July 29, 2013

thank you so much for all your love support and prayers! mom i don't need another suit,but thank you for thinking of me. I would love some oreos and a new towel. I love the one I have but it never drys and I don't want it to get moldy. so one of those microfiber ones? I also would love to get a scarf and gloves. not super thick ones  like for snow, just some nice ones. ohh and my slippers!! it is pretty cold in our apartment. it really isn't that cold here but they have zero insulation.  anything else any of you can think of for my birthday you are free to send!! 

Sorry I did not have the chance to email you last week! I left New York at 4 o clock and got to curitiba one day later! ha It was a long flight. But it was good! and now I am in my new area penhais. my companion's name is elder olmos. He has been out three months and he is from Chile. haha luckily he speaks some english. I will not lie, it is a little hard going all the way back to square one. I have to go through the 12 week program so including my first 12 weeks, the 6 weeks i went through the training with Elder Ross, and these next 12 weeks, I will have 30 weeks of 12 week training. haha looks like the Lord needs me to be a very well trained missionary. But the work here is amazing. though it is very very very very different from the work in New York, It is still the Lord's work. I am so excited because we have so many different people to teach!! We almost had a Baptism this last Sunday but it didn't work out. I know these people are humble and simple people. They are so accepting of the truth! One thing I really need help with is the Language!!!! It is very very difficult! I am so used to being able to express myself so easily and now not so much. ha so please pray that I can speak and understand this language. I know this gospel is true. I want so desperatly to invite these people to bask in the blessings that the Lord has prepared for them. I love my savior and know that through him all things are possible. This is his work! may we never leave him and may we always strive to follow in his footsteps. Love those around you as he would. I promise you as you do so that miracles will happen in your heart and those you bless. Love you all

Elder Bell  

ps here is the address my comp says this is it.

av iguaçu 1460

bairro água verde

cep:80250-190

Curitiba-pr