This week was pretty good. Me and my comp get along alright still. He's into like theater and singing and stuff so we are very very different. He breaks out into song often and you know how much I love that ha ha! No it's going ok though.

We do a ton of reactivations in our area so we don't have a ton of time to teach investigators. I don't mind doing it but I wish I could teach more investigators. We just don't have time because of all the inactives and new members but its ok. The area is really nice and we have really good people there. The investigators we do have are amazing and the member are too! This is one of my favorite areas so far in my mission and I'm way excited to be here! We have one investigator that will be baptized this Saturday named Paito. He got sick a few months ago and lost his hearing which is kinda sad but he might get it back later they aren't sure. So for teaching we just show up with the lesson all written out on paper and he just reads it which is kinda weird but it's cool. We are excited for him. The only problem is the dogs that people have here. They like to bark at each other all night ha ha I only got like 2 hours of sleep and the only thing I thought about while I was laying there was how I could get a gun and go and shoot all the dogs! oh well.

This week we had a busy week with investigators. We have one family who is doing very well. Their oldest son is 19 and wants to serve a mission. He is also spiritually ready so we gave him a baptism date for this month. His parents however aren't married so we are working with them on that. The husband also has a drinking problem but when I was with Elder Nascimento in Beira we came up with a really good system to get people off drinking and it worked with all the people we tried it on in Beira and thus far it is working with him as well. It is hard for people here but now that he can see the blessings that are coming from it he is more willing to do it. They live in a house of straw and have 5 kids. The husband makes good money working on the port but he spent it all on drinking. Now that he has stopped they have enough money to build a cement block house. So on Tuesday we are going to help them lay the foundation and start building it! It's way exciting to see the change in him just after a few weeks of not drinking! I really do love this area! The branch is amazing too. Every member of the branch presidency is incredible and they all want what is best for the branch. I was impressed that in their prayers for presidency meeting they pray mostly for the branch. One thing really hit me last time we met. They are all new to the church so they were asking questions about how things should be run and stuff. They would ask and then all look at me. These are 40 year old men who are trying to do their best to serve the Lord and their branch and they were all looking at me, a 20 year old to tell them what to do and help them do it. It was a strange feeling that I had. I felt so tiny and insignificant. I knew how to answer their questions but it was just so weird to me that they were all looking to me. I should be the one looking to them for advice but it's the other way around. Anyways they are all great men and I'm grateful for the chance I have to work with them.

Anyways I better get going. I love you and I'll talk to you in a few days!!!!

Love, Brady