Thanks for the letter, I loved it as usual. I got 2 packages last Monday right after I wrote you guys. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I loved the packages and all the candy was great! It was all melted but still great! The butterfingers came out alright though. The brownie and cookie mixes are the favorite. We had a member from Brazil invite us to eat dinner with him yesterday so he made us pizza which was amazing! I miss food.

We gave 2 more people baptism dates. Joana and Morice. We started teaching Morice a long time ago before I got here and Joana is a reference from him. Joana is great and we gave her a date for the 29th of this month. Morice however had problems with the Law of Chastity so he can’t be baptized until January.

Anyways everything is going good. I've heard that alot of my old investigators in the baixa and progressing and 2 have baptism dates. I'm way excited to see them baptized. We had an investigator who had malaria, he was really bad. We gave him a blessing and I did the sealing. The next day he was almost completely better and even came to church on Sunday. The priesthood is an amazing power and I know that I have seen a miracle.

We watched another session of conference yesterday and something Keith B. McMillon said was something that went along with what we have been talking about for the past few weeks. He said: "A faithful Elder does what the Lord would do if He were there." I just thought that was cool.

The people in Manga are easier in some ways and harder in others. In the city everyone speaks portuguese perfectly, can read, and are all smart. But it's hard to get people to progress. Manga, alot of people don't even speak portuguese and they do not do very well, but they usually progress better. However they are very uneducated and few can read. I would say I liked the city better but Manga is still good.

For Thanksgiving here we are buying a turkey to eat. Its huge! 20 kilo's! but I'm the only one in our house who has any hunting experience so I have to kill it and gut it. I know gutting stuff is pretty much the same for any animal but if there is anything special I need to keep in mind like where to cut it open or whatever let me know. I know it's kinda hard to describe in an email but ya just let me know.

Anyways I hope everything is going good back home and that every one is as happy as I am even though it's not very likely! I'm so involved in the work that time is going by super fast! Thanks again for the packages! I love you and I'm thankful to be your son. Thanks!
Love Elder Filho (son)