01-12-11

Hey guys!

Hows it going? Its crazy how cold its been out there it sounds pretty crazy. It has actually been a little cooler here too this past month... its really nice but always super windy so its a little annoying. Lately Ive been having to sleep with a sheet over me though and I dont really use the fan around the house so much. Im sure it will be heating up though in just a few weeks! But so besides the cold how is everything going out there? Any new notices? I have one... I got packages from you guys mom and dad and also Shane and Ciara!!!!! Thanks a lot all of that stuff is exactly what I needed. We made some bisquits and gravy for breakfast and it was dang good! Thanks a lot again I really appreciate it!

So anyways I wish I had a whole bunch of crazy stuff to write you guys but i really dont. The highlight of the week was probably our zone conference, it was actually one of the best i have had yet. President Neves showed a clip from Blindside the movie about how a companionship is like a left tackle and a quarterback and how they always have to look out for each other. All the sudden right during the middle of it it all just clicked and I knew exactly what he was saying... he was speaking my language on that one! We learned a lot about faith during it too which is cool because its something that needs to be applied to the people here. Everyone here will tell you they have faith but nobody does anything to show it or anything. The theme of the conference was "Tonga" because Pres. Neves was talking about what Holland said about Cabo Verde and how one day it will be like Tonga and have 50 percent active members. Its got a lot of work to get there but he talked about how we can make it happen. E. Olson and I also gave our training about planning and it went pretty good.

Sandra, the lady we are teaching, is also going to be baptized in two Saturdays. We had to postpone it cause he had a situation from a while back and because of it she had to get interviewed from President Neves instead of just an Elder, but it was taken care of this weekend and is ready to go. She is way strong and has already read like half of the book of mormon and we just started teaching a few months ago. She says she cant go to sleep without reading a chapter, she is a stud! Pres. Neves talked about how she is really strong too afterwards with us. We were also able to find a ton of new investigators this week too and some are way cool. Its been a lot easier now that all of the parties have died down... now they just have their normal weekend parties and people have a lot more time to talk with us. We have a member here named Joao who was less active but these past few months has been coming to church every week. So the branch started inviting his wife and their little girl to some activites and stuff now and we started teaching them. They are really smart and have been to church the past few weeks. They are golden!