01-20-10 Email

Hey everyone,
So this past week as everyone has heard many have died in the disaster in Haiti. 17 Brazilians died as well as this famous lady idk who. A lot of people have been talking about it and it gives us a chance to really teach that we never know the day of tomorrow. We should really live our lives the best we can. The best child, parent, friend, the best everything so we can really give more value to the things that we have. Those people weren’t prepared to die that day, but they don’t get to go back and do the things that they always wished. Don’t get to kiss their wives and tell them they love them, don’t get to re-do things that they have messed up or forgive someone who had wronged them. But we do, we have a chance to go back and to re-do what was done to do better than what we have and to strive to be the best that we can do. I love everyone and I hope that you know this.
These 2 weeks have been really good for us here. There has been a lot of success here in the area and we hope to see the fruit of it as well. We found a family that had lost the dad 3 months ago in a car accident and we have been teaching them for the past week and a half. The mom is kind of in a mood that she doesn’t want anything to do with God and that she doesn’t believe but we are working hard to help her climb out of the hole she was thrown in. Her kids (Jackie and Jason) already want to be baptized but we just have to wait and see her response.
Today we will go fly kites. Here everyone flies from kids to men with kids and wives. It’s funny to see the son asking to fly the kite and the dad doesn’t let him. Here they actually have air battles lol. They put some special glue on the kite string and they try to cut the other lines of the other kites. Its crazy. I hope my kite will survive the battle today. We are going with Jonas, Jonaton, Jason, Marcelo and Rubens. It should be really fun!!
Last Saturday I had the opportunity to meet a Brasilian singer. Ellen something lol (Hélen Lyu) She went on Brasil Idol and she got 2nd place. She has cds out and everything. She wanted me to teach her English but didn’t have much time you know? But I guess it was cool. Everyone was treating her all special and I didn’t know who it was so I was like whatever lol.
This Friday we have interviews with the president and I'm planning to send everyone their letters so be ready! Sorry it has taken so long. We don’t leave our area and when we do we go to High Neighborhood (Bairro Alto) and they don’t have post office in their area as well. So it sucks. But we are going to go. Thanks for everything for the emails, letters and gifts. I really appreciate it.
Love ya lots.
Elder Mitchell