Long time no talk!

My feet hurt so bad! They still do. I just had some relaxing time here with warm water.
It was WONDERFUL

It feels like forever since we have talked already which is crazy. haha. But it was really fun getting to talk with you guys but I was so sad after. So after I had gotten off we sat in the church for a long while just talking with our Elders quorum president and he had said thank you. He said that he didn't understand what we had said but it strengthened his testimony so much seeing us talk in knowing that 2 people gave up everything to serve the lord and he just knew how much I miss you guys. I didn't ever think I would miss you all as much as I do, but I am pushing through that home sickness every day. Hopefully it leaves here soon again! haha

So your questions....
I was in the church building when we talked. We were in the office there and it was Air Conditioned and everything! haha. It was so nice to sit there for 2 hours. haha.

We ended up playing some board games that pres bought. So it was all good. Board games cost so much here! We also had fun making the snow, shooting the Nerf guns and eating the candy you sent me.

We had a churrasco, with TONS of meat. After that they have tradition of eating this pudding stuff and fruit salad. We also had RICE (of course), and it was really just a great meal. They sent us home with tons of the meat from the churrasco too. It was GOOD!

This week was pretty fun. I first got to talk with you guys then had gone back to the house and slept early that night because we didn't have to work and needed to be in early. It was a really relaxing day to just see my family then sleep. Looks like tonight it just going to be sleep too because we have to come in early. We are gonna go buy some good food and pig out I think. haha. But this week we had a lot of success it seemed like. Its great but it seems like everyone that we find that will be baptized is not married. It is so FRUSTRATING. Seeing all these other elders baptizing and us just working on these marriages and everything takes lots of time. At the minimum its 1 month. It is frustrating but they are awesome people and will make wonderful additions to the church when they get married.

This week I also had some great experiences. One, I don't have any good stories for the week. SORRY! I will make sure to have some this next week. But just last night I was praying right before I went to bed and had some serious realizations. I realized how lucky I am. I look around here in Brasil and to be honest, it's so dirty, some very cruel people and some families just screwed up. I just know how lucky I am and I know I need to be more grateful for what I have. I am thankful for my family, my country and my friends I have. I owe it all to the gospel of Jesus Christ that is found in the church of Jesus Christ. I just don't know what I would have without it. Thank you so much for all you guys do for me. Thank you to all those that wrote me and tell them to write me lots please! I always need the support.

Take care and have a wonderful week and a happy new year!

Até Mais!
(Elder Millett)

PS. I got the letters here at the house so you can send the package here whenever! ASAP because only 5 more weeks until transfers.

Christmas Day Hangout

The highlight of our Christmas Day was having the chance to visit with Cameron!  It was an emotional ending as he bore his testimony to us in Portuguese.  What a blessing it is to have a son serving a mission!

Eu vou falar com minha familia! (I'll talk to my family!)

NERD! Elder Jones bought these glasses and at first had been a little shy to wear them....
Elder Millett has no shame!

Charlie Brown tree!!!!

That's what I have been telling like everyone this week. I get to talk with my family this week and I am so excited! So it looks like tomorrow at 6 o clock, Brasil time we will be speaking! I am very excited! And that will be super awkward to bare my testimony to you guys in a language that you don't understand! But oh well, I guess I will! Whatever you all want. I am very excited for tomorrow. So you ask if people are more open... the truth is no. Not one BIT. They are actually more closed off. Everyone is partying, getting drunk and the drug traffickers are selling lots this time of year... so we aren't allowed to go into two parts of the city for a little bit because people are really not friendly this time of the year when drugged up... haha. But it's all good. We had an alright week. We got to give spiritual thoughts to a bunch of people about the spirit of Christmas and the birth of Christ. It was a lot of fun. I had a good time being able to have family nights with the members, have dinner with them (which is once in a blue moon here) and we had a churrasco where I learned how to treat the meat here so it will taste so much better when you cook it. I will show you how when I get home! haha. Long time away... anyways... It was so fun seeing those pictures of my dorky mom and sisters dressed up.... haha. jk. It was a clever idea. Did you get any fun looks?

So this week was a good one. We had a lot of fun and got to enjoy ourselves. I have only a few stories, and you will have to think of questions for tomorrow to talk about! Wow its really humid today.... eesh...

1. I hopped out of the shower today (which is broke again so was freezing) and I went to shave. I put the gel on first and then after picked up my razor and about put it on my face to start when there was a cockroach on it! Scared the crap out of me! They are always in the most random of spots!

2. A lady said the other day it's illegal to sell food in the states. Americans can now only drink water and it's a law. It's just because Americans are so fat... haha. I thought it was a funny joke. A lady we met yesterday said that and I got a good laugh.

3. This was another one of those amazing experiences in church that I would like to share with you. I always have these amazing experiences in church and this one was awesome! We sang lots of Christmas carols yesterday and we ended up singing angels we have heard on high for the final hymn. I was sitting up towards the front this week and it was an awesome experience to remember. We only had about 40 people in that room, but it sounded like over 500 people were singing it was so strong. I know what 500 people sounds like too because of stake conference at home and it sounded even stronger than that. I couldn't believe my ears. I was literally scared to look back to see something crazy or something. It was a really amazing experience though. All I know is there was another force in that room in that moment, singing with us. This branch is just so strong. I can't believe how lucky I am to get to serve here.

I don't want to say too much on here or I won't have much to say tomorrow with you guys! I can't wait to talk! Tomorrow we are going to hang out with president and others close to him and play games (which you still haven't given me ideas of GAMES MOM!) haha. I need ideas! But it should be really fun. I am so very excited too because we are going to make that snow tomorrow that you sent us and open presents tonight because we have district meeting tomorrow morning. I love you all so very much and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Feliz Natal!

Até Mais!

Elder Millett

The World...

This is what happens when rain storms randomly hit
and we don't have umbrellas with us!

The world is really screwed up. That is really sad to hear about that shooting and that is messed up. In our city just this week this guy went on a killing spree breaking into old people's houses and killing them. It was so messed up. The world really isn't safe... It's really sad but one day it will be clean of all those people for sure. I can't wait.

This week was a great week. The days dragged by in all honesty but it's all good. It just seems to happen like that every once and a while. This week was just one of them. So first off, I don't know what time the hangout will be. I am thinking sometime around 2 o clock in the day (brasil time) and that will be the best time I bet. I will be hanging out with president and the family there. We need some fun game ideas if you have any. That would be nice. But I will give you the info but it would be best to have you start the hangout and all. That would be great if you guys could do that. I am getting really excited. I just really need to see you guys again. I am feeling like my family is just a memory that I randomly get letters and packages from. It's crazy the feeling, but this week will remind me of course, seeing ya! I can't wait! I will let you know all the details this next week ok?

This week was a little crazy too, I finally got rid of some things just bothering the crap out of me, an ingrown toenail. I went to the doctor and it HURT. But it feels so much better now. I took a picture of it and you will have to see it after the mish. Don't want to gross everyone out, just my fam! haha. But it was really funny. I felt like I was getting a pedicure. It was funny. She was just cutting away and then random times would pull out the knife... I knew that was going to be painful! haha. And it was...

Christmas conf was great. We had it with three zones. Zones are the biggest btw.... But it was with a lot of people. We did a gift exchange, had some wonderful talks (some in English even which was fun because they were the health people from the CTM who didn't speak fluently) and ate some wonderful food and candy. It was really awesome. I really enjoyed it and always love being in the presence of President Tavares. He is just a wonderful man. But I loved all of it. I got to see some people I hadn't seen in a while and it was a fun time. Even my first companion Elder McGuire who is doing awesome! 

This week also had some really rude people. For instance, we got talking to some people on the road and talked a little about the church with them. They were talking to me at first then randomly started ignoring me. It was annoying. I then decided, let's talk to them about the church in English and it got really funny from there. They started listening after that wondering what we were saying. I love that we can do that. Talk in another language at times. But another lady while we were in Bauru (the big city nearby) was walking and just turned and looked at me and said "look, the Mormons" in the most unfriendly way possible. I smiled and yet again said in English, "thanks lady and have a great day". She gave me one of the funniest looks after that I about died! People can be so rude sometimes but I just like having a little humor with those people, you can even ask my companion. haha. 

Stories....

1. I grabbed a fly this week. You know how people catch flies in their hand? Yeah, I did it finally! President here taught me how to do it and I did it. It was sweet! The flies are super annoying here and I can't wait to see an American fly again... They are so much better. haha. You will understand if you ever come visit here.... haha

2. It's a small world after all.... That song is played all day everyday here and they have no idea what it is. The guys who go around selling gas play it and its SUPER ANNOYING! I have to hear it all the time. That song is even annoying in Disneyland... haha. But I ended up singing it walking down the road and got some funny looks. It's just a normal thing for me now to always get weird looks from people. haha.

It has been raining all week and I have been loving it. I really want some snow but am really glad you sent me that snow stuff. I am so excited to do it. But the rain will have to do for now. I love the rain, and that is only growing bigger with how much I don't get it here. My talk went good this week, I don't talk like I used to anymore. I just put down a few key points and just talk. I hope I will continue to do that when I go home. I hate reading a paper. I am not a big fan of those talks. But we had more people there. It was great! And we had a lady who was thinking about leaving her family. And that day (Sunday morning) she was walking out of the house with all of her clothes and everything when one of the members which had known her saw her crying and asked why. It was really cool because the fact that the member said she would take her somewhere to make her so much happier. She took her to church and it was crazy. We had talked about everything that she needed. We talked about forgiveness, and family the whole day. She just started crying in the principles of the gospel class. It was a really good testimony that she bore and that she already knows the church is true and everything. It was just a great experience for me. Everyone was crying in that room, even the guy in our ward that is just a rock solid "i won't ever cry in my life" kind of a guy. It's really amazing how the church can change people. She will probably be getting baptized this next week or the week after. I can't wait!

This Christmas season is a wonderful time to remember the birth of Jesus Christ, but also especially the death and sacrifice he gave. I am so grateful for the atonement and I wouldn't be who I am without it. Just remember what we need to do to be better people always and to always continue to repent. That's one thing I am learning while here, to repent right away and not procrastinate! I love you all!

Take care and talk to you all in 8 days!

Te-amo!

Elder Millett!

ps. I don't know of anything that is really tradition here. Everyone just does the same stuff it seems like. Just eat some Brasilian food! It's so good!

What are brazilian beans like?

Feliz Natal!

So that's your question? Brazilian beans are just something that I have every day.... haha. Yeah some are cooked with bacon though and others no. They have pressure cookers here, that are really dangerous to use, but everyone uses them. But the rice here... I LOVE IT! They do normally cook it with onion and its super wonderful. But the beans is just really hard to explain how they are... haha.

My package already got here and I am super excited I will get it tomorrow! I am looking forward to it! We are going to have our Christmas meeting with president and everything in Marilia and I am really excited. Christmas package, letters (I hope) and a wonderfully spiritually uplifting day with president. President is just a wonderful guy. I just love the man and he is going to talk the whole day about the atonement. Something I have got to learn a lot about this last year a lot better and better understand it. And also with that book (Jesus the Christ) I have learned a lot of fun facts about the atonement too I will have to share with you all after the mission. But I am really looking forward to tomorrow and getting a break from workin our butts off for a bit! haha

So you better have some questions for me mom! I loved how the last convo was just because you had questions and it gave us fun things to talk about. haha. I am so excited to talk with you guys. We will be using the church computer this time and it's REALLY FAST! So we shouldn't have any problems at all :) good!

This week was pretty good, and had its downs too. We did lots of walking and lots of listening to annoying music Rhianna sings now apparently... Diamonds in the sky.... I want to die when I hear that song... so annoying! haha. But everyone listens to it. I just remember how much I don't miss worldly music because lots of it is crap... haha. But I hope they come out with better stuff then that before I get home! This week started out by going to a nearby city to help other missionaries with their house. We used sandpaper on all the walls to prepare it to paint and passed over more cement on parts of it. It was really fun. We did a division after that and had a churrasco that was SO good. I will have to do a churrasco for you guys when I get home. You will forget about BBQs forever! We went back to my area and had a really great day, teaching tons of lessons and meeting lots of new people. It was a really good.

So here are some stories for ya! That I thought were interesting/funny....

1. Stupid parrots now... I was walking on the sidewalk and one parrot crapped on me! I was so mad I threw a rock at it. The Brazilian (Elder Dias Batista) got such a kick out of it. Good thing it only hit my shirt and a part of my pants. But I am over it now... I still love holding parrots haha.

2. I was with Elder Dias Batista again and he wanted to stop by and look at stuff they have here like cologne. We were testing out one of them and it said on it ´´Million´´. I was assuming it was in Portuguese and was struggling to say it. He asked me why I was having such a hard time reading it. I told him it's sometimes hard to speak in another language and he just died laughing when I asked him.. how do you say it then??? He laughed and was like.... I don't know, it's in your language! Yeah looks like I am forgetting lots of English... haha. Or maybe my mind is just stuck on Portuguese because I am here in brazil. Who knows! Hopefully I can communicate with you guys Christmas! haha

3. We went out to take a few pictures yesterday with Santa hats on and thought it would be fun to do it near the river. It was so crazy seeing huge lizards and hearing all the stories about the anacondas that were around in that area. Freaked me out. But those lizards are HUGE too. But anyways, we were taking pictures and it was all going good then a guy across the lake jumped in the lake! He is CRAZY! I thought he was super crazy because the fact that one... there are snakes longer then light posts in the water and 2... he was naked. I laughed so hard, and couldn't help but take a picture as we joked about finding bigfoot. haha.

4. We had a crappy day on Saturday... And all I had to say was URGGGGHHHH. I was so frustrated that nothing was working out, no one was home and all that was happening. I was just really stressed out. I was just really hoping that would be a good day. But as I got complaining I realized how much more upset it was making me. I randomly thought of a thing we could do which in the end changed our thoughts only to good things. I asked Elder Jones, what are you thankful for? We listed for about the 20 more minutes it took to get to the next house we went to and I just felt so much better and happier. I loved it. I just always know that being sad and frustrated isn't going to get us anywhere and the day did a whole 180 after that! Just being tested I guess! A good theme for the mission that's for sure!

This week ended good and we had a lot of success this week meeting lots of people that can be baptized. We are having more and more success every week which is wonderful. I keep having amazingly wonderful experiences that I am sure will change my life forever, and continue to have crazy experiences like that lightning one that I shared with you. It's just really wonderful being able to be here. It's not a burden to be away from you and everything at home for 2 years, it's a privilege that I have to represent our lord and savior Jesus Christ. I also had a great experience while sitting in sacrament. I have two cards in my shirt pocket always that have the baptism of Christ and one of the temple. One boy, 8 years old that just got baptized, wanted to see those and grabbed them. He was just sitting and points at the picture and said I was baptized just like Jesus Christ. Then continued looking at the other of the temple and said... ´´This is the only true church on the earth, and I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to be a member.´´ An 8 year old, bore his testimony in 1 sentence and I just got chills all over and felt the spirit so strong. I keep getting reminded how true this church is and how we need it in our lives. Without it, we honestly don't have much. I am so very grateful also to be a member of this church and I am so glad to be here, to share it with everyone here.

I love you all and hope that life is well in this wonderful Christmas season!
Got a great week ahead of me and I will be giving a talk this week on the same thing I gave a talk about when I left for my mission. It's about repentance and we will have lots of investigators this week because we are trying an activity where we made invitations to give to friends. I hope everything works and lots of people come! I will be praying extra hard!

I love you!
Até Mais!

-Elder Millett
(your favorite child obviously cuz I am on the top of the tree!)  ;)

Ps... Connor is such a dork! Taking over my spot in the family! haha. Funny kid with the caterpillar attacking... haha.

Oi!

Neymar! (A Brazilian Soccer player who has a mo-hawk!)

He trusted me to cut his hair!

[Referring to Connor's soccer game.] Yep, don't worry Connor. You guys got crushed but we beat them pretty hard when we played the Gig Harbor teams. haha. They are always the best. I wish I could be there to support you Con! Makes me miss being able to joke around with those boys and help them learn to play and all. It was a lot of fun. Which reminds me, I loved that picture of them standing there with the happy birthday sign! Thanks again!

Anyways, this week we ran around. Literally. Well let's just say, my life flashed before my eyes, literally again.... haha. I will tell you about it in a sec. First off your questions...

I really do want to baptize someone in the river and then I don't. haha. There are pythons here in the river. They are huge too!!! So maybe I will pass on that. I am losing like all fear of any kind of animal here. I used to have a weird thing with touching animals, any one, but now I have no fear to just pick them up. haha. But pythons, still hate and never will like!

None of the foods have been really different. I think you guys should do Brazilian type beans there. It's really good actually. I love it!

Letters I am only getting once a month now.

I will figure out my local address for you sometime here. You guys found my house?! It's pretty covered now those trees in the front of our house are grown up really bushy. I need to go and cut those one day I think. haha. But that pizza place the guy gives us a 10 dollar discount just cuz he loves Americans. I think its super funny.

So I have no idea what I want to do for president yet. I need some ideas as to what I should do. He is that kind that doesn't want to accept help when I KNOW he needs it. He works his butt off and still just does so much for us. I really want to figure out a secret way that he won't know it was me. He has 2 teen boys and his wife. So not a huge family no. But any ideas just let me know!

So some stories for you....

-First that one where I felt like I was literally DEAD, and my companion can testify that this ACTUALLY HAPPENED. We were walking down the road and there was a super dark  cloud off in the distance. We were just walking normal and then started to see lightning off in the distance. It was just like, oh whatever its normal right. But sure enough no... We kept walking when all of a sudden, a light brighter then I have ever seen in my life struck us both at the same time and we both literally were paralyzed for a moment and couldn't see for a couple of seconds. We literally both thought we were dead. It was a crazy feeling not being able to move. What had happened was the lightning stuck right over our heads and hit the end of the road. A huge loud boom hit real hard there and then we both said... let's run to the house. haha. We both thought we had died. It was crazy and really funny to joke about after. haha

-We got walking on the street when this crazy dude started yelling (in Portuguese of course), let's go elders! Let's go elders! The world is ending! The world is ending! Save as many as you can!!!! I said to him after that, after he was yelling said, tudo bom? (all good)  And he said really calmly, ´´tudo´´. I laughed so hard at first what he said then how he changed from screaming to us to really relaxed saying yeah everything's all good. These stories are so hard to explain. I can't wait to explain some talking to all of you this Christmas!! (which reminds me, think of any questions that you have that you want to ask and all too so you don't forget and don't have to think about while we are talking k?)

-Story about my comp.... actually two. He was saying a prayer at one of our investigators houses. As he was saying, please bless our families also. But in portuguese is, Por favor abençoe nossos familias, tambem. Everyone just said amen after that and he was freaked out and didn't know what to do. So he just blurted out, in the name of Jesus Christ amen!! haha. I got such a good laugh out of it. They had just thought he said amen when he said tambem. haha. I got a real good laugh out of it. He is a good sport and laughs about it too.

-Another story about my comp that made me realize something just really amazing. Yesterday in church was fast and testimony of course. Elder Jones was up leading the music and was up on the stand and I had passed the sacrament so I was sitting out in the crowd. I gave him that look to go and bare his testimony and sure enough without problem he went to go bare testimony really fast. As he got up he expressed how he couldn't speak Portuguese really well then just continued to speak. I will be honest, he said lots of the words terribly, but something else hit me and obviously hit the rest of the people there.  A feeling just came over that room and lots of the leaders of our branch just began to cry. I don't even know if he knew it but everyone was overtook by the spirit. I was too and I felt it. Even though not many people understood what he said in that moment, everyone felt a really strong testimony was spoken. I realized it's not knowing the language perfectly, but rather having that spirit with you always to let him do the speaking. That is a huge testimony builder to me. I then felt prompted to bare my testimony too and bore mine. I have never felt such a spirit like I have felt in this branch here. The mission is full of wonderful experiences.  All the things I have learned here already I wouldn't trade for anything. The closer Christmas gets the more I miss home but I know without this mission, I wouldn't and couldn't be who I am right now. I am just so grateful for this gospel and for this chance to share the gospel and at times get rejected while doing it. But I feel I am growing everyday because of it, and wouldn't trade it for nothing.

I hope the holiday season has started off well for everyone! I know I say this lots, but thank you so much for all you do! Even everyone who sends letters, it helps me through the days that are tough. I couldn't be here without the people at home.

Até mais!
Elder Millett

Hello!

Cameron's Birthday Celebration

Yep, another week. And of course, always flies by. This week kinda felt a little slow during the middle but picked up when we ended up baptizing 2 people this week. It was a lot of fun. We had 2 kids that hadn't been baptized but were at church so many times with their families, but the president there couldn't do the interviews because it's a rule. But we got to baptize and that's always a good thing!

Anyways,
More clues to find my house. It's in Pederneras. That's not how to spell it but I am lazy to look at the actual spelling. As of right now there is a guy standing outside of this lan house casting a spell at me. He is clearly drunk and I can smell it and people (like me) are looking at him really funny. haha.

(Note: Last week Cameron sent a picture of his house along with the address so we could find it on Google Maps.  Maybe you could give it a try!  Rua nove de julho, 510 Pederneiras - São Paulo, Brazil. It doesn't come up at the correct location. It's near the road Riachuela.)

My comp still hasn't gotten his bank card yet. He will be getting it tomorrow but I have been paying everything for him and somehow I still have 50 reais and I have NO CLUE HOW. haha. Blessings of course!

So the towel is working out great here. I actually love it. You just gotta always hang it up correctly or else it will start to smell like any other towel but dries a LOT quicker. I recommend it for sure. It's also nice and small to be able to take around on divisions and stuff like that.

So this week was great/crazy. The first night we celebrated my birthday getting a pizza and a cake, that was SUPER GOOD. I loved it. It had fresh fruits in it too. Another member of the branch actually made me a cake too, but it was the day after but was AMAZING. I opened my ´´presents´´ (I put it like that because all of them already got ripped open basically but was super excited to wear my new tie and I will make that shirt my zone conf. shirt. Thank you so much for that package. I really enjoyed it! I also LOVED all the pictures that the family did for saying happy birthday. Very creative! Did you guys think of that or was it a Googled idea? Either way it was awesome! I loved it so much and was just laughing the entire way through looking at of them. I got a kick especially out of the one of my crazy aunts, and also the one in the middle of the field that Michelle did. That one made me laugh. haha. I would be scared to go out into a field like that here in Brazil... there are lots of snakes in the fields here!

Some stories, don't have too much but here I go!

1.So this week we found a good 4 cockroaches in our kitchen. I thought we would get creative and get them out of the house somehow. So yeah, what we did, like everyone else would do, you grab the brooms and play cockroach hockey! It was super funny. And we got the roaches out so I figure it was pretty successful. The stinkin cockroaches are fast here though! So we almost lost one of them running under the desk. haha

2. Our baptism... SO here there is no baptismal font, so you know what we got to do? Baptize in the pool of course! haha. It was a lot of fun. I got a good laugh at it but the president here said we needed to go and clean the pool which was fun, but took a LOT of time. I just told him, let's go baptize in the river! I have a goal of doing that here. haha.

I just got informed that my companion's mom saw my blog and laughed about the story I had told about Elder Jones. My comp was a little hesitant of putting that story on there because he... actually I don't know why, he might have just been embarrassed. But it made me laugh. I will have to keep you updated with all the funny stories that happen with him. New Americans are always funny, but I remember how stressed I was when I was one, so I am trying to help him out as much as possible!

We are doing well here as of right now. All is great here and I was even excited that we got to do a Noite Familiar (FHE) with a family and friends and got to watch 17 Miracles. I was super excited because I love that movie. So thanks again for sending that!

Sorry I don't have much to say this week or any super fun stories, but I will try and get some more stories for you next week! I promise!

I love you all so much! (especially Dantzel for singing to me because that was the cutest thing EVER and thanks to her wonderful mom for having her do it.) Made my day!
Take care!

Até mais!
Elder Millett

Eu estou treinando um Americano! (I'm training an American!)

My first child on the mission!
(They call it child when you train)

Crazy week opening up the area here and doing lots of stuff actually. I first got to Londrina and stayed in my first area to sleep that night (with Elder Carrell, one of my favorite missionaries) and got to go out and visit a bunch of people that I had been teaching when I was first there. I was speaking the language finally so they got to actually have a real convo with me. It was pretty fun. But they got tons of food and were super excited but upset I didn't tell them sooner to plan a BBQ (Churrasco) with them. But the next day, got my companion! I am going to be training an American! He doesn't speak any of the language and it brought me back to my training days. His name is Elder Jones. He is from New York and lived on an Indian reservation there. I thought that was pretty cool. He is 21 years old too, so we can relate a little more on that side of things. He is doing awesome and progressing really fast! I love being able to help him.

Your questions that you had asked...
-Yes I would love those CTR bands. I don't need a TON but it would be awesome to have. And sadly to say, I don't know where to send this next package. None of the members live anywhere close to us. SO I am thinking one more to the mission home. I hope they don't get upset.... haha. But the thing is, the packages you send never have problems. Other missionaries have had problems with it and had to pay a 100 real tax. Who knows why...
-Chocolate chips, basically don't exist here. You just use a chocolate bar. No need to send! and we bought that pizza. Pizza is only about 10 dollars for a drink and a pizza, that is really good, so we just went for it to celebrate! haha. And it's always fun to celebrate baptisms. haha.

Stories first, then I will tell you about our area...

1. SO in Garça, I got home the last night there (Monday) after being really sad saying bye to all the wonderful members there. We got there turned on the light, and there was a GIANT bat in our house! Holy crap that scared me so much. It was probably looking for its kid that we had in the back that died, and my comp scooped it up and threw it out. But it was in our house! That was super scary. My comp Elder C Azevedo had no fear and ran at it and kicked it out of the house. I guess it's more of a normal thing for him. But the bat started crawling at me like the grudge! It was a really funny moment. I will have to explain more in words at home after the mission.

2. So I guess I just have a problem with giant animals here. We got to our house and it is a great house. It had lots of bugs though. The very first day studying this giant moth flew in to the house which I had thought was another bat because it flew like a bat! It was HUGE though and I had a little battle with it.  That would have been fun for you to watch. It was about the size of a fully stretched open hand. That was not no ordinary moth.

3. One more funny thing with animals, we have a giant gecko living in our kitchen. A lot bigger than the ones in Hawaii and it got me laughing about Deanna and how she was super scared of those. She would die with this one here. It got me giggling to be honest. haha.

4. My companion and I were studying to prepare to teach his first lesson, or part of the lesson. He took the very first part of the lesson to study and had it down pretty well. We found a lady to teach that wanted to hear our message and she was about 30 years old with a 2 year old kid. This is where it got good. The lady invited us in and we went, got to know here and then asked if we could share this message with here. It was my comps first lesson ever. We said the prayer and after, he was to start. The lady, then decided apparently that it was appropriate to breast feed, and my companion just had terror in his eyes. He tried so hard to spit out the words and I was holding in from laughing so hard! I died laughing after the lesson. It's just normal here now that people do that, but still a little weird at the same time! haha.

So about my area. A really small town. The branch just started 2 years ago and only has 38 members going every week. I will be completely honest, I was complaining to myself a little bit when I got here. But I got proved wrong. The members are WONDERFUL!. They are all here ready to help and super excited to have missionaries again here in the area. The last time they had missionaries was 4 months ago when president found out they were slacking off and were transferred really fast. But the president of the branch is really glad we aren't here to slack. The members are really strong here. They also meet in a house at the moment with a made pulpit and everything. It's really cool. But I just love the people here already.

One of the members gave a talk on missionary work, talking about how much we sacrifice. It made me think so much. But one thing he said that really hit me was how much my family is sacrificing. I am so grateful for all you are sacrificing for me, and all that you do for me. I got over 20 letters and my package this week and just was so grateful for the love and even from people in the ward at home. I am so very grateful. People were also jealous of the fact I got so many letters and such cool stuff in my package. I am gonna unwrap the stuff you gave me tomorrow in the wrapping paper, even though I know what they are already. And I am thinking that I am gonna go out to eat with my comp, and treat him too. Just to celebrate. I am super excited. He also has no money right now, because he accidently left his card in Londrina. haha. But it's all good. It will all work out in the end.

Everything is going great here, a little tough but wonderful! I am working my hardest to open this area and have success in growing this branch. The people are great, branch is wonderful, and I just can't believe how blessed I am . I also had a wonderful experience from the moment I got here. I didn't understand perfectly everything when I was in Garça, working there. I got that calling to train and was super nervous it would be an American because of the fact I couldn't understand perfectly. After we got our companions, I just felt something different, and looking back it was a different feeling of the Holy Ghost blessing me to understand better. I now can understand literally EVERYTHING people say here. I could not believe it. But the blessings here are wonderful, and I wouldn't trade them for anything else. I am so grateful for the chance I have to serve this mission, and it is growing my testimony every moment of everyday, with the miracles I see, and the spirit I get to feel. I know this church is the only true church on the earth, and I have a testimony of that without a doubt in my mind.

I love you all and take care. I love hearing about all the stuff at home. It is so great to have such wonderful people supporting me when I look at other missionary families who the family aren't even members. Thank you for all you do.

Te-amo!
Até mais!

Elder Millett

Eu vou treinar! (I Will Train)

Yeah this week was crazy... I got a phone call yesterday letting me know that I will be going to Londrina tomorrow. I was thinking why?? i am going for a conference because I will be training a new missionary! I was super excited, and am very nervous too! Eesh. We will see. I was thinking that I would stay here, but looks like I will be headed off to a city about an hour away in Sao Paulo named Bauru. I am super excited to train. I don't know if it will be a Brasilian or an American but I will know tomorrow. Looks like I will be packing the bags again today... Crap.. haha. President can't just keep me in one place! haha. Anyways, this is just a lesson learned. I was sitting the other day thinking how much I feel like I am platforming and ready for some more responsibility. I was thinking, I need to be challenged here a little more. I prayed for it, and the next day I get it. I will be opening this area too that has been closed for some time. I am NERVOUS!

Anyways, your questions. First, I get my hair cut with members, or I just do it myself like Matt did. It works out pretty well! My comp did it in Apucarana and I had a member do it here.

Stores here, they have big stores and also little markets here. They have little markets a lot because the fact not many people have cars here so it's easier to get home. But they have a good variety of things to chose from but lots of things that normally we buy in the states that are SUPER SPENDY! But I just normally stick with simple things.

I am over my homesickness for now. I will also try to learn about all the Christmas traditions to tell you asap! And no, they don't do Thanksgiving but I will convince a member to do a dinner for it. They love doing American holidays with us.

Anyways, this week is crazy! I just can't believe that I am already getting transferred. I can't believe it. I just can't believe it. But I am also very excited!
I have some fun stories for the week...

First, I saw FIREFLIES for the first time in my life. They are super cool. The whole field was covered in them. It was super cool looking but my camera couldn't capture it... I was sad... But I have that memory always though!

Batman, or woman, gave birth in the back of our house. We have had a baby bat in the back of our house for three days now. It finally died today but I took a picture just for everyone to see! haha

Went to a house this week to visit an inactive and she was so excited to see us she made food and especially, JUICE she was very excited to give us. The juice looked like dirt... and tasted worse. Wow, that was TERRIBLE! haha. I couldn't believe that it tasted that bad. But the crappy part is, I am a missionary, and don't want to offend people. SO guess what I did... I drank it ALL.... and a little more... because she offered more. haha.

I have been working really hard here and am so excited for something new yet again. I can't believe that its every transfer something new. I am super sad that I have to leave Elder C Azevedo because we got along really well! I leave tomorrow and will tell you all about my new area this next week, along with my new companion. Let's see how this goes! I will also be broke again, so I might be using my card just so you know in advance!

I love you so much! Thank you for all you do for me! Tell Connor to keep up the good work! That makes me happy to know my mother is getting treated well. Just tell him I will beat him up if he doesn't keep up the good work. And he is wearing my CLOTHES NOW?! That little punk.... haha jk

I love you!

Take care e até mais!
Elder C. Millett  (I want a nametag that says that....)

Mais um batismo! (One More Baptism)

People really enjoyed torta na cara. 

Hey guys!

So this week was a pretty slow week. Surprising huh? But it was pretty darn slow. I will be honest, got a little homesick this week for some reason. I don't know why. I think I was just thinking about the season and I am so used to having Christmas at home, thanksgiving and my bday. Eesh... It's already this time of the year! I am excited because in less than two months, you all will get to see my beautiful face on Google plus! How's that sound?! haha

Well first your questions. I was actually at a members house and scored a free bible. Now just looking to find a Book of Mormon. I think I will just order it. I will just go to a members house and do it I think. I also thought of two more things I would like. One... one more thing of maple. One of the returned missionaries here really wants it. He loves it and Brasil doesn't have maple extract. And also, I would LOVE DR Scholls insoles. They are so spendy here. They are a lot cheaper in the states. I am gonna ask a member in the ward this week where you can send the next package too and will let you know the address this next week.

-The card is for Debit right? It's a lot cheaper to use a debit card here. I am just nervous with theft and stuff. But I won't be using my card too much until the end of the mission to buy stuff I would like to buy. I bought shoes this week with my card and a shirt this week so you know. I also am thinking I am going to pull out 100reals (50 bucks) to have as a backup. Just in case. haha

Jesus the Christ is going really well actually. It's the one book I have actually dove REALLY DEEP into. I love it. I am passed halfway done. I come home at night and even read it after planning. I love it that much. Surprising huh? I am READING! haha.

Anyways, this week was pretty great. We baptized this week and he loves the church. He has had a hard time in his family with his parents dying and his brothers not doing good stuff but he is so excited. His name is Caiquie (Ky-yee-kee). Awesome kid. The baptism was great and keep him in your prayers. We are doing everything possible to keep him firm too. That's one thing I love about my comp. He won't baptize unless he knows the person is really ready and can stay firm.

There were some funny stories that happened this week.

There wasn't much of a Halloween here. The closest thing to a Halloween I saw was 3 girls in the supermarket here with a little bit of paint on their faces and a shirt that said the F word. Yeah, I asked her if she knew what it meant and she didn't. That's the closest thing to a Halloween costume I saw. haha.

-We played a game this week on Wednesday called torta na cara. (Cake in the face). It was a game show type thing and if you got the question wrong you got cake in the face. It was actually shaving cream because that was the cheapest thing here. Whip cream costs 18 reals here! Holy crap! If I remember right in the states is WAYYY cheaper! But I had a lot of fun and we were the last to go. I got my companion pretty good and he got me pretty good too.

-I learned this week that Boston, in a Boston accent is a bad word. Yeah... that was embarrassing...

-So the hurricane that hit the states. EVERYONE in the branch when I stopped by their house talked about it. Everyone said... oh my gosh, I hope Elder Millett's family is ok. It hit WASHINGTON! haha. The thing they didn't realize was it hit the OTHER Washington. I have to explain that to everyone here. That there are 2 Washingtons, State and D.C. But, people are thinking about you here! Shows they really care!

I had a really good week this week for the most part. I had a really good fast with a great outcome from it. (side note... Nikki minaj is on the radio here and I can't help but sing!... it's my weakness here!) But the fast, I did my first fast here without water. It is just so hot that every time I try without water I get killer headaches. But this time, it was so easy. It was super hot but I didn't have any problems this time. After, I said a prayer to end the fast and no joke, I see why we need to fast. I just felt so loved and I had no idea why. Fasting is so important and I never really realized how powerful it is until now. It was, like tons of things that have already happened here, a huge testimony builder. I am gonna try harder now to always have more meaningful fasts like that now.

We have lots to do this week. LOTS to do. haha. It should be a really good week. Working lots with less actives and inactives. This last week we were working with lots of inactives and we are seeing progress! We had 3 of them in church which is a lot harder than it sounds. They are awesome and just got lost for a little. I want to see progress here in the branch to become a ward someday here!

I love you all so much and will try my best to not be so homesick. haha. Its hard! haha. But take care and always smile!

Até mais!
Elder Millett

A week of crying....

My companion and I got back to the house after church, he sat down...
and was OUT! We were just super worn out after the week!

Not really, I just cut an onion and my eyes were watering for a whole hour... It stung! Is that normal for a whole hour?!

Anyways..

Yep, this week flew by. It was freakin hot here! I have no idea why it was so hot but recently it just has literally been scorching hot that no one is leaving their house or nothing. It's been above the 40s every day and night time is hard to sleep. It's also been interesting, I got some sort of food poisoning this week and also had a sore throat all week, which is now turning in to a cold. Crap... haha. But it's been great. Spent over 80$ on medicine because sister told me I needed to. I was drugged up a lot this week. You can imagine how that was. But I am feeling a lot better after all the meds. Well anyways, the ´´splits´´ went good. It was really fun. It was great to speak English for a little while and to enjoy. But it's getting easier everyday to communicate with people here. Just gotta learn more words. We had pizza and of course it was good. I gotta be honest... pizza is way better here. It's a lot cheaper too. Well sometimes... And everyone comes with a free drink here in Garça. But we spent the day, really rainy, trying to find more people to teach. We ended up finding a few which was good.

So transfers... president will either move transfers to one more week after, or one more week before Christmas. I think it will be before though. The prophet has actually said that all Elders going home near Christmas to go home before to spend time with the family. So it will probably be moved up or back. President knows, I just don't know. haha. Dont worry!

So some stories this week...

1. Found out I am allergic to some sort of bug here. It could be a type of mosquito here. I got bit and it was REALLY bad looking. Another medication I had to take for the week. But it cleared up really fast. You should see my arms though... they got eaten alive. I am using bug repellent now though.

2. I was walking along on the sidewalk and... well let me explain this first. They have little trash collectors here outside of all the houses. Normally they are stationed right next to the road but for some reason there was another trash collector thing hanging from the wall of a house. I was walking along and.... yep you guessed it.... DING! Hit my head really hard. It was really funny to think about after but the headache that day SUCKED!. haha Yeah I guess I learned my lesson to walk looking straight ahead. haha.

3. We were out looking for a reference we had gotten a week ago. We were looking for the house but the number given was wrong. The name of the lady was Ruthy. Ruthy in English isn't as funny... but in Portuguese its said like Hootchy... Which already made me giggle a little. But my companion went asking another lady... hey, I am looking for a Ruthy, you know where she is? I just died laughing. A little immature yes... but super funny in my opinion.

Anyways, this week was nothing super special. I was super tired and worn out like every day and it was such a fast week. I am continuing to work really hard here and let's just say... my clothes are getting destroyed! I see why missionaries shoes are so destroyed and shirts dirty now... haha. But yeah, shirts would be nice someday! Maybe Christmas gift?

Gotta get going though! I love you all!

Até Mais!
Elder Millett!

Ps. Connor, those are some sweet cleats you got there. I am thinking about buying some sweet Brasil ones while I am down here too. Be jealous bud ;) haha

Hellllo!!

Thought I would start with English this time. haha. It's been a while since I have been able to speak English with any missionaries considering me and my Brazil comp are the only ones here. But first, your questions.

I am eating properly again. We received our money plus a little bit extra from president because he felt bad. It was nice. We went out to a restaurant (however you spell that) and it was super good! It's one thing I am gonna miss about Brazil is the  cheap food. 4 dollars for all you can eat! Ever seen that in the US?? No... haha.

-You could mail the package to the office if you want. Transfers are the 13th of November

-Trip to the zoo sucked... We got there and it was CLOSED! The only day it's not open is Mondays... How crappy. haha. So we went and played ping pong instead.

-Things are wonderful in Garça. I am feeling more and more comfortable with the area. I am super nervous though because I am doing a division in my area tomorrow with an American (Elder Newby from Seattle WA) and am super nervous. I have no idea why either. But the great thing is, we are going to get a pizza that night. haha. It will also be very good for me to get to know the area better. We never use the bus here. We walk EVERYWHERE we go. Literally everywhere. Sometimes members drive by and pick us up which is always wonderful but rare. I love it here in Garça. The members here are awesome and I just enjoy the environment here. It's more a small town which is something I like a lot. The only problem with that is that we pay a lot more for food and all here which stinks... But it's all good!

And no mom, they don't celebrate Halloween. It sounds like a few people do and I am gonna try and make an activity that day or something. haha.

Anyways the week: we baptized this week! It always feels really good to baptize. It really does. His name is Manuel and he is cousins with the Relief Society pres. He had the lessons taught so many times to him already for years he had said and been to church so many times but we showed up, just because we needed to know where lunch was (because the RS pres is in charge of it and he was there) and we left a little message with them and marked a date for baptism with him. He accepted and he had no idea why. He also had a huge addiction to Smoking, Drinking, and Coffee. But he said the next time we stopped by, he wanted to throw up with the thought of any of those. The Lord really does prepare people. After years, he was finally baptized and I had the privilege to baptize him. This area has not had a baptism in 6 months btw...

Fun stories for the week...

-First, I held a parrot! It was super cool but I was a little nervous at first. They are super friendly and love to bite people too... Random... But yeah, it bit my finger pretty good. And they have very sharp talons (I think that's the word). But it was such a cool experience! I loved it! I will for sure do it again!

-The other night, it was pouring down rain randomly. It was super sunny throughout the day and really hot. 40 degrees Cel again... EESH! Im gonna die with this heat. haha. But I got up to shut the window when a lightning bolt struck right outside our house! It was SOOOO LOUD!!! But a really cool site.

We had interviews this week with president. He was talking with me and he had said that he had closed this area. He closed it because the last missionaries here were slackers basically and pulled them out with no one here for a while. He had said he fasted and prayed specifically which missionaries to put in this area. I feel like I have a huge responsibility after he said that. But the interviews were really good. I love President Tavares. He is just such a loving man and I felt so much more motivated after that.

Other then these things, this week was really good. We worked a TON and are trying to work lots with the members here. We have lots of inactives but we, of course, want to change that! The members are great here and willing to help.

Today looks like I will just be writing letters and sleeping! Super excited!
I love you! Thank you for all you do!

Até Mais!
-Elder Millett

PS. Dad is going to love this guy named J.J. in our  branch. He LOVES airplanes and we had a super long talk because I told him dad worked for them. He has requested a magazine of Boeing if you could! He LOVES Boeing.

Woah... QUESTIONS! haha

Me and my Comp, Elder Azevedo

 Looks to me like I have a lot of questions to answer. First of all, my knees are doing better as of right now. I think it was just all the hills. The land is all pretty much flat here which is great. A huge change. Well first...

My comp. His name is Elder C Azevedo. His first name is actually Charles, but they say it really funny here. But he got a kick out of it that dads name is the same. He comes from a family of 4. Mom, Dad, and a sister. His dad drives trucks for a living and his mom does odds and end jobs. Whatever is available. She was actually just recently working for the election. I have gotten my ballot btw. It's on its way back as of tomorrow. I need two American signatures. haha. But he is a great missionary and I am learning a lot already. I love the attitude he has.

The Mt Dew, yep, got it from her [Emily Bond] and it was the best feeling ever to drink one of those again! haha. Emily is on my favorite list now for sending me a super wonderful package. I owe her one!

Yes I got the shirts to Bruno. They look like they will work. I was in Londrina and opened the package for him and made a new package to send to Apucarana. Free and easy. Hopefully he sends me a picture here soon!

As of right now, wait on sending a package. I will get a members address and after transfers you can send one to an address here. Sound good? The zone leaders are normally in Londrina every 3 or 4 weeks. So normally about only one time in the month we will ever see letters. It kinda sucks. But it's fun to get those letters when I finally get them. I have been loving all the letters I have gotten!

Yes Connor, there are different kinds of rice. And some are better than others. They use lots of different kinds here and I can't wait to be able to cook it for real for you all. They make rice so good here!

Fresh fruit, you kidding me?! Its Brazil! haha. Its super cheap here to eat fresh fruit so I like to just munch on it every once and a while. I like making juice and the members always make juice for us. I love it!

Anyways, I don't have too much time today. I am probably gonna get cut short because we still haven't gotten money. I have been living off of candy and members meals this last week. I have 0 reals right now. haha. But it's all good, tomorrow I am gonna get an extra amount because president feels bad. haha. Anyways, this week was a pretty good one. Had lots of good experiences and lots of learning experiences for me. I have been trying this week to study more in depth the scriptures. We read every day, preach my gospel, the scriptures and the Jesus the Christ, the hardest book to read EVER! haha. But it's all good. I love it. I am learning so much from that book. I have also enjoyed being able to study lots in Moroni and Ether. I love those books now. They are by far my favorite and I loved the scripture you sent me. [Moroni 9:6]

Stories!

-World war 3 in the bathroom this week... I was showering when a giant spider came out of nowhere! It scared the crap out of me almost! haha. But I pulled off my sandal and was whacking at it over and over. Finally after a while I got it. But it was funny, after my companion asked what all the noise going on there. I told him what happened and he laughed. He just thinks I am so funny cuz I am American. haha. I wish I could have showed you the spider but it went down the drain. Also had the same experience with a cockroach...

-Dia das crianças this week happened. The day of the children. I was laughing at the idea of the holiday but people take this for serious... haha. They had more fireworks then I have ever seen in my entire LIFE here on that day. I was thinking... WHY?! Children here, not a joke!

-Got kissed again.... this time by a lady. I was walking along the road when I could tell that this lady was struggling with lifting a mattress. I helped her lift it with my companion and after she grabbed me and gave me another wet kiss on the cheek... eesh... My comp laughed, YET AGAIN. haha. He gets a kick out of the day, just from me. haha.

Well anyways, my time is getting short here, gotta write a letter to the president. My branch is really awesome and I can't wait to work more and more here. They are even getting us food today because we have NO money. I am super excited. One of the girls in our branch was like, come over and my dad will make you two food! Thank goodness! Then after, we are going off to the zoo! I will take lots of pictures for you! It's a zoo/wild habitat. It even has alligators! And a waterfall. I am pretty excited!

I love you all! Take care and always smile!

-Elder Millett!

Ps. Tell all the girls congrats for me for wanting to serve a mission! I am super excited for them! They will all do great!

I will hold one one day!

Tudo Tranquilo aqui! [All is "chill" here!]

Everything is wonderful here. My new area is a whole city! Me and my companion are gonna work a lot. He is Brazilian, a MMA fighter (which I plan on learning a little haha) and he is a really clean person and very organized. I will learn a lot. He is also from way up North. Close to where Dallin is going (my friend). So first, about my area:  One, it’s a branch here again but a lot higher attendance. It is super hot here, daily about 40 degrees Celsius, which is really pretty freakin HOT! I can’t believe how hot it gets here. The area has like 0 hills which is great but the only bad thing I can think about here is that we are 1 hour away from the closest missionaries and have to take a bus at least one time a week to get there which sucks. haha. But all in all, it is a wonderful area. Our house is really pretty nice, 2 stories, and a little haunted I am pretty sure... Haha. But all is wonderful here in Garça. I love it. I already love the people and everything! People are also a lot better off here. A lot richer area but very humble people. I really as of right now can’t think of much more to say about the area other then I love it and its good for me that I can only speak in Portuguese to my comp now. Vai ser bom.  [It will be good.]

So this week, basically I am super poor after all these transfer stuff. I spent over 70 reals just with traveling then more to be able to eat and other stuff. All my money is just GONE! I have 3 letters I want to send but I don’t even have the money. But looks like tomorrow I will be getting reimbursed for all of that which will be good. :) haha. But transfers went good. I hung out in Londrina, got my packages and enjoyed doing almost nothing in the office there for a day. I hung out with Elder Carrell and was super excited for him to be going to my first area. It’s also funny because I am in his first area. Just a laid back day.

Then the next day, me and my comp arrived in Garça where we are both new and it has been a struggle trying to get to know everyone and seeing what to do and everything. It’s tough. But it is also really good because I am learning to be a lot more organized and we are learning the area very slowly but surely.... haha. It will come.  Some stories for ya today!

1. Well it was a really funny week and my comp loves to give me a hard time... This guy was walking and he yelled out Diego apparently... But I thought he was yelling at us and saying hi because the guy he was calling was right behind me. I waved and said hi.... he looked at me funny. You know how those go... Now he gives me a hard time like every day. haha.

2. Teaching a lesson here and two chickens just started to attack one another right in front of me until one of them just fell over and died right in front of me. Everyone was just laughing because my face was like.... What the heck is happening here!.... haha.

3. That same lesson we had tons of just little funny things happen. Another one I was using the same type of pamphlet we always use when all of a sudden I got to the first vision part. It was just wonderful, I started to flip through the pages while I was saying the first vision, and the picture just WASNT THERE. It was SOOOO weird! I had just looked at it a second before! But I even checked after and it was not there anymore. It was kinda embarrassing but really weird. Some weird things happen here on the mission. But all in all, that lesson turned out to be really good!

This week I also said goodbye to some members. They were all really sad actually. I was surprised.... haha. But I went and said goodbye to Edinea and she and Bruno were crying. That made me so sad. I am for sure going back there to visit again someday with YOU guys she said. But it was super sad. I also said goodbye to Nerçi, Rosangela, Cido and the rest of the family. They were really sad. I was super sad too. They were basically my parents (Cido and Rosangela) and my gma (Nerçi). I love them to death. We got a lot of people to visit there mom so I gotta get my butt back there one day!

One more cool thing about this area here, it’s got parrots galore! Everywhere there are parrots. It is pretty cool. Lots of owls too for some reason. But I had never seen a parrot in real life until here. Well maybe in the zoo, but you know what I mean! This area I am gonna like a ton. For lots of reasons. I will tell you more sometime here though! I love you all! Take care and always be happy! Have a good Birthday both you and Deanna! Feliz aniversário! [Happy Birthday!] Make it a good day!

Até Mais! I love you!
Elder Millett

I did get to watch them all except priesthood, which I am downloading right now. I had to watch one in Portuguese even... Not the same but I did get a lot out of it! I was seriously sucked in watching like I would be into a video game... It was GOOD! I always took conference for granted!

Transfers!!!!

Ya, I play the accordian... No big deal. It was so much fun!

I am getting transferred finally and will have a Brazilian comp finally! I am so excited. It’s much needed to speak better in Portuguese. Ya know!? I am so excited but Elder Halpin is not... he has been here 3 transfers and this area is pretty tough... to say the least. haha. But I am excited. I am off to a new area! Still haven’t gotten my package though... that’s one thing I am a little worried about. I will just leave the stuff for them in the office in Londrina and have someone take it to them. I am so excited to be transferred. Hopefully it’s gonna be cool! I am gonna be in Marilia, Garça. That should be a lot of fun! Packing and traveling sucks though...

Anyways, your questions...
1. Santa Maria is super gorgeous I have been told. I think that is awesome. I only know a little about it. It’s a pretty big tourist area a lot of the Brazilians say. But that’s about it.

2. Our training went really good. We will see if the members still love us... haha. It was actually really good though and a lot of members had super good input after. Even one of our investigators had some really good input! It was a cool thing to see. I get nervous talking in front of people in Portuguese though... haha. But I am getting over that fear slowly. And mom, what’s the fear of sharing the gospel? The worst that will happen is they say no. But what you are giving to them is SOOO great. It’s their salvation!

3. Dad hat, just look at the hats dad wears... that’s all. haha.

4. The restoration video would be really good actually. I would really like that. We can share videos with lots of people and it’s a really good thing to do. Investigators really like it! But as of right now, I have no idea for a package. I just would love anything you send me. Maybe some Gatorade mixes? I loved the kool aid mixes! They were super good! I also just got Emilys package. I can’t wait to see what’s in it!  It’s waiting in Londrina for me!
This week was a lot of running around. We also got Elder Rife in the house again and it was awesome. We were in a triple for a little while which is always a lot of fun. I loved it. But like I said a lot of running around! My knees have been hurting a lot recently. So we will see, I might be making some trips to the doctor here. And I am working with sister to try and stop anything bad happening before I am sent home. That’s the worst that will happen. But I won’t let it happen! But that’s the only bad news. This week though, for some good news, we made pancakes and maple syrup! That’s a huge thing for me because maple is not found here. Maybe some maple extract you could send? That would be awesome! We really enjoyed it and had a lot of fun making it. I also learned how to make really good juice here. Lots of stuff the members love teaching us. I am bummed I didn’t get to go make cookies with the members here. I am very bummed about that. But I will just give them the recipe and hope they enjoy it!

Some fun stories...

1. I made a dream book recently. It’s really fun actually. You will have a lot of fun reading about some of the dreams I have had. It’s super funny. But I will read them to you all when I am home. I just wake up and first thing I do, write it down. The mission did some crazy stuff to me... I have some WEIRD dreams. haha.

2. It poured the other night.... SIDEWAYS!!! It was crazy. But it was really funny though. We were clapping at this gate when it just starting pouring and asked the guy, could we come in? It’s raining! He asked what church we were and then continued to say, no sorry! I am Catholic! That made me a little upset. But I laughed about it. We got soaked...

3. Fell asleep in a lesson yesterday. First time! That’s pretty good. haha. It was with Edinea and it was just helping her with scriptures but she laughed so hard when I just was asleep randomly. haha.

4. Guy at the store...
Guy:I know you get this a lot, but, who won the Vietnam war?
Me: HUH?! No I don’t get that a lot!

I was so confused. But it was super funny.

This week has been overall not too bad. I am pretty happy I am going to get a new comp and a new area. It is needed big time... The people here are not the nicest to say the least. haha. But I loved the members and having Edinea. I know I was supposed to meet here and I feel honored I got to baptize her. She is super firm in the church! I am ready for something new though!

I gotta get off here though pretty soon. I love you guys so much and I loved that picture on Tyler’s thing! Tell him, I am still a little upset we lost in the last round... haha. I really loved that pic though. haha. Good times. Say hello to him for me! And Connor, he is actually getting something there! Congrats bud! haha.

I also loved the thoughts you sent to me. I can’t wait for general conference! I am gonna go crazy! Maybe he will announce the end of the world??? haha. I love you all!

Take care and talk to ya in a week! When its gonna be your birthday!!!!

Até mais!!
Cam (Elder Millett)
It’s been so long since someone has called me by my first name. Crazy!

Oh and PS... I am gonna be in Sao Paulo! I am gonna die of heat!!! Its even hotter there!

Primeiro beijo em 6 meses! [First kiss in 6 months]

Party for Elder Halpin! I loved it. We ate cake all week!!!

Oí!

Another week gone by and a lot of success and rejection yet again. I love it though. I am getting more and more prone to rejection here. haha. I will be immune to rejection by the time I get home. What blessings... haha.

Anyways, questions you asked first.
[Asked if the missionaries ever got the chance to attend the temple during their mission.]
1. Temples are a hard thing for us. We can’t go to the temple no matter what. I want to really bad but the problem is that we can’t leave our mission boundaries and we don’t have a temple in our mission. But it’s all good. Another reason why I want you to come here is to go to the temple down here. It’s so gorgeous the two temples I have already been too! I want to go to Curitiba though!

[Told him about someone from our ward heading to Santa Maria Brazil.]
2. That’s good you are sharing all that info with him. Where is he going in Brazil? Because in the north, it’s totally different than here. So ask questions if you have any! But anyway, those stories are crazy and yes they have bugs like that. They also have bugs in the water. It’s not too bad though. Here it’s all filtered in the city so I don’t bother too much with my water bottle. But when you are in favelas [slums] you use the water bottle no matter WHAT! And I think I was blessed secretly... I have 6 filters in my suitcases so I am good. The filters are given to us by the church too if we need more. But thanks mom! But those bugs, there really aren’t too many bad bugs here. Just HUGE COCKROACHES and HUGER SPIDERS. That’s about it though. Very few snakes here too. We also have mosquitos that can get you sick for 2 months. Don’t want that. It’s very unlikely to get here. A lot more likely in the north. So if he is up there, tell him to take lots of bug repel.

3. So if people ask how I am doing, tell them WRITE HIM! haha. Letters are always needed because they give me an extra boost. But tell them I am doing wonderful! Still alive at least right...?

4. I don’t believe Connor has muscles.... LIES! haha. I want to see that jacket too! And are you guys doing my bed cover a Brazil flag? I really want that!

So this week was pretty good. And it sucked just like every week. But I feel like I am growing a lot from it. We got to have a conference with Elder Godoy of the 70. We woke up at 4:30 to catch the bus but it was worth it. He was really a funny guy and he is only 40 some odd years old! Super young! We learned a lot from him this week. We got a training on how we are supposed to do certain things and I am trying my hardest to do these things. Speaking of a training, we are giving a training to our branch this week. Our branch is just struggling so much. It doesn’t seem like our branch wants to be a ward ever or something. Don’t understand them sometimes. But they have some wonderful people in the branch. We are giving them a training on how to be branch missionaries to help it grow to a WARD! I want it to happen before I leave Brazil. That’s my goal. We will see how that goes! We might burn them a little... but with love ya know? haha.

So some great stories for ya.

1. The title of this letter... Got my first kiss in 6 months. It was super funny. Teaching a lesson on divisions one day and sure enough we were visited by a drunk, as normal. We continued to teach and he walks up to Elder Denna and gives him a big kiss on the cheek. I was like, oh no.... this guy is gonna try and get me now I bet. Sure enough, I was sitting on the ground. I had nowhere to run. He first fell and got up a little and gave me the wettest kiss on the cheek a drunk man has ever given me. (wow that didn’t compare to anything that has happened before). But it was nasty. I smelled like vodka for the next 2 hours....

2.You ever seen snakes on a plane? I haven’t, but I heard it was a horror film. Same with the new movie called ´´snakes on a bus´´ starring Cameron Millett. It was probably a comedy film though.... There was just this green snake on the bus one night when we were going home and I HATE snakes. Biggest fear of them all. It was probably funny for the people that got to watch me do a little dance freaking out....

3. We found an awesome place for cones for 70 cents! 2 scoops of amazing ice cream for only 70 cents! LOKO! Anyways, we always go there now when we pass by and continue onto appointments. It was really funny though because it rained two days this week really hard and we walked in the store and the guy thought we were crazy. We ate ice cream on the side of the road in the rain. Why not right?! haha. It was wonderful!

4. We broke into a house this week. We broke in because one, we asked earlier that if she didn’t answer the door we would break in and wake her up to go to church. It was really funny. People were looking at us really funny and we were just screaming really loud to wake her up. She gave a lame excuse... I gotta do my laundry today... LAME! But it was fun finding ways to break in, hopping the fence, throwing rocks at dogs and so forth. haha.

This was another pretty fun week. Not too much really happened but I had a lot of fun and am learning a lot here. I really enjoy it. I really am so grateful for your support always and for everyone sending me letters, thank you. TO all those not, WRITE ME PLEASE!!! I want to hear from everyone! And I mean that, EVERYONE! We got transfers next week too so I will let you all know what happens next week! This house continues to break on me and it sucks! We have been taking cold showers for 2 and a half weeks now. Not fun! It literally is freezing cold in the morning and I end up with numb fingers every morning. It’s just been pretty cool recently but today, looks like back to hot!

I love you all! Take care! If there is anything you want to know let me know! And tell Connor i got him a SICK hat! He will love it. I am thinking about buying dad what they call a ´´Dad hat´´ here. It’s those hats that dads wear in the states... ya know? haha. We will see!

Te-amo! Até Mais!
Vai la, escrever uma carta para mim agora se voce esta usando google tratutor!  [Write a letter using Google Translator.]
Elder Millett!