like deodorant and thats pretty much it. i wont ask for much stuff so you guys can just put money on the card so i can bring cool stuff home. ! how are you guys at home? everything chill. but this week went well. we found a really great family. there well off with money and they pay a lot of attention to our message. they even made us a cake after the lesson!!! it was amazing! and dont worry im getting a ton of recipes for ya. and i will get some seeds for grandpa!. i got it all worked out. but nothing much else happened this week. oh i passed my 1 year and 6 month mark!!! whoo im coming home already!!!! love you guys
Elder Arroyo

its FREEZING!! 8/4

ya mom so like i can buy that stuff for you cuz its little. but once im in like my last transfer i will go nuts and buy tonz of stuff. cuz im not taking any clothes home. im ganna give them to my comp. towels sheets... im taking none of that home. just cool brazilial stuff and my books. but ill start working on buying little stuff now. so my bite was a false alarm and yes i took the medicine right. and those psychos so far so good. and ya sisters always get marriage invites here. brasillians go right for it. so my shoes are doing well. ive been walking a lot and my feet hurt sometimes but its normal. but those eckos i had i have to say were better. but these shoes should last me till the end of my mission!. so today i went to the temple and it was AMAZING of course. except its been raining and let me tell ya its FREEZING!! i bought a new sweater thats why i took the money out. but it was way cheap 10 Bucks!! Whoo yall will see pics. i look like a high class pretty boy lol. but ya its getting really cold here. oh and i got a package!! from the MCFadden Family!!! THANKS!!!!! i will send them a thank you card !!! surprise packages like that are amazing!!. So how are you guys! hows is chris doing... from what he writes hes doing well! but i dont have much more time! Love you guys and until next week!!! TCHAU TCHAU!
Elder Arroyo