1/20/09
Ola
So yeah no new transfer, I’m staying one more transfer or so here in Caragutá. Elder Stefanini as well, So this will be fun.
We had a lot more success getting people to church this week we had 4 investigators there this week, still protesting, they love church once they get there just not going its lame……………
So nothing new happened this week. Well president closed my zone we merged with Saude. It has 24 missionaries now…. It had 10…… he closed 4 zones now there’s only 11 zones.
So to answer dad’s questions I see President Richardson about 2-3 times a transfer. As far as I know he likes me, I don’t know why he wouldn’t…. um I weight something like 175lbs or so now that’s only like 20 since I left, but I’ve been working out a lot in the mornings lately so it looks a lot more drastic. Yes 6 times a week I have a huge lunch with members that make me eat so much food….. yes I have enough money. I think that’s all of your questions.
So the hot dogs here come with some interesting things on them 1.its the hot dog and bun. 2. it has mashed potatoes 3. Mayonnaise 4. Corn 5. Fried potato strips 5. Mozzarella cheese…. Yeah it’s as gross as it sounds……
Some sister tried to feed me cow spine last week….. I became a vegetarian for a meal…. It smelled so bad. That’s really it for the nasty foods this week that I can think of…
Well I don’t really know what else to say so I’m going to go now
Until next week
Elder Linford!

6th pday second transfer
HI
So we went downtown today again, it was fun saw some historic sites, saw the Brazilian stock market, and the São Paulo Capitol.
Um yeah not a whole lot to report on, this computers being gay so no pictures this week.
It’s hot like really hot!
We are working a lot. But there’s this little detail that really stinks NO ONE WILL GO TO CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I kid you not to get one person to church Sunday .(the only one that went!) I carried him out of his house till he said he would walk! He likes church a lot. He is just like the rest of the wonderful people here.
Next p-day is Transfer day. NO mom I do NOT know yet if I’ll move! I’ll find out Monday morning. So next Tuesday when you get my email y’all will know.
PS there’s 6 weeks to every! Transfer so if you want to know when transfers are just look at the title of my email……………
It’s a nice 37 degrees Celsius right now that’s hot lol
Well that’s about it I got t0 write my letter to President right now so I’m

January 6, 2009
Dear family,

Whats up???? From what I hear Christmas was a blast up there in Dallas. Well my Christmas was awesome too when you get the memory card with the video of us opening Christmas you’ll laugh. The tree we found in the trash so it is about 100times cooler!
So pictures from last pday

Well this week was a bad week to teach, all of our good investigators were out of town, (everyone goes to the beach for new years, and not for the sun…….) and with New Year’s well it was extremely hard to teach and sleep. New Years Eve was something out of the streets of Iraq. It was livable till about 11:30-1:30 a loud fireworks show went on right over our house, and with everything being concrete it echoed very loudly so I got to bed like 2 ish it stunk a lot I was angry because I like my sleep.

I’m glad to hear everything went well with all of you guy’s I’m sending you all hand written letters soon, the Pearson family I have already done, (I’m going in age order sorry Michelle) so like a couple of months ish.
Well things are going great here we just got 2 really great references from the bishopric, they can be baptized it just depends if we can get them before this transfer ends….

Well I love you all lots and wish you all the best!, and I want a copy of the family picture soon, and I want to see pics of mom and big Al I hear they are dropping more weight than me???
Love Elder Linford

January 09
HI!

SO this week was pretty much just another week here in Brazil. We worked a lot got rained on a lot my shoes are still wet actually. But it was a lot of fun, we just gave up and put our umbrellas away because of the rain was so hard.

We are going to have a baptism this Sunday and one next Sunday so were pretty excited. The weather here is pretty much like Texas with its randomness. One day 95 next 72 its pretty much makes me feel like I’m at home. But Texas gets way hotter.

So I really don`t have a whole lot of new news. Other then let me give you a short history of our fast and testimony meeting.
Fabao- he is mentality hand capped sang a hymn as a testimony.
A 5 year bore his testimony about Adam and Eve
A member of the ward said, ”brothers and sisters I`ve got a sin to confess, I have committed adultery, with the Relief Society president” she then stands up, calls him a nice name and liar, and he said, “no no no I committed it in my mind” yeah that was a pretty awesome Sunday.... i`m still laughing lol.

Yeah thats about it

OH MOM EAT SOME FREAKING FOOD! You look way to skinny!
Elder LINFORD