Feb 1- Letter Home

So this week was pretty cool and the work is going good! I think I forgot to tell you guys last time but my first saturday in this area we had a baptism, but we got there and we could smell alcohol on the guys breathe so the president of the branch pulled him aside.... nobody really noticed it though right until they were getting into the water so we had already had the talks and everything. So the pres. pulled him aside and talked with him and then we did a little bit and he tried to deny it but it was kinda obvious . He was pretty upset though so he just left... but his family are all members and his dad is in the branch presidency so they were trying to help him out, but he is so ashamed of it he wont go back to his house and nobody had really seen him all week. We ran into him this morning on the road though and he seemed really cool, and we told him we would pass by his uncles house where he is staying later, i hope he changes though. He had been taught about everything and said he was willing to live it so it was sad when that happened.
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> We should be having a different outcome this next baptism though. We will have one on saturday of a mom and her 3 kids in their teens, its going to be awesome. They are already really strong in the church, they have their own family home evenings every week and come to all the other ones we have too. I am really excited for them and we will also be having T-caix´s baptism too (the rapper from my old area) so im glad i will be able to see that, he is doing really good too! We also marked 2 more guys to be baptized in a few more weeks and they are studs, they are cousins and one of them is from São Tomé, another island off of africa but closer to the ivory coast. They are really cool guys too and keeping all the commitments. We had 11 investigators in church this week too so that was awesome and they are all coming regularly! We have also been having lots of family home evenings which are my favorite... we had one last night with about 20 people. There are some really strong people here in the church so its really cool seeing that stuff go on! The ladies house we had it in is probably the strongest member i have ever seen in my life... she was living with her man and her kids but they werent married. The missionaries found her a long time ago and she wanted to be baptized for years, but her man she was living with refused to get married. He was providing all of the money for her and her kids, but she decided she needed to be baptized so after a few years she just left him with her kids and got baptized. She now just sells cookies on the road side and makes enough just to get by, but she hasnt missed church since she was baptized. Talk about a cool lady.
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> So yeah it sounds like byu is still getting the job done, it sounds like new mexico is really good so that loss shouldnt hurt them that bad! Keep me updated on it and the other sports too, but you guys are doing a really good job... especially you ashley and alyssa! Every once in a while people will watch the news here too and then tell us whats going on with haiti, it sounds like america is helping a ton! But the creolo they speak there isnt anything like here, creole just means a mix of different languages to make its home so lots of different places have creole, but Cabo Verde creolo is its own language. We actually have a bunch of creolo´s but the main types are budjo and são bajute depending if your in the north islands or south. Each island is still a different language though and even on this island people talk different depending on the city. So pretty much when i am transferred i will be learning another language, i love the creolo here though its hilarious. The way the language is everybody talks like they are young... you will have a 60 year old lady ask you if everything is cool and when we leave they will say things like "keep it real" or "keep everything on the downside". Thats just the lanuage is.
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> So you guys remember that girl from here that i met before my mission. Well we have e mailed a little bit and she gave me some family to talk too. Her family actually lives in praia so i think i will be talking with them this week, she gave me her dads number so that will be cool. I also have zone conference tomorrow so me and my companion have to give a 30 min presentation on getting members to help, it should be sweet!