Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 - Emails

Hello Mom, how are you? I am doing well here in Uberaba.

My companion is from Ceara (SEA-A-RA) it is near Fortaleza in the North. He is 23 years old. Not everybody in his family is baptized. You´ll hear more about him in a letter.

We are working to baptize the child of our last baptism and also a young girl who has been going to church with her baptized sister for so long she needs to be baptized! The problem is her mom won't let her because she thinks she doesn´t know what she wants with her life. She is an absolute sweetheart just like her older sister who will be serving a mission soon. Those two are some of the friends I was promised to gain in my patriarchal blessing. They made this really cool mini-Christmas tree out of old magazines. I love this area so much I am going to miss it when I leave.

I miss the Christmas creche. I explained to the members what it was, but they don´t really collect stuff like that. Up until now Christmas hasn't been terribly celebrated. A few houses have lights and stuff, but the commercial push to BUY BUY BUY is very low compared to the United States. This is not to say that everyone is more focused on the real meaning of Christmas, but I think it is more of a lack of money. I havn't really seen anything particularly different about birthdays or Christmas here. They have gifts that they wrap and that;s about it. A nice dinner.... yeah. The main religion of the country is Catholic sooo it doesn´t have anything very different.

Yes I already heard about President Worthlin, it was the first time when I thought I was ready to let somebody go. After I saw him suffering that one time, I was happy to hear that he is now enjoying the blessings of spirit paradise.

I´ll get the phone number to you as soon as possible, I might just have to call you again though, we´ll see haha It will all work out, always does.

I hope that my packages get here soon as well. I will be here in Uberaba for Christmas for sure unless the president decides to put me on an emergency transfer haha! doubtful.

Anyway. that's what´s up in a nutshell. How does Taylor´s chin look?

He thinks it´s cool huh? is it in the front or on the bottom part of his chin? Scars are kinda cool though haha. Hey I was just thinking, how is the computer doing? does it still run well? have there been any problems? Also how is my dog? is she happy? do you think she´ll remember me after 2 years? I hate dogs here grrrrr haha not all of them, just the ones that bark all the time(almost all of them).

I just thought of something different about Christmas here. They love fireworks, they don´t stop and they are reallly loud. They are less into the pretty ones and more into making a ton of nose, that's how a lot of things are actually.

I have to get going soon. I love you I´m sorry I have to finish this so fast. I love you, send me one more so I can read it and then I have to go. I love you so much. Be happy and give hugs to everybody. Never lose your temper and always show love in all of your responses to anything. I miss you all and I pray for you often. Be happy!

Love,
Elder Cameron Dean Summerhays