The Return!! 2/10/2011

It has been way over due to make the 'last' post for Elder J. Arroyo's mission.
The drive up to Jackson was early and it was freezing especially for south Mississippi. Yes, SNOW was falling!
We waited for Jimmy's plane to arrive for what seemed forever and some one said he had just gotten off the plane that was at least a half hour early. I looked down through the window and shook my head and said that it couldn't be him. It didn't even look like him. But there was a ukulele poking out from his brown plaid backpack and then I knew it had to be him. Finally, Jimmy is HOME! I have to admit that I did cry. After all, it was TWO YEARS!!!

Yes, I got the first hug!

Return Missionaries and Best Friends!!
Greg, Jimmy, Nathan and Ryan

Not even in the door yet.....

mom dont worry you will get the first hug

Whoo!!! I made it huh? well not yet lol. i got one more week! But im way excited to come home and let me tell ya. I have some stories.... lol. one that happened this week and i have been taking tonz of pictures!. But the time is just flying by so quick!. Me and my comp are hoping to baptize 6 people this weekend. 3 are confirmed and 1 is pretty much confirmed also and the other 2 we are working hard! It will be great!. So ya i dont have much to say cuz... im coming home. but i hope yall have a great week and i hope you guys are waiting for me at the airport. and mom dont worry you will get the first hug. and mom i have been going on shopping sprees. Stuff from brazil!!! I just got to buy nathans present now!. But it will be good!. 
I cant wait to see you guys!!! Whos ganna be at the airport? Well hope yall have a great week. Until Thursday!!! Tchau!

 Love,

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   Elder Arroyo

Wow mom you sound trunky!

So my appointments sound great! I would love to get set apart quick cuz that means all these rules wont apply to me anymore!!! lol jk. So wow this keyboard really sucks... Its taking me like an hour to write this email. So i have like a check-up at the doctors office? and what topic do i have for my talk sunday? I would love to prepare my talk while im out here, i think it would be easier. So my week was totally nuts!. One Elder in my Zone got way  sick and had to go into surgury!. When the ambulance went to get him they didnt let his comp in so me and my comp had to go get his comp then later that night we went to see him in the hospital! His comp had to sleep there with him. then the next day we had to do there baptisimal interviews so we had to go on splits.I had to stay in the hospital with him for 9 hours. but it was good we got to talk a lot. and Sister Cordon brought me lunch. So then he got released but he couldnt go to his house cuz his bed was broken so we took a taxi to my house (my house has 4 beds) and they stayed with us for 2 days. it was nuts. but hes doing better now!. Me and my comp also had another baptism!! Were still working hard!!. and today our zone played basketball and i dominated. we have some sweet videos of us playing.. but im so excited to come home!! Im almost doing stuff for the last time. like last district meeting and stuff. but dont worry im still working a ton!!. i would send you guys pictures but im lazy. ill show yall when i get home. do you guys know what time im comming home? i sent you my flight stuff but i didnt know if it was my time or your time? all well! oh and i got my package!! Whoo.. Finally!!  and my companion loved his stuff!. Im working on buying a ton of stuff to bring home. i can bring 2 suitcases weighing 32 kilos each. so ill be bringing some stuff home!. So ya.... i only have one more p-day after this! One more email to write you guys! Nuts huh? its almost like i just left. and now im coming home!. But ya i dont know what else i can write about. Hope yall have a great week! Love ya

Elder Arroyo

My time is short! Im excited.

My week went well!!! We are still working hard! I dont have much time to talk today cuz we went to the temple!. It was amazing and i took a ton of pictures!. We also had a baptisms last week which was way sweet. I bought another soccer jersey and i bought a ukaleili ya know the little guitar! Its also way tight. We are working to have another baptism this week and it will be great!. My time is short! Im excited. See you guys soon. and chris´s story was way funny! Love you guys
Elder Arroyo

that was pretty much my week

Brasil Curitiba Christmas Program
(Click picture to see it bigger)

This week went well. We fought for 1 baptism. She really wants to get baptized were just waiting for the mission president to do her interview but we talked with him yesterday and he should do her interview today!. She asks us everyday... Can i get baptized today... were like no.. . not yet. but shes doing great. Today our zone played soccer! I actually played well today!. I schooled this one kid lol. i will have to show yall my soccer skills when i get back. I think its all in my soccer jersey though!.  So my Zone will go to the temple this next week! Im excited. and Elder Cox found this sweet place in his area that sells cheap suits! 30 Reais each!!! its like 20 bucks!!. Hes ganna buy me one. he already bought 2. And being zone leader doesnt mean i travel a lot. but i do, do a lot of splits with other missionaries and we have to be examples (being obedient, and setting the bar high with teaching and baptisms etc.) we also help missionaries that are trunky.. thats my specialty. and missionaries that have problems. we  basically just watch over missionaries and then tell pres whats up..  its a great job. but i liked being District leader better. i could actually get down and help more missionaries. but ya so that was pretty much my week. see you guys soon! Love ya

Elder Arroyo

Theres not very many P-Days Left!

Happy New Year!!! This week was great! We had 2 baptisms!! I´ll tell you guys more about them when i get home. But it was great. We had a great week too. We are working to have 2 more baptisms this week. And if all works out well it will be another amazing weekend!. but i dont have to much to say!. See you guys soon!! Tchau!

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Love,
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   Elder Arroyo

Almost Home (with flight info)

Yep i will be home soon! its actually in 6 weeks. or thats what i thought. And dont worry i will be ready to tell yall all about my mission. Banana pudding sounds good too. anything but rice and beans lol. jk. i think i will make you guys a typical Brazilian meal. it will be way good!. and the phone call was great. my last one on the mission too! So transfers were today and me and my comp stayed!!. So this is my last area! And my comp goes home next transfer, so this is his last area too. So this weekend me and my comp have 2 baptisms confirmed!. CONFIRMED!! They are Golden!!. So we are keeping up with 2 wards. and we have a baptism for each ward this weekend. i will send you pictures after!. But dont worry im ganna finish my mission well!. But i will look for the nativity scene for you. i hope they still sell them!!! but my week was well. Oh ya a guy in my ward here got called to serve in Fortaleza!. he leaves this next week!. we are ganna take a picture together and he is ganna look for Britney and show it to her! But ya that was pretty much my week. i told you guys everything on the phone!. have a great week

Elder Arroyo
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Flight info-



TAM LINHAS AEREAS 09FEB CURITIBA PR SAO PAULO SP 315P 425P
JJ 3328 WEDNESDAY AFONSO PENA GUARULHOS INTL
NON SMOKING SNACK NON STOP
RESERVATION CONFIRMED 1:10 DURATION
AIRCRAFT: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-100/200

DELTA AIR LINES 09FEB SAO PAULO SP ATLANTA GA 1035P 530A
DL 104 WEDNESDAY GUARULHOS INTL HARTSFIELD JAC 10FEB
NON SMOKING DINNER NON STOP
RESERVATION CONFIRMED 9:55 DURATION
AIRCRAFT: BOEING 767-400
SEAT 42B NO SMOKING CONFIRMED

DELTA AIR LINES 10FEB ATLANTA GA JACKSON MS 814A 836A
DL 5068 THURSDAY HARTSFIELD JAC EVERS INTL
NON SMOKING NON STOP
RESERVATION CONFIRMED 1:22 DURATION
FLIGHT OPERATED BY ASA DBA DELTA CONNECTI
AIRCRAFT OWNER: EV ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST
AIRCRAFT: CANADAIR REGIONAL JET
SEAT 12B NO SMOKING CONFIRMED

Christmas Phone Call.....he coming home in 46 days!!!

My missionary sacrificed last week's pday so he could take Christmas off. It was great hearing his voice and the plans that he has when he gets home. He received his flight plans and will be flying out of Curitiba on February 9th and coming in to Jackson airport on the 10th. He will be returning with only the clothes on his back and leaving everything behind. Instead he will fill his bags with momentos of his two years serving the Lord and the people in Curitiba.
The countdown begins....46 days......

but ya this was my week, wet and tiring..

Whoo! you found a barney!!! ok So it would be a lot safer if you sent it to me. I can give it to them. I'm pretty sure i will stay in this area. if not its no problem to get it to them. They only have one kid hes 3 i think. He loves barney. 
im ganna call you guys from the church. The bishops office so there wont be anyone there. just my companion. sorry no singing. but i will prolly call in the afternoon. next week you will have more info. i will even call to confirm!. 
This week was wet! It rained a ton. Man i got soaked 2 days in a row!. it  just got cold too!. But i know it will start to get hot again. So yesterday we went to an area in our zone called "Lapa". we did whats called a "blitz" when a bunch of missionaries go into one area and teach to give the set of missionaries there  a boost!. Man its like in the boonies. We took a bus and it took us 2 hours to get there!. And everyone there is catholic. but it was great!. Tomorrow we have our Christmas conference!. I cant wait, its ganna be sweet. but ya this was my week, Wet and tiring.. untill next week!
LOVE 
Elder arroyo

for my birthday we had a bar-b-que

WOW!!!. How should i start off today.... Last week was nuts!. Let me tell you, me and my companion worked our butts off!!! We taught a lot of lessons and 17 of them were with a member present!. My District leader challenged the disctrict to teach 20 with member, 10 first lessons (The Restoration) mark 8 baptisimal dates and do our 210 contacts 70 addresses!!! Me and my comp got so close. the other missionaries didnt even get half of it!. But we also had a baptism this past sunday!. It was also just amazing. A Golden Family! an inactive member found us on the street a couple of weeks ago and said he had just moved into the neighborhood and wanted to know where the church was. so we told him and he said his wife wasnt a member. so long story short, we taught her and she got baptised.!. She read the book of mormon in 1 week!!!. They already gave us lunch and a present for the baptism!. A box of chocolate!!. Then for my birthday we had a barb-e-que and they gave me a soccer jersey!. It was sweet!. But our week was full! Nuts!. And wow it was so great to read those facebook comments thanks for sending them mom. But man do i miss home! Seeing all my old friends!. But here in 7 weeks ill be back. ive got the biggest farmers tan too!. its nasty!. but today is packed. Me and my comp are ganna go to lunch with the same family (Who got baptised sunday) They are taking us out to a restaurant in Center of Curitiba, Then i got to practice for the choir then our choir will sing in the mall in Curitiba. I will try to get a video!! but i got to go now cuz the bus takes forever! Love you guys and hope yall have  a great week!. Oh and start plannig how yall will talk with me and chris for christmas!!! thats 2 Phone calls and no i dont want to have a conference call together lol Love ya
Elder Arroyo

p.s this family returned to church and the mom got baptised. asked me if yall can send them a stuffed barney. cuz here they are like 200 reais and there i know they are cheap!. They said they would pay for it but i know you guys are nice and can send it! Right? let me know! 

This will be an interesting last area

Oh ya!!! My last area! Or so i hope. I still have one more transfer after this one so i could get transfered, We will have to see. But i like this area a lot. Its like a dessert to me. We have 2 baptismal dates that are firm for this weekend. This ward is way cool too. The members learned my name quick!. But from what i have heard and seen, there are a lot of young women in our ward and we (missionaries) have to watch out. Last Sunday, a girl looked at me with a big smile and i laughed, turned, and walked away. This will be an interesting last area. But dont worry im fine here. So ya, here in Tatuquara pretty much everyone skateboards!. Every kid thats on the street is skating. We even have a skatepark in our area. Its cool though cuz theres only a couple of people here who are good. I havent skated yet but who knows i might have to start doing some skating contacts... but what stinks is i left my skate shoes in my last area!!!!! i was thinking... i will never skate on the mish again. But its chill.  but thats sweet that Uncle Steve is going through the temple for the first time!. Will i get back in time to see his wedding?!?! i want too!. !!! Hey Stevie! It´s the fun bus!!!.. I´m waiting for that ingraved invitation! ~The Cable Guy~  and thats so tight that chris´s new comp is from Curitiba... i want to know what part!. and i bet he is having a ton of baptizing there. I heard they just throw people in the water up there!!! I bet its way hot too!. i am dying here!!! And when it gets hot here it turns into like Babylon (Babylonia) !! Ya my new comp is ELDER LOPES. he is a brasillian. Hes from Rio Grande Do Sul. oh and mom. i prolly wont send anymore pics :) Lets just wait till i get home. Here is kind of a ghetto and like... lets just say that people die here... often... lol. i dont want my camera to get stolen. oh and i bought you a present..! i dont remember if i told you! Oh and remember if you ever want to put money on my card... dont hesitate!! i need it!! See ya..

Até a Proxíma Semana

Te Amo

Elder Arroyo

i have been called Zone Leader!!.

Yep so today i got transfered. I am currently in Tatuquara, which is in Curitiba!. My new companion is Elder Lopes and i have been called Zone Leader!!. So now if you could imagine my mind is just lost and theres just too much for me to think about. But im excited and ready to baptize even more than before!. But this last week was awsome! We almost baptized last Sunday!. We didnt have anyone marked or ready until we went to church. I decided to go to the other sacrament meeting cuz im supposed to keep track of the other ward also and while i was there a lady came up to me and was like.... Elder there is someone here who wants to be baptised! and i was like oh sweet we will mark to teach him. So i get to him and he is in a suit and has a priesthood manual. so i start to talk with him and find out that missionaries were teaching him but he wasnt ready for baptism. So then i was like do you want to be baptised? and he was like yes. so i do like this mini baptismal interview with him and he didnt have any problem and i was like we will have a baptismal meeting today if you want to you can be baptised today. Is that what you want? and he was like.. Yes!. but bishop said he wanted him to hear all the lessons again so Elder Hope will baptize him this sunday!!! What Luck huh? but ya so our week was good!!! Oh and mom i bought you a present. its santa clause chilling in a lawn chair lol. its a statue! you will see it in 3 months!! but ya thats it!

Love you guys

Elder Arroyo

New Pictures, Email under pictures

Elder Arroyo and Elder Hope at the
Curitiba Temple Today

Elders Tavares, Carlos, Hope and Arroyo

Miracles are real!!!

How should I start of this email!? So many things happened this past week!. So we got to go to the Temple today! It was amazing like always!. Me and Elder Hope took some pictures of course!!. But it was sprinkling so I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted. I love to take pictures. I will defiantly take up Digital Photography for a Hobby!. We also had interviews with President today they were great also. But I might only go to the Curitiba Temple one more time!! Crazy!
So also yesterday was way nuts! It was a hot day but then these dark clouds started coming in and we had just picked up a member to walk with us and teach. Then i was like "Oh brother Flavio i think its going to rain." so we go and get 2 umbrellas and i was like no don't worry i will share with you. so were just walking then all of a sudden its like... rain drop.... rain drop... SHHHHHHHSHHH just a ton of rain. and the wind picked up a ton so the rain was like going sideways. so we get to this huge sign and stand by it then all of a sudden the rain starts getting stronger and the wind !! and were like oh man whats happening. And by this time we are soaked and were just leaning with are hands against the sign because the wind is blowing so hard. Then hail starts to fall!!! A ton of hail!!! and were just like getting pounded!!!! and I'm like looking down and I'm already like standing in a lake of water. Then i was like... "Brother Flavio there is a covering 1 block away. LETS RUN!!!! " Then before he could answer no. i ran!!! aww it was nuts. But for real it was like a hurricane!. I really thought it was a hurricane!!!. it was a cool experience though.
So going on with my great week. The LZ´s called me on Friday night and were like hey we looked in our area book and found some people that have been to church before!. (I´m the Zone leaders District Leader) and there like.. come to interviews someone could be ready!. so i was like OK. So i did the same thing. I looked in the area book and found 10 people that had been progressing well. then when My LZ got in my area i was like OK look i have so and so  and so that you can do interviews with. Go Crazy!!. But i had this one investigator (Maria's mom) that said she had to let some problems calm down a little bit until she could be baptised and she was like, "Here in 3 weeks ill get baptised. " so i was like.. OK that's fine. but then my LZ went there and just did her interview and she was like. Ya the church will help with my problems ok i will be baptised!! So We baptised this past weekend.! She chose me as well. That family just loves me!!!. But me and Elder Hope have baptised 5 together!! and it has been some work here!.
We have transfers here next week!!! I think i will get transferred. In my interview with president today he was like... Uhh well elder arroyo you never know what could happen but.... does elder Hope know the area very well and i was like.. don't worry he will be fine.

Thats tight that Jamie got his call to Tennesse though!!! Its where the Lord wants him to be!! and i cant wait to hang out with Nathan again!"!! The time is getting closer!!! and i cant wait to get my package mom!. i already started buying stuff. Today at the temple i bought : A primary scripture case for justin (in portuguese), A Portuguese Primary Hymm Book, Some Temple special edition liahonas and Christ Posters for my Recent converts!!!

But all is well here! Still working until the end! Untill next week and we will see if i get transfered!!!! Love you guys a ton! Pray for us!!
Love Elder Arroyo

P.S. Me and Elder Hope will buy pízza tonight to reward our work!!!

man its getting hot here. I feel bad for chris!!

Thats crazy that ryans already home!. Man I´m so stoked to be home in 3 months!!! The time just passes way quick!!. I still got a lot of things to do before i get home but dont worry the work here is comming along well!. Me and Elder Hope didnt baptise this past weekend. This week we are working for 2 baptisms!!. We will see this weekend!. So man its getting hot here lol. I feel bad for chris!! Ya he probobly is getting way tough out there. It will be sweet to talk in portuguese to him!

Leader Activity

 So destinee got a solo in the choir? Thats way sweet. I´m doing well in the chior. I´m still singing tenor and its just easy. All i have to do is look at the notes and i know what to sing. Thats what you get when you play guitar. I just hear the music in my head and just sing! So we will sing for christmas and it will be amazing. They already booked us 2 shows in this one mall in Curitiba! They are also working on booking a show for the new govenor of Paraná! (My state in Brasíl)! They said we will be on TV and yall will be able to watch us!! Sweet huh!. I will try to make myself visible and not be a fool at the same time lol.

Leaders

So holloween was good for you guys. Here they dont celebrate halloween. so it was normal for us!. Today we had an activity after choir practice!. but it was an activity for the leaders in my zone. My comp couldnt go! he was bummed. But we went to the Zoo and then ate ice cream after! it was pretty sweet. But ya pretty much everything here is giong well!. Nothing else happend this week. See ya!!

Elders Arroyo, Fillmore and 

Love,

Elder Arroyo

Parabens Elder i have never seen this happen before

You didn't send Chris an email!!! What kind of mom are you?!?!?! jk lol it happens. So that's pretty sweet that you guys had a general authority that came and spoke. Who was it? and is the ward doing a lot of missionary work? and ya we learn here that when we teach a really spiritual lesson that right after the lesson instead of staying around to talk to just leave. leave them with that good feeling and then they will miss it, and want it again. The Lord blessed me and Elder Hope with another baptism this week! His name is Antonio. He has a pre-school that he owns here! He is just an amazing person also. His baptism was great too. We were happy with it as well as our bishop. It was funny generally the baptismal water is cold because the missionaries are slackers and don't give the water time to heat but the opposite happened this past Sunday. i turned it on to heat and the water got hot!! when they opened the baptismal font steam just came out lol and they had to put cold water in. Our bishop was like whoa!! Parabens Elder i have never seen this happen before lol. it was funny!. but ya me and Elder Hope are still working on our goal for 7 baptisms this month. we have 3 we just need 4 more!! We will see this next Sunday!!! Pray for our success! 
Oh and this past week i also got really sick... it was horrible. It started Friday night at about 11:30 i woke up and had to go to the bathroom because my stomach hurt. So hmm... to not like nasty everyone out i will talk slang. basically everything was comming out the "basement" and then i tried to go back to bed but i couldnt because of my stomach. so i like stood in the bathroom just breathing trying to calm my stomach. I had this feeling like "you are ganna throw up" but i was like NO NO NO... you cant throw up. you never threw up on the mission and your almost done. but then like after an hour of waiting i just looked at the toilet and........ uhh... ya know like... it came out the "Attic"!! but it was horrible. then i felt a little better and it was like 1:30 so then i went to sleep for like an hour then went back to the bathroom and basically stayed the diarriah and threw up 1 more time!! Lets just say that my night was long and just terrible! but i baptised and thats what counts! I think its cuz i was eating a lot of junk food lol. but the members say its not the food i eat but also the amount that i consume lololololol. but its all good! 
So mom your ganna send me another package? well one thing i would love is Oreos and peanut butter!!! that would be amazing! but i will think of things for you to put in it this week!!! and i dont think they have a bracelet at the temple but i will look.. if not i think i can get someone to make one!! i will see!! well that was pretty much my week! hope yall have a great week also! Love ya
Elder Arroyo 
P.S. And tell Kathie Olkoski thanks for the letter!!! and i dont need much but american snacks are always good!!!! little debbies!!!! and walmart fruit smiles!!!! 

Baptism!!!

Man me and Elder Hope are just putting people in the water!! We baptised one more this weekend!. Her name is Maria, she is our neighbor and we have been teaching this family for a while now. (Since i got here) Her mother also passed the baptisimal interview but has visitors on sunday at her house and didnt go to church. she will get baptised this sunday if she comes back from the beach. But we are doing some work here!!. So that stinks you didnt get to go to the chicago temple! i wanted to see pictures!. So how was Chicago and all? Did you get me anything? lol jk. So ya chris told me about being in Belem. It has to be nuts, but slowly he will get used to it. I gave him a bunch of advice. He was a homeboy though lol. and you were exacly right with me... except you forgot to say how Courageous i am and handsome... jk lol. but i never really did have homesick problems except for when i was on the plane leaving mississippi. i remember thinking... "Wow this is real!?!!" but now i will be home soon. I am getting so trunky!! the secrataries called me the other day and were like. Elder Arroyo what is the closest airport to your house in the USA and i was like...... Uhh Jackson i think and then i was like.. "Why?" and they were like we are buying your plane ticket and it just blew my mind. im getting close!!! but dont worry im still working hard!. But yes Elder Hope is doing good. He is learning more and more of the language each day. When people talk to him i dont have to speak for him anymore. so he is doing better. and ya me and him have until the 17th of November. That is the next transfer date. I might go to my Last area!!! but ya so that was pretty much my week. it was a good one. and mom wasnt your birthday on the 18th??? HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! or it could be on november?!" i get so confused! but hope you guys have a great week!!!


Elder Arroyo

NO DUDE you got CANDY!!!

Whoo! Chris got his visa!! i can finally send him this book i made!! So wow 20 hours on the plane is forever!!!. i bet he was thrashed lol!!. i bet its way hot there also. i feel for him. so it will be great to hear his stories now!! lets see how his portuguese will be also. So your in chicago huh? i bet thats pretty sweet!. I wanna see pictures of the temple there!. oh so i got my package!!! and THANK-YOU!!!! it was amazing. the best part was the SOCKS!!!! lol. man i got so excited i was like...... WHOO SOCKS and my Comps like... NO DUDE you got CANDY!!! lol. Thats the difference between a new missinoary and an old one.
but ya. So my week was good. We didnt have a baptism but this sunday we should. we have 3 peeps that can be baptised but 2 went to the beach and we dont know if they will be back before sunday.. and the other wants to be baptised next sunday but we will see. me and my comp are working our butts off also. The time is just passing  by just to fast. but hmm lets see a story for the week. Oh ya so like 2 weeks ago me and my comp were doing contacts and our investigator stopped to talk to us. (14 yeared old kid) then my companion went to do a contact and i let him do it alone cuz his portuguese is getting better then like 2 min after i feel this tug on my sleeve and my comp was like Elder Help me!! and i turn and this lady has her bible out and is trying to bible bash with my comp and my comp was like. "He speaks portuguese"and she was like... "Do you believe that God has flesh and bones" and i just smile and say "Sure Do!"and then she just starts rambling. then my investigator asked if she was catholic and i was just like no.. shes Jehovah's witness and then basically i watched a little doctrine fly between my investigator and the JW. but then we had marked another day with her and we passed by there last week......... WOW...... it was the lady and her mom and dad. all JW´s and then they just started to roll. Dont worry i didnt bible bash. but i just started to laugh in the middle. cuz my testimony was so strong. they couldnt do anything to me. He said to me at the end... "It looks like you learned nothing here son" and i responded "I´m sorry the spirit didnt testify anything to me" and i left with a smile. my comp after was like.... WHAT HAPPENED IN THERE?! 
 oh ya and today was choir... i tried out for the little group to sing in the front but like i got the shaft and didnt make it.... stunk so bad. so basically my singing career is over... :( but ya so i had a pretty good week. cant wait to hear from chris!! and about christmas. you can send that stuff you wanted to give to members. but what would be great for christmas is money on my card so i can start buying stuff to take home!!! but thats my week! thanks for everything! Love you guys!
Elder Arroyo

I got 4 Months left!!! Isnt that nuts!!!

Whoo!! What a great conference!! and my last General Conference on the mission!!!! And whats better then Conferenece??? Baptising between Conference!! WHOO!!! We baptised a 15 year old kid!!! it was great!!! 

So we had Transfers.... and me and Elder Hope will stay together here in Afonso Pena!. We are excited and have a goal to baptise 7 this month!! we got 1 down 6 more to go!! it will be great!. But man is time not winding down?? I got 4 Months left!!! Isnt that nuts!!! but im still working dont worry. and mom i am asking around for all that stuff you want! this one sister in the ward said she is making you a toilet seat cover for christmas. it has santa on both sides you will see!! but ya it will be good. So that sucks chris hasnt gotten his visa yet! but at least he is working. hope he knows that its 2 years of missionary work and not just 2 years of missionary work in belem. and thats nuts the missionarys that are leaving and comming home! 

Elder Hope and Elder Arroyo with a young man
and his family on his baptismal day.

Soon its me!!! and im ready. so ya my week went well. im still looking out for my package. i know its comming!!! and oh ya so i got to do a couple of baptismal interviews this past weekend and they are amazing to do!!! Its weird cuz in the interviews they tell you everything. and people like open up to me and i dunno. a baptismal interview is the best thing in the world. its way spiritual!. but ya so.. until next week
Elder Arroyo

Elder Arroyo, Cinthia and Elder Hope

Whoo last week was a good one. me and elder hope baptized a little girl her name is Cinthia!!! Elder Hope did the baptizm as well and he is way excited!!! so ya we will baptise 2 more 15 year old boys this next sunday and i am way excited for Conference!!!! 

Elder Hope and Elder Arroyo at the Zoo

its going to be great. but ya the choir started also and is going really well!! but i dont have too much time this week to talk but next week i will and next week is Transferes!!!! nuts!! Love you guys! have a great week! heres a picture of our baptism and a picture of us at the zoo. where at the bus stop at the zoo!

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Love,
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   Elder Arroyo