For today....

Yup, those are my Brothers! =) Great Line Josh! And Cookies do solve EVERY Problem! =] I should know, u just cant be upset when your eatting a cookie, its not possible. We made cookies twice this last week...Elder Bernards hurt his back (shhh dont tell his mom that) and our leaders got mad at him when he tried to keep working so we were out for a few days and one of them we went over to a members house and made cookies and then the second time we made them for Bia and her family. And Daniel would spend the whole day in the hospital...again! lol Glad ally's talk went well =) Well We had another Baptism this week, three total for my first Transfer. Marlon is his name and hes ligit, his mom tried a few times to talk him out of it, she wasnt prhibiting him, but wanted him to study more and attend church more first, but he presented the delema to her like this, "Mom can I be baptised...you need to give me an answer quick cause we're having the baptism on sunday and if you say yes then we're good and if you say no then we're still having the baptism on sunday and your welcome to come. =) " He's ligit! We're also teaching Marcela and her family she has two sons one is 10 and the other is 9, idk how to spell their names...=( and her husband as well. They're really cool, everyone has a book of mormon and the kids read it too and put stickers on theirs and then they love to goof around and I play with them kinda like they're my brothers. I Love thier family hopefully they'll be baptized soon! My Companion was DEAD this week he got on a bus to strat his journey home today and im not going to lie the last two weeks have been really difficult as he wanted to work less and less, but its all good I loved having him around. My new comp shows up today around three and so we'll have to go pick him up and take him back to the house, he's brazilian so I will not be speaking anymore english for a while...it'll be good for my português. Did learn a few good thigs lately, like condensed milk...did you know that it has milk in it...well I figured that out when I couldnt breath a few weeks ago, but it taste really good! =) No I havent gotten your letters yet, but they could be in Ribierão Preto, everything goes there and then they bring it to us. Yeah you could just mailem to me it's just that them I have to have them printed out here, but that should work just fine...and yeah pictures of EVERYONE like family and friends especially Richard and Edy and Rhys and Isa and Haley...if you have em lol =) Thanks Mom Love You all Elder Lund

Nifty experience yesterday, I was asked to speak at the baptism and when I got up there I started talking, and then after my companion said that He couldnt understand a word I said, but everyone understood what I meant thanks to the spirit. It was really ligit!
Some times I can speak Português really well, and other times I can't say a word for my life, but if I start a lesson with a prayer ask for the spirit to be there and then speak to keep him there with us everyone understands what I'm trying to say even though I cant say it. A very comforting thought =) Thought I'd add that to the letter too =)
 

New Address

OK Friends and Family,
Kyle has a new address.  Here it is.  It is different from the one the mission president sent us just two weeks ago and it looks like it takes affect today, Aug. 30, 2010.  So, letters and packages to this address:

Missão Ribeirão Preto

Rua São Sebastião, 1003

Centro

Ribeirão Preto – Sp

14015-040

Baptisms in the beginning

Solid! thats ligit! Well Bias Baptism went well, I was the one doing the baptism and so I was nervous, and it didnt help that they gave me the wrong prayer to memorize...They gave me the prayer in 3rd Nephi, but the actual prayer that we use today is in D&C 20 so that we great and they had to correct me five times, but I only dunked Bia once. Here mom and her Step Dad and her friend came and after the Baptism here friend wants to be baptised and so were going to teach her on Tuseday, and Bias step dad described how he felt as he watched bia get baptised and he flet the spirit really strongly and it completely over came it it was AWESOME!! Elder Bernards taught them and things are looking like they will get married and baptised along with Bias brother Jean which would be sweet, but her Brother Allen we dont think is interested and he didnt want Bia to get bapised either...was dificult it was, but theith family likes us and we really enjoy them, we were over every day last week to help Bia before she was baptised =) I was going to send pictures but these computers arent equimpt with a drive for the cameras memory card so maybe another day. So my companion goes home in two weeks and as such he talks about home quite a bit and it can be very distraction and I really missed having brothers around to wrestle with and a tank to slap and a sister to bug and and a father to argue with and bigger brothers to hit and joke with and a mother to cook all of my food! =P 'twas not the best of weeks for me. I love Elder Bernards and we have great times together, but Ill be excited once he goes home and stops talking about it! lol As far as Português goes I understand almost everything that I read without translating and I understand people a lot better too when they speak without translating and meny times this week I had conversations with brasilians without translating they spoke português and I responded like it was english 'twas nifty 'twas! I have also learned that when I don't have the spirit with me I undertand Português similarly to how I understand chinees. It makes a HUGE difference! But Plino asked me earier how my Português was comming and I said "so so" but from the other room my companion yelled "BETTER!" So I guess there is some improvement lol But it took me 4 months total before I could start understanding and responding in the Language...that is when they don't use slang or sur or only pronounce a part of the word. When people speak properly I understand everything, not every word, but what they're saying. And then there are people who speak and I don't even catch the word Elder =P lol It's all good, it's fun! =) So This morning Was FREEEZZZZING!!! We Woke up and it was SOOOO cold outside!!! our feet were numb and we could almost See our BREATH!! We thought we were going to DIE!! So seriously when I do get home Im going to cook you all out! I think that is everything for now! Até Mais Elder Lund

 

PS~if my brothers and sister want to write e-mails they can because I ave more time and I still havent recieved your letters, and are you going to be abel to send pictures? just ourious if your not I can figure something out =)