Laundry Day

Don't feel too bad about eating Thanksgiving dinner without me this year. In my branch there are a few American families who work for the embassy. It's good for me to associate a little with normal white people before I get home too because they are so intimidating to me now! We were invited by one of the American families the Taylors, in our branch to come and eat Thanksgiving dinner with them! We are starting to eat there every Friday, and in exchange for incredible food, we are going to teach their daughters Portuguese. I like going there a lot! Last week I played a real American guitar!!!! wow it's been a long time! I would like to try learning that again when I get back. Also, Brother Taylor is a hunter so we have fun talking about that. It's really good that we do this everyweek though. This may sound weird, but I'm so intimidated by normal white people! So it's good to have some semi-normal contact with them ha ha! Last week we were sitting and eating and Sister Taylor was just teasing me about somthing, and she was being sarcastic, but I haven't had anyone be sarcastic with me forever, so I thought she was being serious and I felt so bad! I was apologizing and stuff and she was just laughing at me and told me she was kidding. ha ha! I may be in trouble!

Anyways, we had our primary program this week at church, it went really well actually! The only one I didn't put blood, sweat, and tears into, and it actually turned out really well ha ha! The kids were awesome! It was funny actually, I talked a little bit about our branch president's little twin girls. Well they had a small part in the program where their teacher picked them up and they said something in the microphone. Anyways, the teacher picked the first one up and she said, "Temples are the house of God." Then there was another small boy who said something before the other twin, so the teacher picked him up, and he said his part. But while she was doing that, the twins switched places, and she picked up the wrong one! So that one said again, "Temples are the house of God." And the teacher started wispering what the other twin was suppose to say, and little girl was just like, "no that's what she is suppose to say." It was pretty funny, maybe you just had to be there ha ha!

Anyways, this week not a whole lot happened. We've been working a lot with members but like I said last week, it's been kinda tuff with them. But we did have this one investigator come to church this week! He was super hard set in his church, and everytime we went there it was just bible bashing, but I think we've finally bible bashed him enough and he's starting to doubt in his church and he's come to ours twice now!!! He said that he's prayed and got an answer that Joseph Smith was a prophet! If he is baptized he will be a great member!!!!!! I'll keep you updated on him.

Ok so I have good news and bad news, the good news is, for Christmas this year, we can use the mission's skype account and talk with web cam and everything! the bad news is, we can only talk for 30 minutes. Thanks for sending me that package by the way! You guys rock!!!! I'll let you know when I get it! Thanks again!

Well I better get going, thanks for everything! I love you and I'm so grateful for you!!!!

Love Brady

1. Do you have ice cream there? If so does it taste like US Ice cream?
yes, but it is nothing like it back home ha ha, its cheap, very sugar filled.

2. Have you made it this far on your mission without having your camera lost or stollen? ya i still have it, hopefully i don't lose it within the next few months!

3. What are you doing in your branch? Do you have a calling?
I translate for the English speakers we have in the branch. Brother Taylor speaks Portuguese but Sister Taylor doesn't so I translate for her. Other than that, the missionaries don't really do so much with the branch here. I help with the primary too but not a whole lot.

4. How's your clothing? Have you used the extra shirts, etc you brought?
Well my white shirts are all yellow, my pants are still good, and my shoes will get me through the rest of my mission. I've used one of the extra shirts but I still have all the other ones. I was thinking maybe Tyler could use them for his mission.

5. Do you have any baby blankets left?
ya I still have a few. We have two people who just had babies in our area who I will give them to, and I think after that I will have given out all of them.