So anyway I´m sure you guys want to hear the results of Transfers, huh?

I'm still here in Jaboticabal with Elder Castro!

Nothing happened, this is the first time this year (2011) that I stayed with a comp for more than one transfer!

I was switching my comps a lot there for a while. So it's possible I could have at the most 2 more comps. I hope just one more, and possibly 2 more areas... just one more.

This last week was good but.....WET.

I'm not kidding we got rained on 7 times in one day! We got pretty wet.

It's hard to work in the rain seeing as lots of people (most Brasilians) have a fear of the rain, they don't want to get wet or something, and also they think you will get sick if you go out in the rain.

People don't stay at home, I don't know where they go, it's possible that they just stay at the store they are at. Then if they are at home they don't answer the door. or they make up the excuse, but it's raining.... Look I know it's raining, but what does that have to do with you hearing a message about God? Nothing. So can we come in and talk to you? It's raining..... I know it's raining....

That's how it is.

We had a good week despite the rain. We met some really cool people and we are going to baptize them.... for sure.

We had like 10 non members at church yesterday, and now we need to contact them. Most of them came from inactive families. So we are going to reactivate and baptized and complete familes!

This transfer will be great, I know it.

We met a lady yesterday who talks A LOT but is really cool. She was passing by the church and talked to some members there and forgot to give her address to them and sent her son with a paper that had her address and put it in the mailbox. Well we found it a couple days later and got there on Sunday (yesterday) and she was really cool and really wants to be a part of the Church.

It was a really cool experience.

Everything we did last transfer was obviously to prepare us for this one. It will be great!

Love you all!
I am Elder Richardson, LD, pai do Elder Castro and I end mine epistle, amen

So anyway E aí?

eu tô bem.. e vocês?

So this week was pretty good, it was one of those weeks that was just like totally normal.
We actually have a new rule in the mission, that on P-day, we can watch Disney movies or Dreamworks movies.

So last week we watched Tron, that was a really cool movie! and later today we will watch Kung Fu Panda 2. So anyway, that´s what we can do on P-day, now, pretty cool huh?

Next week I need to see if we can get ahold of Pirates of the Carribean 4, I want to see that one.

This last week, we found some really cool people, now we just need to get them to go to Church. Then they can get baptized, they even accepted to be Baptized, so we need to get them to go to Church on Sunday.

We had a good, good, long week.

On Saturday I had to go to Ribeirão Preto to do a Division with Elder Brower, so I could do some interviews for him. Baptismal interviews. We had a good day, but man we got back to our house at like 10. it was so late and we were so freakin' tired. Then on Sunday, it rained like no other. It was the first real rain that my comp got on the mission.

WIFE POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WIFE POINTS, is a point system similar (but not the same) to the well known, BROWNIE POINTS. It is only for missionaries, so the way you gain points is thusly, walking in the rain, sun and similar things like that, that are hard and sometimes challenging, and that would make you not want to continue or do something for protection.

like using an umbrella..... wimpy thing to do.

Walking in the shade, another wimpy thing to do.

And your future wife will be prettier and all other good things about her.

To "Uglify" your wife, you need to drop your scriptures, PMG, and other dumb stuff and also fubecagems.... It's fairly easy to get a TOTAL HOTTIE FOR A WIFE!!!!!!!!!

Next week is tranfers, but I think that we will stay here for this next one. But be prepared....

Next week we will have Daylight Savings, so when you think of me, think of me one more hour ahead of you!

Pray for us!

Love you all!

I am Elder Richardson, LD, Father of Elder Castro, Only American in Jaboticabal, and I end mine epistle, amen

Look, Look, Over there, THERE´S A BIRD!

HA HA MADE YOU LOOK!!!

There´s no bird!

ahahhahah

So anyway, this last week was pretty good. We watched Conference which was like the highlight of our week. We went to Bebedouro for the most of it. I watched half of it in English and the other half in Português.

It was pretty cool seeing my Uncle speak. For those of you who don´t know Matthew O. Richardson, is my Uncle, and yes the pictures that were shown, were of my cousins.

I loved Conference, for those of you who didn´t go, or watch it, man you missed out. I´m sure that most of you who didn´t, are probably being fubecas.

They talked a lot about missionary work and obedience and repentance. All essencial things.
I think you all should serve a mission, and well, so does the Lord.

That´s why we need to do it.

I love hearing our Profeta.

I had a good week, other than Conference it was fairly normal, work and that´s about it. We couldn´t find a lot of people at home a lot. That kinda sucked, but that´s ok, that´s why we have this week.

I love my comp and my area.

I love the mission, it is one of the best places you can be, and we all need to experience it.

I am Elder Richardson, LD and I end mine epistle, amen

Hey people of America!!!!!What is up?

Not much is going down here, just the normal missionary work. Finding, teaching, listening to the Spirit, failing, getting rejected, and going home hungry and tired and satisfied.

I love it out here.

Man, yesterday we were looking through our addresses that we have gotten over the last few weeks and we looked at one my comp got and felt like we should go there. We didn't know how to get there, it was a place that we had never been to. So we followed the map and to our surprise it was very close to a member´s house. So I already knew how to get there. So we taught the girl and she felt the Spirit so strongly when we told her about Joseph Smith. She was amazed at that, and I´m sure she already knows that it's all true. She said she will go to conference with us on Sunday and probably Saturday and will be baptized the next week, she agreed to that, so we will work with her on that.

We found some other people and they have agreed to read the Book of Mórmon and we will need to go over there this week. This week for us will be busy. Very busy. But will be good. We are very excited for General Conference. We are planning on bringing people to watch it. The Girl we taught that lives far away is named Livia, and she was excited at the fact that we can actually listen to the Prophet.

That was about it, oh yeah the Correios or the Post office is having a strike but it will only affect us to a small effect. Our letters will take a little longer to get to the destinations, so I will get your letters but it will take a little longer than normal.

I am Elder Richardson, LD and Pai do Elder Castro, e eu posso escrever esta carta inteiro em Português mas eu não vou. and I end mine epistle, amen

So anyway my beloved friends from the North, I'm back.

So anyway, this last week was pretty good, it went by really fast. That only comes when you work your butt off and do everything the way it should be. Listening to the Spirit in absolutely everything, teaching by the Spirit, finding by the Spirit and being guided by the Spirit. Man it's awesome.

On Saturday we were walking in a part of Jaboticabal that I don't know and we got a little lost and couldn't find the street name to find ourselves on the map. And a little girl walked down the street and so we asked her where we were, and then we asked who she lived with and she told us her Mom, and we asked if we could go up to her house and talk to her Mom. She took us up there and we taught her Mom, her name is Shirley and she even had prayed to have something happen in her life, and we showed up like a half hour later. She even accepted to be baptized, so probably next week which is conference weekend she could and probably will be baptized!

We are working with some wonderful people and finding even more. This week will be an even better week to find people and teach them and bring them to the knowledge of the Truth! This is my work, I love it. I bring others unto Christ, who is our Savior.

Oh yeah I forgot last week

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIMONA!!!!

and anyone else in September that I forgot.

Oh and UTAH UTES BEAT BYU 54-10 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

THAT'S WHAT I CALL A VICTORY!!!!!!!! As one of the few Utah fans on the mission, this is really good for us, there are not that many of us.....so yeah, that was my week!

Love you all!

I am Elder Richardson, LD, father of Elder Castro, Utah Man, and I end mine epistle, amen.

Elder Ilustre, Elder da Costa, Elder Richardson, Elder Campbell, Sister Santana, Sister Albequerque
Back Row: Elder Britton, Elder Holmes, Elder Boren, Elder Wright, Elder Ramos, Elder Belland on the far right at the piano, Elder Porter

Sister Prieto, Presidente Prieto, Elder Castro, Elder Richardson

Elder Britton, Elder Richardson, Elder Campbell, Elder da Costa, Elder Holmes, the Trainers!

Well, this week has been nuts. My comp is a total stud, he wants to work and wants to be here.
His name is Elder Castro, he is 20 and from Brasília. His dad even served a mission. He's an awesome kid, I love him a lot. We are going to make a difference here in Jaboticabal!

And I am known as his Dad! or his trainer!

It’s pretty fun training, you have to explain a lot though. I have forgotten what is was like to not know what was going on.

I’m way way way into the groove of things so it’s kinda hard to remember that and have to explain absolutely everything.

But sometimes it can be good, especially when you know your way is a good effective way to do it, for sure your comp will do it.

We got into Jaboticabal on Wednesday, we missed our bus on Tuesday, but it was ok, we ended up teaching a girl in the Rodoviária. We only had one Book of Mormon and it was in English, and luckily the girl spoke fluent English. So she got the Book.

Then we got our bus the next morning and we ended up having an ok day. Not much happened, but we did find a lady who owns a restaurant, and we taught her and she loved it, we ended up teaching her many times this week and she really wants to hear more, and she loved the Plan of Salvation.

We talked to Josiane, the mother of the 2 girls that me and Elder Negreiros baptized and we made a goal with her to be baptized this month. She accepted.

We had a great week and on Sunday we went to the Catholic Mass, man I told my comp that the Spirit would leave and to be prepared for that. We got to the first step and the Spirit was gone. We stayed for maybe 2 minutes and had to leave. It’s so sad.

Then we prayed to know where to go and we walked for about an hour knocking on doors, and finally at 9:10 we found a family who was ready to hear about the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.

It was pretty good.

Good week.

I am Elder Richardson, LD, father of Elder Castro and I end mine epistle, amen

Me Elder Lund, Negreiros, Christian

E aí galéra!
Como vai?
Cara esta semana foi ótimo, foi legal mesmo.

Ok sounds good, my mom will get mad at me if I write the entire letter in português.

So anyway, this week was the last of the transfer and we had a good week, we couldn´t like find anyone at home. So it was fairly uneventful.

But it was a good week.

My comp got transferred and I will stay in Jaboticabal and I will Train! Hooray! That´s all I wanted to ever do on the mission. Now I can.

I´m freakin´ stoked for this, I will let you all know who he is next week.

I saw a Brasilian Biker gang this last week.

That was something I haven´t seen yet. It was cool.

Man I don´t have much to say this week, this next week will for sure be full of adventures, with my son.

I´m so freakin´ excited for this!

I hope you all have a good week!

Love you all,

I am Elder Richardson, LD and Father, and I end mine epistle, amen.