Campo Grande Week 25

Sep. 22, 2014

Family,

 this week flew by. We have been walking SO MUCH. around 22 kilometers every day it can be rough sometimes, our area is massive and the bus system that runs through the rural areas we work every day is super slow. We want to move to a bairro closer to where we work but the stake president told our mission president that he wants us to strengthen the city, so for now we will keep on walkin.

      We found some awesome folks this week. This lady stopped us in the street and asked if we were from the Mormon Church. We ended up teaching her that day, I have never taught a more elect person, she accepts everything, reads everything, went to church, e vai ser batizado em duas semanas! 

   We are working in a super cool bairro that is at the end of our area, the members that live there are super rad we have become good friends and they have been hooking us up with references, we are working with an awesome family. We found this family while we were walking though the neighborhood. There was a guy working on his house we stopped and started talking to him. His house is super rad. He hasn´t done anything on paper, just built it buy eye. It is super modern, has an awesome glass table, it is hard to explain, but I will send pictures next week, it is awesome. And he has done it all himself. Anyways we found out that a few years ago the elders came through and baptized a few of his kids, but after they were confirmed they never went back. We started teaching the parents and it has been an awesome time. We are working on his house with him and every time we go there his wife makes us tasty food, she is a vegetarian chef. We are super stoked for this fam.

    We had a rad family night last night with a fire.

I feel super disconnected from you guys, it is weird.

I love you all so much the gospel is true! hook the missionaries in our ward up with a tasty treat, or someone to visit. It will mean a ton to them.

    P.S. Another thing I have noticed is how rich we are. Like financially. We are so blessed, we have so much! Never feel like you are going with out. The people here have so much less and they work super hard, count yo blessins!

Campo Grande Week 24

September 15, 2014


This week was super rad. Meu Filhão chegou! My child arrived! His name is Elder Laskoski. He is from Ipoméia, Santa Catarina. Way down south in Brazil. He is the weirdest brazilian I
 have ever met. He is more of a gringo than I am! For reals.. I feel like I am with someone from Kanab. He is super cool. He is a decendent of the first members of the church in Brasil. He lived on a farm his enire life and rarely left. He works super hard, and is humble. The first time he ever bought milk was this morning. He just milked cows back home. He never rode a bus, grocery shopped, used email, nada! He is super white and his name is super foreign. Everyone thinks he is a gringo.

    We worked a ton this week. We had absolutely nothing at the beginning of the week but after a bunch of hard work with the members we set up an awesome week. We set high goals and are super excited. I will be honest, I am super stoked about my Português, my comp is still learning the lessons and is super shy so I have had to do just about everything. I love helping him out and laughing about his culture shock in to ´´city life´. It is super weird to be training and to be past the year mark. My trainers were super cool and made a huge impact on my mission. It is funny paying way more attention to the little stuff and helping him get in to the groove. I really am dedicated to helping him learn the ropes and having a rad transfer full of hard work and good times.

        The sisters are actually super cool, They work super smart and are blessing the lives of tons of people. District meeting is super funny and once again I am the only gringo in the district. its rad.

           1. I think the mosquitoes don´t like my blood. I haven´t been bit in a while, but my comps get eaten alive. When I was in Cuiabá I used a drop or two of Terrashield in a cup of water and rubbed on myself. Seemed to work.

            2. I didn´t get a package at conference! I did get one package with my peppermint oil! and some candy. Which was a huge blessing.

             3. I haven´t gotten sick in forever. occasional stomach issues, headaches, and colds are a part of life here, but other than my Dengui incident in Cuiabá I have never been sick. I take those onguard and digetzen capsules whenever I feel like I am getting sick. I am also a huge believer in Vitamin C. I have turned into my mother. I pound limes. The limes here are super good! I make juice or squeeze it into water or tereré, or just eat one whole every day. I LOVE LIMES.

            4. IT is pretty hot, but not too bad.

            5. I try to eat semi healthy. I make scrambled eggs with oninons and peppers everyday. We score tons of free fruit that I LOVE. Maracujá, limão, acerola, and other awesome fruits that we don´t have in the states. I have been on a coconut kick. A less active lady in the ward hooks us up and I drink the milk and eat the flesh every night. It is incredible! I drink so much tereré and juice. Almoço is awesome. We eat so much every almoço. Every single day everysingle meal has rice and beans. I love it. They make churrasco everyonce and a while, which is INCREDIBLE. beef here is so much better. Awesome salads. mandioca! Almoço is always great. Coke and guraraná.

           

         

         I love you all so much. I love my life I love my mission. I feel an incredible love for our human family, especially the people here. Thinking about leaving here breaks my heart. I am incredible grateful for everything.

         

Campo Grande Week 23

September 8, 2014

One year down! It´s nuts to think that one year ago I was losing my mind in the MTC. A lot has happened in the last year. I have grown and experienced some incredible things. I have learned another language and become a part of culture that has become part of me. It has been the hardest year of my life. I have lived among the greatest people in the world. I have grown spiritually and found peace in asking the questions of my soul and searching for the answers. 

IT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF MY 21 YEARS.

   I can´t help but reflect on the radness of life. Só gratidão.

 I had a pretty cool experience this week, we rode the bus and walked a million miles to get to a house in the sisters area for an interview (I am super proud and also surprised at how we navigate our way around a huge region with just the sketchy bus system and our feet).

  I was interviewing Cleber who had been heavily involved in drugs for super long but was two weeks clean and super nervous about his baptism. It was super powerful we just talked it out and he got super emotional. After like 2 minutes of silence he was like VAMOS LÁ. Which means like lets do it. It was awesome. It made me realize that when we repent the lord really does forgive and forget. When we do our part he forgives instantly. He doesn´t need to think about it.

    So this transfer is going to be gnarly. I am staying here in Amumbaí, which is rough, my district will be changed to me, my companion, and six sisters. Also I wil be training. I don´t know who he is or where he is from yet, he gets here tonight. So it should be an interesting one. I am stoked.

     I am stoked that everyone is doing good. Tell Richmond to stretch that groin out. Send a pic of the new 4runner! I am really not that surprised that Austin is still a freak athlete. I am freaking out by how old my siblings are getting... It makes me sad that I am missing out on the good times but also super excited for the good times to come!

Campo Grande Week 22

September 1, 2014

I won´t have the chance to write you today. I will write tomorrow, I hope.
I love you all. Thanks for everything!

Campo Grande Week 21

August 25, 2014
Family! It looks like everythings awesome back home! Happy B day dad!  You are the best.

   This week was cool. We have been working to strengthen the ward. Good times.

This P day will be rad!