**********BRADY's NEW FRIEND, A BABY GAZELLE***********
Well we went on a safari today, it was pretty cool, we saw water buffalo, gazelle, and giraffs! I got some good pics and we got pretty close to them too! The best part was driving the truck off road though! It reminded me of the jeep but it was fun! I filled up my card in my camera.

My week went by alright. We were super busy and our flights got all mixed up which is never a good thing. President called me at 5 in the morning when he was suppose to fly out to Beira and he said that he was at the airport and they were telling him his flight was cancelled. That was fun. I had to go jump the fence to get into the office and fix the problem ha ha then they tried to get him on the way back too but luckly that one worked itself out.

Ya it will be cool having the mission grow alot. We are also going to send missionaries to Tete and more to Nampula. The mission is growing alot and it's kind of exciting! About serving in Angola, I wouldn't mind serving there, it would be cool to say I did. But I think I would rather go to Tete or Nampula, I'm not sure why. Tete has mountains though! That will be weird to see those again.

For visas for missionaries going to Angola we have to have a criminal report, then we have to get an invitation letter from someone there to come into the country. Then we have to get those letters signed and stamped by the ministry of foreign affairs and the notary (which can be a pain) then we have to buy a plane ticket for when we think that they will get there. After that we take all of it to the Angolan Embassy to apply for the visa. They then give us a 30 day visa that they take with them to get in to Angola. After that they have to go to the Department of Immigration and get a year visa. We have to do the same thing here in Mozambique for missionaries coming in, the processes are almost the same. The thing that makes it hard is that these places are spread out all over town so we can't do it all in one trip and everything usually takes a few days to process. It's all kind of hard to keep straight.

The fact that we have so much to do and so many people just seem like they are trying to hurt the church any way they can by witholding shipments and charging extra, some times it just seems that everything is going against the church. I don't know how, I can't explain it but somehow everything always works out. I don't know if its angels or just dumb luck but it always works out. I told president about this and that scripture or quote or whatever it was popped into my head. "no unhallowed hand can stop this work." I guess it really is angels that are helping us. Maybe they aren't always having to protect us as missionaries but I know that they are helping the church. I can see that for sure just working in the office.

Nadia will be baptized this Saturday which will be good, that girl's sister came to church and to some activities but we still haven't had the chance to sit with her yet. I'll let you know how things go with her. Other than that we are teaching a guy named Uldalteirio... it's hard for me to say his name too. But he seems to be super interested and is coming to church. Anyways I think that's about it for the week. I hope everyone is doing well! I love you! I'll talk to you later!
Love Élder Filho

Questions of the week:
1. How's the Ronga coming. Does it sound like those funky clicky, popping African languages? Do lots of people in Maputo speak it?
It's going alright, ya lots of people speak it and most understand it. It has some funny sounds but no clicking or popping.
2. How's your Portuguese. Do you think it's still improving? Are you pretty confident with it? Do you think you'll be able to test out of some college levels to get credit?
It's still going good. I can say what I want to say without problems usually. Ya I will test out of stuff for sure.
3. What's the rat kill? Do you still have some in your apartment? Do you have to worry about them eating your feet at night?
We got 3!!! I'm not sure if there are still some there. No they don't eat you and we are in beds so they can't climb up or else they might ha ha