Update

Ok, so here is the deal about this whole blog thing---It's harder than I thought it would be.   You probably don't know this about me, but, .......I am a little bit weepy,  I am not great at self-starting, and sometimes I avoid things that make me uncomfortable or weepy.  I know, that's a huge revelation, huh.  So, ANYWAY, if you didn't read through those lines, sometimes it's difficult for my to keep this updated.

And, Good News and Bad News:  Ben FINALLY sent his camera's memory card and some pictures!  That's the good news.  We got the pictures on the computer and looked at them (weepy) and printed a few.  Then sent the card back to him.  But, when I tried to put pics on here, I couldn't find them.  Apparently, we didn't SAVE them to the computer.  That's the bad news.  So, I will attempt to scan the pics we printed and import them.  Wish me luck........

Haha!  I did it!  So, now for news about Ben.  In the past, I have editted my emails, Linda's emails, Robert's emails, and maybe Emily and Ryan's together to fill you in on the news.  I am toooo lazy to do that for two months!  Sorry.  Ben is doing great!  He loves the people and the work.  He is feeling much more comfortable with the language, and he is still serving in Tapajós and currently has a Brazilian companion so that will help him even more.  He is eating fish!  and not hating it!

Here is his last email:

Monday, September 19, 2011

Mommy,
I was also really excited about having 5 people at church! Yesterday we had 4! So I am still very happy about that! It is so cool when people keep and do things that we invite them to do! I love to have them at church to feel the love that God and Jesus Christ have for them and for all the people in the world!!! It’s so cool! THIS CHUCH IS SO TRUE!!!!! I spent a lot of time thinking about you and what you and dad have taught me. I have been reading in Alma with the 2000 young warriors! and the scriptures that talk about their mothers teaching them!

I am so happy to hear about Anthony! My oldest nephew will soon be a deacon!!! GOOD DEAL!!! That makes me really happy! By the way do they have my email? I would love to get an email from Randy and Emily and the boys! I got an Email from Tristy today.  I didn’t read it yet because my mission president says that moms should be first!!! But I love getting emails and letters!!!!
My Portuguese vocab is growing rapidly every day with a Brazalian comp! It’s amazing how much you can learn when you speak Portuguese all day long about everything!  So I am very excited about that!!!!  
I love ya and hope ya have a great week!!!
Elder Vaughn
Eu te amo!!!