April 30

My dear mother!

As always i´m doing well.  Thanks for the letters I always enjoy them!  Thanks for renewing my car,  I hope you´ll let me drive it again when I get home haha.  I have so many plans and so many things I would like to do when I get home i´m quite excited.  But I think if we have the money we should do a vacation or a cruise or something.  That would be really fun :)  anywhooo

My week was good as always.  Unfortunately we did not get any baptisms but oh well.  We are trying.  We had like 5 families we were teaching that said they would go to church and come sunday none of them went.  Only had one investigator at sacrament.  Was kinda sad I sat and thought about it a lot during sacrament meeting.  I wish people would understand the importance of going to church.  It´s such a blessing to go.  To keep ourselves more unspotted from the world.  I understand where they are coming from though.  I remember when I had a problem going to church.  I didn´t realize how important it was.  Now I absolutely love it!

As for the food, the food is basically Rice, beans, and chicken, and noodles.... Everyday haha.  Nothing like Rodizzio.  That´s like really expensive good brazillian food haha.  I miss american food it´s seriously SO good!  America rocks ;)  I did get the easter package and THANKS so much haha.  The card made me crack up laughing!  I loved it.  But that is your last package alright!  Because i´m litilarly going to start getting fat!  I want to actually gain some weight as in muscle weight but I can´t do that when I´m recieving candy ever 2 months haha.  When I get done with the package of candy another one comes ha.  So thank you so much I absolutely loved it but that is your last package you are gonna send until christmas mmk?? Stop spending money on me i´m fineee!  :) LOVEEE YYOUUU. 

As for the weather here it rains a lot.  Every morning I wake up I look outside and it´s all wet.  I sleep well but i´m always tired from working.  When I get a little bit debie downer I just work harder.  A good dose of hard work makes everything better :)  .  I already have what we call "mark of the missionary".  that means that my arms are SUPER tan as is my face.  But my body is bleach white hahaha.  

I am shocked that i´m turning twenty in a month.  A little crazy.  I´m also going to be calling you on mothers day already i´m excited for our conversation.  Please write the things down that you would like to ask me so it will make the talking meaningful.  I don´t want anything for my birthday.  I have everything I need so please do not send anything seriously.  I´ll by myself burger king or something at the day of transfers ( we have one right across the street from the mission office.)  

Loved hearing the good memories keep em coming.  Good memory I have is just us praying in your room every night before bed.  I know you probably think that I didn´t like it.  But really all those days of prayer are the things that pop into my head now when I think of an example.  I use these things with my investigators.  Like litilarly just about every good example I have about parenting and how the church helps families comes from you and practicing it with me.  Thank you so much for keeping me along the path until the mission.  Words cannot express how thankful I am to have such an AWESOME mom! 

Good luck with the week mom know that you are loved and know that i´m doing fine and all is well.  I love you MORE

He lives!
Elder Diamond