Its crazy to think that one more week has passed, it has been going by really quick! They say that the last half of the mission goes even faster and it looks like thats true. So hopefully the picture i sent to you guys works... thats what the sentapedes look like here. They are about 10 in. long and way thick and they hiss at you! I havent been bit yet but my companion has twice and a few other missionaries have too. We were walking last night with a member down a trail and one slithered up on a member that was with us foot but he just kicked it off! They are vemonous though so it keeps life pretty exciting and you have to go to the hospital if you get bit. Luckily our house is in an area that isnt really trashy so i dont think we have too many there.
Besides that not too much crazy stuff is going on. We had our division to Santo Antao with the elders out there this last week and it was really fun. Porto Novo is the only city that has elders there so far but its really different from here or praia, its a lot more calm, i really like it! The power went out while we were walking that night and it was really cool, it was nice and peaceful and you could see all the stars and everything! I went out and walked with Elder Smith from Ceder City and he is a cool guy, i always learn a lot on the divisions. Thats the plus side of being the zone leader. The down side has having to deal with all the problems in the zone instead of just concentrating on our own area.
As for our area its going really well. We always have a lot of people to teach and we have 2 girls that are getting baptized this week. The only thing that could be better in our area is that we need more familys and guys here that can get the priesthood. This branch is bigger than my last one but it still needs more guys that could help with the leadership and also guys that could go serve missions. Its kinda sad cause a lot of people here dont realize the importance of things especielly the younger people. There are quite a few young guys here in the branch but most of them dont care about doing things like passing the sacrament or even being worthy to do it. Lots of people think that they dont need to worry about living the commandments but then when the consequences come they just complain and wonder why all that stuff is happening with them. I just want to say to them, "I told you so!" But we cant force people to listen to us... we just lay it out for them and they have to decide for themselves if they will follow it or not.
I cant remember if i told you of that investigator of my last area, Patricia, lately but she is doing awesome! She just finished the book of mormon after only like 3 and a half weeks of reading! She has a way strong testimony and is going to be baptized at the start of November along with her kids! She is probably one of the best things that has happened in my mission so far, its stories like that that make it worth being out here! The work is still progressing here!
Thats too bad that you guys didnt see a whole lot of elk on the hunts but thats way cool about the bears! I cant wait for next years elk hunt! Thats good that byu is picking it back up too. Im sitting right next to Elder Rogers right now and he said he just got an e mail from bronco mendehall that has the update on everything going on. He says that the only have one freshman reciever thats doing really anything so they ran the ball more last game... and also that poppinga is running the defense. Hopefully that gets things going better. I like hearing about these football updates cause all i hear about from the people here is about soccer!
Well i cant really think of anything else going on thats new. This next week we will have a general authority coming to talk with us... his name is Shutz or something like that and he is from germany. It will be cool to hear from him.
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