Oct 8

Dear Family and Friends,
Thank you all for your emails of encouragement and advice. I am so blessed! Well…I´m going to try to start being a woman. I´m not going to lie, the mission is a lot harder than I expected. Yet, life continues onward. We were working with some investigators and they ended up not wanting our help anymore. That hit me really hard and I cried like I´ve never cried before. I never knew I could feel so sad. It broke my heart that they didn´t want to hear about the gospel of Jesus Christ! This is the only way for them to return to the Father in Heaven and they turned it away. Anyways, we set a lot of goals to really start serving and working with the members. We are about to bust loose in the work (I´ve got that sneaking sensation…) hahaha!
I don´t know if Mom and Dad are still in TX, but if they are, I would really appreciate it if they could find (somewhere in my garbage bags of clothes in Caitie´s closet or the Brazil closet) my light t shirts that I used selling books. It is ridiculously hot here! All my clothes basically are things I have to wear an under shirt with and layers simply do not work here.
Conference was amazing! Unfortunately, I didn´t get to see the first session on Saturday. Mom and Dad, could you print off the talks in English and mail them to me? I´d really appreciate it. The Liahona won´t come out for a long time and I would rather read them in English since I didn´t get to watch conference in English. There´s something about hearing the words of the prophet´s in their own voices… I would also appreciate it if you could print off Sister Dalton´s talk. I missed hers too. I loved the children´s choir! I thought it was the best choir I´ve ever heard at conference! I also loved hearing With Faith in Every Footstep. Could you also print off the words for me? Portuguese and English? Thanks!
Curses! There was so much I wanted to do and say to you all, but my time is coming to an end. Please know that I love you all sooooooo much! I can´t even put into words my love and admiration for every one of you.
Question: what should I eat? We don´t get much money and right now I´m living on crackers, cookies, apples, cereal, and whatever the members feed us. I don´t want to be unhealthy and gain weight! Does someone want to send me some granola bars? 
Just so you know, in all those pictures with the elders, we weren´t hugging or anything. Only once did an elder try to put his arm around me and I told him to not touch me. Hahaha!
By the way, I met Sister Leal at the CTM. (Her dad is mission president of a mission here). She said Dad told her to go on a mission and she thought and prayed a lot about it. Finally at conference, Dad gave the prayer and then she received her answer to go. She wanted me to tell you. Love you all!
Love, Sister Ellis III
P.S. What is the latest with my CDs and car selling etc?
P.P.S. Is there any way for you to hack into my blog? I don´t know if I remember my info. ---------- Thanks Aup for doing that!
P.P.S.S. Kit, I would love it if you could save my pictures! I´ll send more soon.