Pics and the latest from Brazil

Hey whats up?I tried to send videos of the capoeira but it didn´t work. We had a baptism this week and it was great. His name is felipe and he´s 11. His sisters are already members and now we are working with the rest of the family. President tobias is coming here this week too. But this week it rained alot and also it was super hot yesterday. The news i got from you guys this week was almost all bad news, holy crap. I hope everything gets better. Is dustin going back to afganistan or to iraq this time? But this week was a good week for me, i´m still healthy and 100%. But a wierd thing happened to my comp´s eye this week, he thinks its from the hot sun but his eye turned all red and swollen and hurting. That´s about it, baptism, hot, and hopefully we´ll have another baptism this next week too. See you later.

here are some pics of capoeira( a form of fighting but it´s more like a dance because there is no contact) our baptism Felipe, the other pic has his sisters and the branch president´s wife.

Here´s a tucan too but he turned his head when i took the pic.

Bad bad moles...

Ugh...NOT the news I wanted to hear today... Trent got three more mole biopsies back and they were all bad. He has to go to a specialist now and have more surgery. Hopefully we can get this cleared up soon. In the meantime... please go get your moles checked!

More from Brazil...

oi família!It also has been raining here too. But is still really hot. Our apartment is nice, but there´s not very much in it. The building we meet in is just a big house, it´s not very pretty like the last building i was at. My comp is ELder Wride and he´s from ogden,ut. He likes his jeep and likes to mountain bike. Like i said there are are bunch of indians here. Like you see on the tv, Sticks in their nose and ears and it´s easy to tell because they look different too. The way they cut their hair, all of them have mullets. There´s tribes not too far from here. I don´t talk to them alot because most of them talk a different language. Not much exciting happened this week, just passed by way too fast. We have some good investigators that should be baptized this week or if not next week for sure. Trent can already play basketball? doesn´t he have a huge cut on his back? He needs to all his moles taken care of so he can go on his mission. But alll is good here. I´m still eating and i´m REALLY tan now, well, just my arms and head. We discovered a subway too! One day we are going to eat there for dinner because it´s open from 3 till midnight. Weird hours. That´s about it. any questions? see you all later.

here´s some pics. An iguana. The view from our apartment. There are alot of trucks that pass by. If you can see, the bridge that passes over the river. Just after the big trees is the river. We also saw a big truck tipped over and left a big mess.

Whack a Mole...

Remember the old Whack A Mole game... we used to play it at Pistol Petes Pizza... the little moles pop up and down and you try to WHACK them on the head with a mallet... Yep... it was fun! Well... that game comes to mind as our family continues on with "mole" removal. This week... Trent had 3 more removed and Kristin had one.So we are going to keep on whackin those moles til they are all gone!

Rain!

I am SOOOO loving this rain! I just wish we weren't getting it all in one week! Too bad I have to go to work today or I would be home baking. I always bake and/or make a pot of something on a rainy day. Last night I baked brownies but I want to bake MORE! So have a Happy Rainy Day everyone and BAKE something!

Email and pics from Brazil...

Here's the latest from our missionary... sounds like he loves his new area...but I think I want to hear more about the indians!

Oi família  I´m in the middle of the freakin jungle! I met my first indians this week, they didn't even speak portuguese. You guys should look up this city, it is really beautiful. It is also freakin hot here too! At 10 at night it was 92 degrees in our apartment. This week was a good week in a working standpoint, we found a bunch of good people this week. It is still the raining season here and it rained so hard on sunday that there has been no energy or water. Everything will be in working order today so there´s nothing to worry about. By the rivers there are a ton of iguanas which is really cool, they are big too. The road behind our apartment we have an investigator that has little monkeys in his yard. They are wild but they stick around for the bananas he gives them. This place is really cool. Barra do Garças is a pretty wealthy town so missionary work is a bit harder there but Aragarças is a lot less rich so it is easier here. We actually live in aragarças not barra. But everything is going good here and good to here that everything is going good there. I didn´t think the scar would be that big for a little mole! .... That´s about it send questions if you have any. Elder Lewis

Trent's surgery...

WARNING....GRAPHIC PICTURES OF TRENT IN A PAPER BLOUSE AND TRENTS CLOSEDUP WOUND!!! (I don't know which one is scarier!) Well... today was Trent's surgical procedure and Erin and I watched! It was pretty interesting. Trent was VERY brave when they jabbed him with the numbing stuff. OUCH!!! We have some pretty graphic pictures of the cut and everything but I decided it was a little TOO much to put on the blog. Trent will probably put them on facebook so if you like the gory medical stuff go to facebook!

The perfect patient

All stitched up! Realize this is all because of one very small mole! See the mole in the middle of his back? The one he had removed was just a tiny bit bigger that that one and now he has a 6 inch scar!

I reiterate my warning... PLEASE go get your moles checked!

Ready to go home!

I am so glad the procedure went well.. the scar should look pretty good when it is healed, the surgeon did a very nice job. Trent did amazing and I am releived this part of it is over. We did a pretty good job of staying upbeat through this and had our jokes and fun with it...(and I had my tears and prayers)... BUT reality is ... the mole saga is not over yet... we still have results to get and a few more moles to take care of...

Go get your moles checked!