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July 16, 2018 from Gray

yo yo momma! Holy moly isaac was called as AP too!!! goodness i almost feel bad like i need to be doing better lol. but i know that callings arent important as long as im giving my all. I know i still have room to improve so i try to make little steps to being the missionary i wanna be every week. i would be totally fine passing my mission without being AP, but i would like to be a zone leader just to have the opportunity to lead lots of people. i think it would be cool. but lets see. 

Thats awesome about seattle! seems like a pretty cool city! the space needle ive always wanted to do! glad you guys topped off your vacation well. any more while im gone or is our next vacation gonna be next summer with the BOIS?😉

Thats crazy about the house that you guys were able to clean up that mess before leaving. Hope that you guys have a steady amount of showings this week. I think that this week everything will start to work out. Thats also awesome about the other listing. You have 3 listings just recently! 

I really liked D&C. I marked it up a ton. its full of great stuff to apply in our lives today and especially to missionary work. i think it will be a great way to help your class prepare for serving a mission (well those that want to). There are some greatttt examples of missionaries in d and c. people that let go of everything to serve and even leave a family that they had already created. And what a blessing the temple ordinances are in our lives now! so cool and so fun to teach about the temple to our investigators. Its awesome that God chose humble, simple people to restore this church on the earth again. 

HAHA well i HOPE its my last two weeks here. i love this area, but any area wears you down after so much time. I would be fine staying here in sorocaba honestly but just going to another area. we had a zone conference this week but i thought it was maybe the weakest of my mission. but its all good. ive got plenty of motivation to keep going. President isnt even doing interviews this transfer which is kinda annoying. But we had a zone meeting the other week and everyone bragged on us cause we were the only companionship to fulfill the goals of the mission last month in our whole zone. that was cool! tomorrow i will have a district meeting and do a training about how to work with members better. 

we have like 6 or 7 people with baptismal dates right now. but its all about finishing now which is the hardest part. praying that we have like a solid 4 that work out. for this week i think we have one baptism. its actually kinda a miracle. its the girl that was in the pday picture from last week in the restaraunt. she just came into town to visit her dad who is a recent convert. we taught her a little bit last week. but then she left and went back home like 12 hours away. she said she would only return in a year or so. but this week we found out that she already wants to return and i think we will baptize her. its truly a miracle from God i feel super grateful that it is working out right. Her dad wants it so bad i can tell so im hoping it works out for the both of them The rest of the people will be left for the last week which is a little nervracking but im praying that things will work out. 

im all good about sally. i know it will work out for the best. and yes im totally down to go out with saylor. maybe even better if shes on the mish honestly. hahah definitely a great family to marry into💰💰 hahah im sure they are great actually. im so excited to hear about sam and the program. im hoping so much that it works out. what is his plan b??

so excited for the package! should receive it at the transfer! and yeah its pretty crazy to think about the hump day coming up. honestly at my 11 month mark ill already have just a year left so that will be big too. it will just be comforting to pass through. 

goodness sam is freaking killing it. that is crazy. im super proud of him and it seems like hes happy with his life right now. hes a freaking stud! yeah i told him he could use my money. buttttt he said he would take the hit if he lost money on one of the atvs. he only wanted to use my money to make a little bit bigger investments. so thats the condition. also i just want you or dad to look over it how much he is taking out and putting in and write it down or something. 

i love you mom like crazy. thank you for everything
elder g

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