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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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1st week of the new transfer!

sweet vacation already. so dang destinee at girls camp way cool. and mom workin hard lol. i miss watching movies lol or just chillen. and bbq sounds good lol. the meal that you guys made reminds me of food here. lol cuz we never made food on the grill at home lol. so mom go see terminator lol its a good one i would imagine. and wow movies have gone up that sucks. how is the economy now:? lol ducks i remember our old ducks. and good call getting the other kids to feed em lol.
ya so my right back tooth hurts sometimes when i eat sweet things or cold things. and i am brushing my teeth a good bit too. i dunno. but its only sometimes. and no im not sick anymore. i just had a little cold cuz it was getting chilly and we ran to an appointment. but i~m good now. ya i like wearing this sweater. i will take some good pictures this week and send them to you guys. wheres my package mom! i miss american junkfood so bad. .
ok so my past week hmm. well i was sleeping one night last week and then all of a sudden my bed broke in the middle of the night. i fell to the ground lol. but i just moved my mattress to the floor until the next day lol. i tied a lashing to fix my bed and now its good to go. and ya you heard me right i tied a knot i learned in scouts and no i~m not an eagle lol. tell that to elder randy. but hmm we have a baptism this saterday. its a girl named lilian she is 17 and we are trying to get her parents baptized to they just started listening to the lessons.
oh so we had transfers today. we found out monday it was a big deal lol everyone on a conference call. but i found out me and my comp are staying in the area good thing cuz we have alot of things going on lol. but one of the other elders in our house left. elder bailey and we get a new elder in the house i dont know his name i just barely met him but he is a brazilian. sweet. but other than this the week has been normal. just working working working loll. well i love you guys and keep up all the work and feed the missionaries. trust me they love it and let them eat up. cuz we dont have money to eat that good lol. oh and members here every second sunday of the month will give us stuff.l like 2 loafs of homemade bread some chocolate milk, packs of cookies sweet stuff. and its way amazing. try to set somthing up like that in our ward. well i love ya guys elder arroyo