Missionary Pictures

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Three Months Home. Ian at PDX, Oct. 29
Sitting on the stairs inside the Chapel. Myself and some Jovens.
Myself and a group of peoples. The Chapel here. Our Heroic Duo prepares to ascend the great hill. At a more-or-less halfway up point. Our Heroes participate in some Highland games winning much fame and fortune.
With the Hilltop reached, our Heroes look upon their newly conquered lands Thus our Heroes begin the descent, so as to eat food, and write emails. The local Morro da Cruz. Last week´s challenge. Our conquest of said Morro. The Victory Feast.
Our Heroes back at normal ground level. Burned, tired, and ready to send email. Eight Missionaries on an Elevator. I´m pretty sure we exceeded the weight limit. a photo of something we all got distracted with on our way back from the Bus Station. A really awesome plant that Elder Bontorno and I want to take home. The Party Group (see letter 9/13/10)
Ian's apt. (from google maps) Ian's chapel (google maps) park near Ian down the street from Ian Birthday Tie!
Observing The Street Rabbit sitting in the LAN House From the play (mentioned in 7-26-10 letter) From the play (mentioned in 7-26-10 letter) From the play (mentioned in 7-26-10 letter)
The local Theatre The Cast of "Fulaninha e Dona Coisa" The Unopened Chocolate The Opening of the Chocolate The Aftermath of the Chocolate
A "Photo to Brighten Your Day" project A "Photo to Brighten Your Day" project A "Photo to Brighten Your Day" project A "Photo to Brighten Your Day" project A "Photo to Brighten Your Day" project
We found an accordian in a second hand shop. Naturally we took pictures Determination. Out in nature City shot of Pato Branco
Elder Bingham is totally white and rather lost. One of my fav pictures with the mission president The store of "Almost Everything" Mission ward leader's family Power pose
Elders Johnson, Shurtleff, Roylance and I take a trip to Morro do Cristo Jessica and Joyce The road to Caieiras The road to Caieiras I find this bird interesting
Found some Oregon in Brasil Elder Bontorno the Electrician. Explained in Update. Pulling the wires apart from the old Showerhead. Will explain in update letter The local Catholic church-at night. It´s one of the more beautiful ones I´ve seen. One of the oldest looking as well The local Catholic church-Night. Good night shots are really hard
A really nice old cathedral they have here in Lages. old cathedral in Lages. One last photo of the Pato Branco Meetinghouse. We stuck a moustache on Irmão Valdecir´s car. Festa Caipira. The Musicians.
Festa Caipira. Branch President (Pres. Rufato) and Wife (Lucimara). Festa Caipira. My little gal-pals. Sweetest little things. Festa Caipira. Ward Mission Leader (Valdecir) and Wife (Egiandre). We found a White Duck Statue! Naturally we took pictures Baptism of Daniel (Note that we the missionaries are not in there. I figured we didn´t play a big enough role)
A giant Cuia [gourd, fleshy fruit; bowl] in Beltrão The Catholic Tower in Beltrão The foursome of the Week. Left to Right: Johnson, Lafevre, Bingham, and Scadden I discovered that the bag rack was a minorly comfortable location to be in A few of my main mission friends: Sister Fortes, Sister Boyd, Sister Lima, and Elder Johnson
Flávia´s baptism cooking and eating Pinhão (a type of pinenut); they have a texture and taste similar to that of Potatoes. Not exactly the same, but similar. cooking and eating Pinhão (a type of pinenut) taken 1-23-10 taken 1-17-10
taken 1-12-10 taken 12-19-09 taken 12-1-09 taken 10-13-09 taken 10-13-09
taken 9-7-09 taken 9-7-09 taken 8-30-09 taken 1-5-09 taken 12-2-08
taken 11-19-08 taken 11-16-08 taken 11-16-08 taken 11-13-08 taken 11-28-09
taken 11-21-09 taken 11-21-09 A good old "I´m a missionary" shot.
A Catholic Church here. It´s Ukranian from what I understand. English class with more than two people. Fun with Lamplight and the camera´s sepia setting. Elder Bingham accidently stepped in wet cement. This is a few days letter. Look at the shame. Certainly left his mark. Elder Bingham and I on the hill. There´s a rainbow in the upper left section of the photo.
Elder Bingham and I on the hill. There´s a rainbow in the upper left section of the photo. It´s raining. That´s me under the umbrella. That´s a granite selling place behind me. Those places amaze me. That would be me. We were out being lost. Look at the Power! A random lone sunflower. No idea where it came from or why it was there. Took a picture.
The Blue Chapel. Where it all started. Some ridiculous hour. The bus broke down. We are changing busses. Me and you, and President tooo! (The tune from Zoboomafoo) The very first picture ever with Elder Bingham. Elder T. Freitas and I. The baptizees: Jessica and Joyce the twins. The other two: Vitria, the little sister, and Kaune, the cousin.
cooking (another Elder McD pic from camera card) A photo of the Juggling Missionary (Pic from Elder McD-Ian's first companion-who is now back home after successfully serving for 2 years. His mom sent us pics from McD's camera card. Yay! camera cards...and Yay, connected moms!) The Machine that was destroying the area around our house. Naturally we had to take pictures.
A photo from the CTM. Elder Ulbrich had it. I stole it. a bunch of missionaries and 4 people being baptized Laércio the Groom and us the Missionaries. After the ceremony. Laércio, Ericlea, and us. Baptism of Laércio. That jumpsuit was actually really comfortable.
I´m sitting in the money-man´s chair on the bus. It was specially rented so it´s not like we had a money-man. Therefore, we had to sit in the only chair on the bus that had shocks. Elder Schaefer in the same chair. When the real money-men are in these chairs they really do pull their pantlegs up like that. You just can´t see it in my picture. We discovered that if you take a flash picture at night next to these signs it looked cool. That´s me. That´s Elder Schaefer. I see little owls
There´s two of them. Not something I ever saw back home same park as the tree; me and Elder Holmes some ridiculously old tree in Centro Mayara Baptism of Jessica
Baptism of Leticia Bet you´ll never guess what we are doing in this photo. It´s from today. (see Letter "End of August" 8/31/09) Me and Elder de Oliveira on our trip to Morro da Cruz or maybe it's Pao de Acucar. Doing laundry (the great pain)
Trip to Forte Marechal Luz Trip to Forte Marechal Luz Trip to Forte Marechal Luz A beach. We were waiting for a bus. My favorite Sacolao
District #4. In front: Sis. Streuper, Elder Pereira, Sis. McCandless. In back: Elders Palmer, Andre, Rocha, Me-ish, Felipe. Waiting for...something. Decided to take pictures. At Beto Correro World Birthday party we more or less walked in on.
Bug spray and lighter=Fun! [Ian's words] Counter clockwise: Sisters Spaulding and Goncalves, Elders Nufer, McDonough, Baird, Souza, Me, Cook, Naugle, & Cardoso Friends (the Halters) went to visit their family in Brazil and they visited Ian. Halter's visit-Ian, Elder Morais, and Halter's family
Halter's visit-Ian Halter's visit-Ian Halter's visit-Ian Halter's visit-Ian and Bro Halter Halter's visit-Ian and Elder Morais (notice what Ian is holding, bottom right of picture-more about that)
Halter's visit-Ian and Elder Morais What the Halters bribed Ian with--cuca--to keep their visit a secret until they returned and handed the photos to us. Meetinghouse gate Meetinghouse sign Outside meetinghouse
Meetinghouse stairs Chapel inside Meetinghouse room Meetinghouse kitchen Ian in the meetinghouse.
Evening along the street where the meetinghouse is. Evening along the street where the meetinghouse is. a conference picture-Ian is bottom left Conference with Elder Didier (no Ian in photo, but someone's child may be) a conference with Elder Didier. Ian is top right
zoomed in a bit-Ian's in the back row on the right. Ian cleans. Ian is surprised to find a broom in his hands...or at being caught with one on film. ianandalexsandre Also at the Mãos que Ajudam. Just the Elders though. (Left to right) Elders André, Filipe, Scadden, Palmer.
At the Mãos que Ajudam activity. Everyone that was there that hadn´t already left. Baptism of Francisco You also know how I love my district. Though you already have > the names somewhere, in front is Sister Streuper, Elder Pereira, > and Sister McCandless. In back, Elders Palmer, André, Rocha, > Scadden (hiding-ish), and Filipe. You know how I love my scenic shots. This was probably one of > the most laidback Sunday Afternoons I´v ever felt. Bishop Poerner, His Wife, and Son(s)
Every missionary receives a lightsaber, wouldn´t you know it? I guess the investigators can be pretty tough sometimes. This would be Main Street of Salseiros. You can kinda make out the first house there in the background. That there is me in front of our Chapel here in Itajaí 2. That there is our Chapel here in Itajaí 2 The District in our Group-of-Super-Heros fashion. *Rolls eyes* Missionaries and their cameras.
Mikes Tire Factory of Brazil. Or, in Portuguese, Miguel´s Borracharia [Mom's note: We have a Mike's Tire Factory near us] Peterson and Beatriz Baptism of Peterson and Beatriz. With Grandma, Mom, Andrielle, and two friends. Front: Sis. Flores, Sis. Fortes. Back: Ian, Sis. Boyd. Elder André and me on the road to Salseiros. I´ll be explaining a little more about that one in the update email.
The current district. Elder Palmer, Elder Rocha, and me in the back. And then it´s Sister McCandless, Sister Streuper, Elder Pereira, Elder André, and Elder Felipe. At the very tip of the harbor. Probably the absolute closest I will ever get to the Ocean from this point on, until I come home. Clearly, me. An older gentleman allowed us to tour/take pictures on his sailboat. Beto Carrero. A strange animal we saw there. We caught it on film. The four Americans of the District (and I think the whole zone). Elder Palmer showing off his Bean Belly.
Elder Palmer and I leaping into the air. A birthday party we ended up being in attendance at Sunday evening. The Finished Product. In case you can´t tell, we made a mobile of the Solar System. Word has it, Isabelle´s Teacher liked our work. Helping Isabelle with some schoolwork. Today with the district up on Morro da Cruz. I´m taking the photo.
Elder Morais, my companion for five days. Did I ever tell yáll about the Orelhões (Big Ears)? Baptism of Lucimar Talent Show The Backstreet Mormons
Catherine Pithan 3-29-09 Playing with guns. Ian's Bishop is a Brazilian SWAT team member. (gun is not loaded) The boys are playing with the Bishop's "toys." (play your own theme music while viewing) Isabelli's cousin, Guilherme, mentioned in the 3/2/09 letter. Elders Scadden & McDonough with tortoises
(just received in the mail) When Ian first arrived in Florianopolis The district (mentioned in 2/09/09 letter) Up on Morro Da Cruz (mentioned in 2/09/09 letter) Yasnaia and Joao (mentioned in 2/09/09 letter) Overlooking Itajai (mentioned in 2/09/09 letter)
A close up of Ian--note the extreme tanning on the forehead Zone Conference-Jan. 26, 2009 McDonough, Isabelli, Scadden MTC Trio Zoom in on Ian
New missionaries in Florianopolis At the Brazil CTM He's doing his usual pose in this picture--some of you are familiar with that stance. Silly guy. Provo MTC Waiting at pdx
breakfast at pdx More waiting at pdx 03 Ian arrives at Provo's MTC with his sister and brother-in-law. 04 Ian's official name tag. 05 The new MTC missionary in front of the Shepherd statue.
02 Ian and his family at the Portland Temple. 01 Ian's missionary haircut...but his cowlick doesn't help. The most wanted look?