Happy Birthday Robert August 1

We love you and are proud of all the good choices you have made throughout your entire life. Lots of "Brasilian Amor e Abracos" mom

sharing the message

We have decided to take pass-a-long cards with us on our weekly outings and do a little missionary work when we are outside of the MTC on our P-day (Preparation day for us is really our play-day.


Here are the two young guides that Grandpa/Vernon taught about the basic beliefs of our Mormon faith while they shared with us the history of the pieces of Art.

We left feeling good and decided to take Book of Mormons with us next time we go

In the class room

I am back in the classroom trying to learn Portuguese.

These Elders are in there second week and doing great. Left to right: E. Perry, E. Sargent, E. Deleon, E. Gun (who you can hardly see, E. McCune, E. Konopasek, E. Barlow, E. Haller, Irmao Renan (their morning teacher), E, Jensen, E. Shoemaker.

sister Mickeloto is the afternoon teacher. I will have to get a picture of here later.

The class room opens out to the central court yard of the mission.

left to right: E. McCune, E. Deleon, E. Gunn, E. Barlow and E. Haller front and center

The German influence in Brazil

We took the whole day on the11th of July and drove up in the mountains to this delightful German town. It is quite the tourist attraction.
most of the restaurant have tables and chairs and these umbrellas on the sidewalks leaving little room to walk
shops and homes all have this German influence in the architecture

memories of preaching in Brazil

this is the plaza where Grandpa/Vernon held his first street meeting in Brazil. He could not speak any Portuguese but his senior companion translated for him.
We visited the plaza and the cathedral on the 4th after our picnic in the cafeteria
this is looking down on the plaza from the cathedral steps

fourth of July in Brazil MTC cafeteria

the cafeteria workers all wore these huge hats
there were balloons everywhere and a icecream bar. This is Doctor Lindford and one of the missionaries.
this is where we usually sit for all our meals. it is by the door going out of the cafeteria so I can wave to the missionaries and they can stop and talk to grandpa/Vernon if they need to. Sister Lindford is the doctors wife.
here is an other shot of the cafeteria so that you can see the rest of the decorations. They also had a huge american flag on the wall as you walked into the cafeteria. They served hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, chicken, potatoe salad, watermelon and the rest of the trimmings. It was fun. The missionaries all sang the Star Spangled Banner and they sang it again on the 6th on Sunday morning at mission conference.

Campos do Jordao

These are ants hills along the highway. But as an amature blogger, I think this is a slide show. If it doesn't work, I'll try to find out how to do it. If it does great, if it doesn't, I'll keep on trying to learn how to do it

the mail

this is where I put the letters for the missionaries here at the CTM. Each box is a district. Each district has between 6 and 12 missionaries This is the post office where I take the first letter home from the Brasilian missionaries each week

this is where I store the letters that arrive after the missionaries have left for the field. I pack them up on fridays and mail them through the church pouch out to all 26 missions. I also send all the American missionaries' first letter home to Salt Lake. Then they are put in the mail in the USA and sent to all their parents

Grandpa/Vernon hard at work

just incase you think we are playing all the time, here is a picture of Grandpa/Vernon hard at work. We had an especially busy week, the internet went down and we had american missionaries coming early in the morning and late at night. We have over two hundred missionaries right now

Happy Birthday Anne

We love you! Congratulations on David passing the last test to obtaining his architectural license. I can’t think of a better Birthday present. You both worked so hard to make this dream come true.