Hi everybody,

I am sick right now and the doctor said I need to get as much sleep as possible. Seeing as I am not going to sleep more when I need to work I need to take advantage of P-day and sleep. I was shocked at how many responses I didn´t receive to my last email. It was so long and I slaved to write that thing, detail after detail. Plus, it was intense and probably the best piece of literature I have ever written, yet, what can you do. A crazy man almost killed me, what does missionary have to do to get some attention around here?. Of course I am kidding, but I am going to sleep right now, pray that my health will get better.
I love you all.
I just received an email about how my grandma Varone looks forward to my letters every week and now I feel guilty for cutting it off there, but I do need sleep.

I will give you the quick highlights of the week as if this were ESPN sports center.
##INTRO MUSIC##

``This week was big one down in Valinhos for the team of Elder Wilson and Elder Nothum.``

``Their area isn´t a big one as far as the baptisms go but there are fighting to come out on top, or better come out wet.``

``That joke was terrible Dan and you are the worst co-anchor ever, but lets move on the important stuff. They started the week of good with a great weekly planning session that paved the way for an effective well used week. Look how Elder Wilson carefully noted each lunch appointment with the phone number already written to confirm the meal, very well played!``

´´Let´s just hope that they can confirm investigators like they can confirm lunch appointments and they will be sittin´ pretty on the judgement day!``

`` They slaved all week through rain and illness to bring people to visit the church on Sunday, but it seemed that the labor was in vain.``

´´Key word seemed, they worked and nobody came to church that they were visiting, yet half way through sacrament meeting a family walked in who was invited to go to church by the Rochette family! Bam!´´

``Closing prayer an Elder Nothum is already in front of the family, taking names and markin´ visits``

´´And yes they did pass by their home to teach them that very night, forget about it!``

``Mike that looks like El Libro de Mormón not O Livro de Mórmon?``

``It is Dan, how will he adapt his teaching to a family that is from Chile?``

`` He started off the lesson with putting muy bueno in the place of muito bem.``

`` His confident jokey yet spiritual aura makes them feel very comfortable``

``EEEWWW... and a mean cough breaks out in the middle of the First Vision, could this be the end of a so nicely started discussion?

`` NO SIR! A quick drink of water and it´s out of here!``

``Watch he as smiles as drinks as if he was drinking the water in the middle as it were something normal. COUNT IT!``

``They are going to need about 800 more cups of water because he just marked their baptisms for the first of August!``

´´Yes that is just enough time for two more visits to the church and two family home evenings. BOOM BABY!``

´´An they end the night giving their weekly numbers to the district leader and it´s lights out.``

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Well, that was all in good fun, The real root of all success is faith, virtue, diligence, and the rest the Lord provides. You can only have success with Him. And you can only have Him with you, through obedience.c


-Elder Nothum