Mom & Trent craft night!

It's late and it's WAY past my bedtime... but Trent wanted to craft... well not REALLY craft... but he saw a T-shirt on the internet that he wanted but did NOT want to spend the money (THAT'S my boy)... so he went to WalMart and bought the supplies... so while the brownies were baking... (he wanted brownies too) we made his shirt. Trent getting everything ready... just look at that precision!
Mom giving a little expert touch...

TOUCH ME NOT FOR I HAVE NOT YET GONE ON MY MISSION
The finished product.... OK... I helped make his shirt... but I did NOT give any advice on the rest of the outfit... maybe I should have... so he is off to the movies now... I'm off to bed... and the brownies were GREAT!! I love craft nights!

from Brazil...

Here's the latest from Brazil... pretty short... I think I'm gonna have to tell him to write MORE details! I mean ... how did that lady get killed?!? But, I'm excited to hear he gained a little weight!

Oí familia.this week we didn´t baptize. Nothing much happened this week. The only thing i really remember is that two people died on sunday. Two ladies, one died from old age and the other killed. This week i ate some delicious pizza at a members house again. I haven´t gained much weight on the mission, probably 5-10 pounds. Our house isn´t exciting, it has just about nothing inside. Just our desk, bunkbeds, a closet thing, and a couple chairs. My comp got all his flight plans and stuff this week so that was kind of rough on him. We also talked to our branch president this week and he is going to change a bunch of leaders because the branch is not retaining any of the baptisms. We are just working hard here too. Next week we should have a baptism. Any more questions? See you all later. Elder Lewis

An overview of his area

newest upcoming model!!!!

A lot of you have already heard.... but we have a upcoming model at our house!!! Watch out Zoolander... cuz Trent is having his modeling debut this Saturday, the 22nd at Fiesta Mall. If you want to see his few minutes of fame... be there at the center court at 1:00pm. If ya can't make it, you know there will be PLENTY of pics on my blog afterwards. Here is his picture before the tryout... I think the dimples and nice hairdo worked (thanks Teresa for his great haircut and highlights!) There are a lot of giggles (and jokes) at our house right now. We're excited... but it's just TOO funny!

Here's the link to the fashion event: http://www.shopfiesta.com/events.asp?id=15052&month=8&day=22&year=2009

from Brazil...

Here's the latest from our missionary. Looks like I better be shoe shopping soon!

Oí família
This week was a good week, we baptized again! The picture it not very good, he looks like a prisoner. But he´s a good kid and we also re activated two of his younger brothers that were baptized a while ago. His name is Paulo Henrique and he´s 19 and we´re helping him out so that he can go on a mission in a year. The other pic is a little stream we found going to a reference. The river is bigger in other parts of our area because peole are always talking about fishing at the river. But this is the part we came across the other day. Most of our area is not paved roads, as you can see from my shoes. Everyday we have tons of dust all over our shoes. My last area was the same way too. This morning was a bummer. An investigator agreed to get married and everything, but when we got to the center where we met her, she lost all of her documents. She left her folder in the bus and who knows where it is now. Somehow she has to get all the stuff back because she really wants to get baptized but she has to get married first. Satan is one smart guy, she has a big desire to get baptized but without papers we can´t do anything. Nothing really exciting happened this week. I gave a talk again in church, with about 10 min notice, this has happened many times these past months.Since you want to know a little more about my area here you go. My area is really big, it takes over an hour to walk form one side to the other. It also has alot of hills. It is a poor area with no roads and alot of drug dealers. One member knows how to make pizza american style and it is deliciuos. Pizza brazilian stlye is absolutly disgusting. A river passes through our area. We live on top of a supermarket. Thats about it. Anymore questions? See you all later. Tchau Elder Lewis

First day of school...

It's the first day of school! Yahoo YAY!!..... WAIT.... I don't have anyone in school this year... it's the first time since 1981.... hmmmm.... NO one in school... Yahoo YAY!! ... hmmmm.... I suddenly feel OLD as dirt....

Purple cauliflower...

I stopped at my favorite veggie store (Superstition Ranch Market) after work yesterday. Everytime I go they have something different (remember the brussell sprout tree?). THIS time... along with all the yummy fruits and veggies I got ... I also bought this: It's a purple cauliflower! I LOVE cauliflower... Mikes does NOT like cauliflower. I had my choice of orange, white or purple. Hmmm... are veggies coming in designer colors now?!? Anyway... I picked a pretty one and brought it home. All along I was thinking... maybe Mike won't realize it's a cauliflower... maybe I can convince him it's a broccoli or something. I even bought some great chilis to distract him. BUT it didn't work... as soon as he saw it he said YUK cauliflower.

(he also said YUK to the great fresh beets I bought too) But I will perservere and when I cook it I will try to get him to taste it. I think it will be great smothered with some orange cheese on top.... purple and orange... Hmmm... this is good... it will remind him of sports! Maybe I'll wear a Jersey too!

from Brazil...

Here's the latest form Brazil:
oí família
We had a baptism this week! It´s good that i got this lovely present because i left two baptisms in my last area. I´m getting used to walking alot again because my last area was tiny and this one is huge. It also has a ton of hills. ...I found out that my comp is from fortaleza, a city way at the top of brazil. Also, this is his last area, his last transfer and i´m his last comp. He´s cool, he´s pretty trunky because he only has a month left. I´ll have to take some pics of the area for you guys, it´s really pretty. At night there´s a spot that we can see the city really good with all the lights and everything. Our chapel is not an old resturaunt, now it´s an actual building. The attendance is about 50 people so it´s about double than my last area. I´m still healthy and going good. We will baptize next week too so until then. Tchau Elder Lewis