Aaalllll right, so yes I know I haven't really written you a long letter but that's because I just am lazy and don't like to type. not cause I don't love you just pure laziness. so the transfer is coming to an end and I think I'm getting a new comp. but its been fun. im in Palmeira dos Indios. (palmeira of the indians) ha ha don't ask why its called that cause I don't know. But its a cool area. They have a hill/mountain here where at the top is a giant statue of Christ like the one in Rio de Janeiro. and yeah I've been to the top. It's a long walk in the heat and when you get to the top you look out and can see the city and take pictures then you go back down the hill and about half way down you decide that it was a stupid idea. I decided I really want ice cream, a car, and a huge desire to jump in a pool and do the makaraina... I ran out of water and was kinda dehydrated.. but all in all it was fun. :) We've had two baptisms and tons of fall through's but I'm hoping to get one last baptism in before the end of the week but we.ll see how that goes.
So with my comp we have made chocolate chip cookies three times, oatmeal cookie bars twice, and cinnamon rolls. I liked the cinnamon rolls the most. But cream cheese is super expensive here and hard to find. It's 8 bucks for 200 mg. I think that's what it is. Anyway its a tiny little container and we need to buy two of them. And between all the meetings and traveling I don't have the luxury to buy tons of stuff. By the way, thanks for sending me the extract, mom. We made pancakes with real syrup and I'm gonna make root beer! ha ha :) but other than that, I still eat tons of rice and beans, and spaghetti.
Oh, also... so the mosquitos have been attacking my face. It looks like a I got into a fight with someone that had on tons of rings with diamonds on them. That and a spider bit my right ring finger on the knuckle, so I just tie them all into a big story and say I got jumped and the guy had on rings and was tearing up my face but I gave him a one hit wonder in his jaw and broke out some teeth. Ha hah! some people believed me too, but yeah, it's not too much fun having a face all jacked up.
Hey so me and another missionary were talking and we decided that we miss alot of stuff. Starting with pop tarts, (ha ha) then mt dew, root beer, cafe rio, one dollar burgers, and walmart, 12 gauge shotguns and being able to drive down an actual paved road and not have to dodge millions of stray animals. Also country music. I love country music, and mom, they ain't got nothing here!! ha ha! Just some weird strange music. Some of it's ok but man... the music selection sucks and is annoying. But... what can I do about that... right...?
It's awesome that I'll get to talk to ya in like two weeks!!! Seems like yesterday it was Christmas and I got to see ya. The days pass by so slowly but the weeks fly by. I'm going into my 6th transfer. I have 8 months in the mission field and 16 more months to go. It can't come any sooner. It feels like life is slipping away from me while I'm stuck out here so far away. I know what I'm doing is important and I love it to death but at the same time nothing is better than being at home and sitting down at the table and watching Jacob alisa and Daniel fighting for the last roll while Heather slips by grabs it and starts to eat it while they're still fighting. Ha ha or to tell u the truth, I miss hearing you yelling at them for anything they did wrong. or you yelling at me cause I didn't wanna listen to what you had to say. ha ha! Sorry about that by the way! Ha ha but, I miss ya alot. I love ya mama and I will always be your son. love ya
Greg
