2-25-11

Its good to hear that everyone is doing good! Im still hanging in there too and getting the hang of things with this new life of mine! Life has been a little bit stressful lately but we are taking care of everything and still managing to work in our area.

This last Tuesday we had our zone leaders counsol though and it was a little bit stressful to get ready for, but it all went really well. We had to present some new things that are going to be happening and we had to take care of getting all of the zone leaderes from all of the islands to here so it took a lot and i was excited to have it over with. Since then we have just been able to work in our area so its been kinda relaxing. Next week will be getting a little crazy again though, we have to go around with President Neves throughout the mission and give trainings. This next week we are going to all the districts here in Praia and Fogo, next week will just be one, and then the week after will be back up to Mindelo so i will be busy! Im still hoping that i dont end my mission like this, i dont think i was made to give trainings and stuff like that. I am learning some new things though!

So one of the new focuses in the mission is working with young men to try to help them prepare for a mission. Each companionship is supposed to have at least 2 guys that they are working with. We are working with one kid that is 24 to come teaching with us and hopefully he will get his papers taken care of this week, and we are also working with Pres. Neves´ 19 year old son. He didnt really have a desire to serve and he was really being pressured as you might expect seeing how he is the son of a mission president, but we started talking with him and it is kinda changing now. He is going to start teaching with us. I dont know if i told you this but Pres. Neves also has another son who is serving a mission in Salt Lake but will be ending in about a week so he should be able to help too.
Our area didnt have a whole lot of people to teach recently either but these last few weeks we have really been finding lots of new people and sorting through the ones that have interest. I saw that you guys mentioned Aduol with the byu basketball, and if he is the same one i heard about he is from the IvoryCoast, you guys might want to verify that though. We are actually teaching a way cool guy from the ivory coast. They speak french there but he has lived here for 3 years and is teaching at a private french high school. He is a really smart guy and really liking the Book of Mormon. He speaks portuguese really well but with a funny french accent. He is planning on coming to church this week along with 3 or 4 other new people and our 3 regulars that always come. I am hoping to find and baptize some good strong people though before my mission ends.