10/22/18 - Emma Letter to Family

KRISTEN CHENOWETH?! NO WAY! AHHH! Yes dad please send those notes. I've read my partiarticle blessing about 6 times this week thinking about how much it has helped me. I was praying all day sunday that your dinner would turn out to be all that you expected. Elder Almedia sent me an email a few weeks ago. I served in the area neighboiring his ward. I love that dinner conversation. Small world. Mom my ingles class loves talking to you too! I LOVE MY MISSION PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE. THAT'S ALL. I'm always praying for grandpa Barlow. Everyone and their dog is getting married. My snow friends only email me to tell me they're engaged. insert eye roll here. As far as Cristmas goes I don't know of anyone personally who won't be getting love from home but I know there is always someone here in the mission. Ususally it's the elders and I can't give them stuff and be obedient at the same time. If you have a desire to help shoot Sister Ribeiro, mission president's wife a message or call her. She knows what's up. Good luck in championships hyrum! Mari please send me a video of you singing!

Transfer calls came today. I'm staying in Aldeia with Volterelli. It's a miracle shes staying because shes been here as long as Ive been in Brasil. No one can believe it. There has to be something else I need to learn from her. It's all good. I know our investigators need her. I'm still trying to gain their confience. I feel like I don't make much of a difference here when everyone loves Volereli and she takes credit for everything. Always "i" never "we". I know I really do have a purpose here and If I'm thinking that it means I'm thinking of myslef too much. I'm working on it.

there is a book Volterelli is studying right now called the DAy of Defense. It's killer! Do you think you could look online at a few used bookstores and see if they can ship a copy to Sheila's house? https://deseretbook.com/p/day-defense-melvin-mcdonald-8528?variant_id=101008-paperback It uses bible refrences to "prove" the the common questions people have about our doctirne. It's so cool!

Thanks for your paryers! I can feel them as always!

LOVE YOU ALL LOTS AND LOTS!

make some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and think of me

Sister Barlow the first

I'm about half way through 2nd nefi too in portuguese and Almost every verse in underlined in mine too! Thank you for your testimony. I needed that today! 

 Thanks for the updates! The furniture looks great! Thats funny you hired a professial when you're really a professonal yourself! haha! Festival of the trees? wow! Please send Witching pictures! I want to show them to my memebrs and investigators here. They're going to get a kick out of it since they know about halloween but no one celebrates it here.

Love you!

Something got into my slacks. Good thing I'm vacinated!

Volterili's portrait of me

I TOUCHED THE ORANGE MUSHROOM! (Phineas and ferb anyone?)

"A brasillian's car is like a mother's heart, always room for one more." - Voltereli. It's so true. This is me cramed in the trunk with the primary kids. Sheila always gives rides to everyone who doesnt have a car so its a tight fit butI promise I'm safe

This flower is called The princesses earing or Binka da princesa. this less active found out I like gardening and took me on a tour of her garder teaching me all the plant names. Mom would love it! Her name is Nelza and she's so cute