2-11-11

Hows it going? Thats weird that my e mail didnt make it to you guys last week, it kept saying it had problems but i thought it finally got off. Today after i send this one i can forward the one from last week too. So just to answer back about the questions, the drivers license will be done at triple-A (AAA) drivers licenses, they should have an office close by. Let me know if there are any problems with it... there are about 4 more weeks left of the transfer and i wont need it this transfer cause my companion drives, but i think he will be leaving by next one and then i will for sure need it. My companion is Elder Taggart from Salt Lake, he is actually from my district in the mtc too just like Elder Olson. We get along just fine and everything but we are definitely different from each other, its all good though we are having fun this transfer.

This transfer is actually running a lot more smoothly than expected. We had tons of different stuff to do the first little while of last week and then last Saturday and also Monday to Wednesday we had some divisions with the zone leaders, but since then things have kinda calmed down and we have been able to work more in our area. On our Saturday division I went up to Assomada and walked with Elder Rogers and Elder Isaacson, i was with both of them in Mindelo. It was way fun and that city is sweet, its the one high up in the mountains on this island and i felt like i was back in utah, it actually got really cold! Then on Monday night we headed up to Mindelo!!! I had been missing it quite a bit, its definitely a much better city than praia. So i went out and walked in my first area i served in in mindelo with E. Moreira who i already served with and his companion E. Vance from oregon. It was tons of fun and i got to see some people that i havent seen in a while. This next Tuesday we are going to be in Fogo doing our divisions there so i am really excited for that, it will be my first time there. Then after that all of the divisions should be over for the transfer.

Usually as assistants we would have to travel around everywhere to give trainings with President too, but as for now we wont have to do that, he said he wants us to have more time to be able to work in our area... thats exactly what i wanted too. Have our area is really nice and really rich and the other half is as poor and run down as i have ever seen. We actually share our area with the secrataries of the mission since we our both limited on time sometimes, especially them. We live with them too and we have the nicest house in the mission, i even had hot water until the heater broke yesterday. The other two guys are E. Barker from Ogden and E. Ryan from Alaska and they are cool guys and we share the same p day and everything so that makes it fun. So other than divisions and giving trainings another thing we have to do is look at all of the numbers of lessons and baptisms and all of that stuff that all of the missionaries had during the week, avaliate it, and then we have like a 5 hour meeting with president and talk about all it. That is what we do every Monday and it is probably my least favorite thing i have ever done in my life. And then besides that we just have a whole bunch of little errands to do and we teach and thats the lift of an assistant. I am pretty excited to drive here though, lets just say that if you can drive in Praia you can drive anywhere.

As for me rash it is still covering the palms of my hands. I dont know if i told y ou guys or not but it has actually made like 3 of my fingernails fall off now, its kinda some sort of mystery disease that nobody can figure out. I talked with a docter in Germany on the phone last week for a while and he is talking with dermatlogists to figure it out... i am pretty much just planning on getting rid of it when i get home. Its not so bad at the moment now and its not anything to worry about.

So this last week was pretty good. Today for 4 hours in the morning we got to do service. We had to take down a roof. The only thing is that roofs are just pure concrete here on top of cynder blocks so we used a jack hammer and sledge hammers to do it. It was actually a project of the branch and it was fun. I also have church in the same chapel as the other branch i served in here in praia so i got to see everyone i knew last sunday, it was fun i felt like it was a mini homecoming. We are teaching a few cool people now too but we need to find more cause we still dont have a lot, i will tell you a little more about them next week. Oh... one other cool thing about being here is the missionary couple here is awesome. Its the adams couple and theyre from Ogden and the guy really likes fishing so we are all going fishing next p day, he already bought poles. They also have us over for lunch and everything.