Kel barcu ja sta mortu!!

What´s up!

Another week of awesomeness and a lot of work. We have been teaching so many people lately and I’m not exactly sure what we are going to do next week when our two visa waiters go to Brazil on their missions... The Lord will provide a way though and everything will work out. Attendance was 59 this week, a little less than the last week but still really good. The cool thing about everything is that there are so many families in church! I love teaching families; they just make missionary work so much better!

So I have no idea how many missionaries we have in our mission, more than 120 I think. I haven’t seen or heard hardly anything since I came to Boa Vista but I know that the last two transfers more than 20 missionaries arrived. We just got a lot of rain from the hurricane and the ocean has been really rough lately. Nothing too major here though. There are two big resorts from a company called Riu. One is called the Tourareg and the other Karamboa. They come from one of the best resort companies in the world and from what I have heard they are pretty nice. I’m definitely going to stay in one of them one day when I come back here. But ya most of the tourists are Europeans. Lots of Germans, Italians and French people. Txeu brancus!!

This week is going to fly by faster than a jet plane! We have a wedding planned for Friday, the baptism on Saturday and General Conference Saturday and Sunday. Lots of work to do! It’s going to be sweet though and I’m super excited.

I love you all and I hope for the best throughout the week. Enjoy General Conference; it is such a huge blessing in our lives to have a prophet to guide us. TXAU!

Oh nha mãe!!!

HEY!

The week is over. It was pretty good. The sisters are all moved in but they still don’t have beds because the boat hasn’t come yet. Something to do with all the rain and the hurricane that formed on the west coast of the islands. They are super excited to be here though and they are going to be a huge help to our little branch. There are now six missionaries here, for the next two weeks. We have two pre-MTC missionaries that are just waiting for their visas. They will leave before October 10. We all basically just share the city of Sal Rei but there is one area that only the elders go into, Barraka. Our week was a little crazy with a lot of extra things to do but everything seemed to just work out perfectly and things are slowly going back to normal.

Frequency in church shot through the roof with 63 people showing up this week! We almost don’t have enough chairs right now but it’s just going to keep growing. Hopefully they can get us some chairs fast. Lots of teaching and training to help our investigators and the members so we have been pretty busy. President and Sister Oliveira were here this weekend as well and we learned a lot from them. They were in church on Sunday and the members were really excited.

Other than that, life’s still good. Elder Young is awesome and has gotten the hang of things really fast. It will be easier when it’s just the two of us but for now we are just going to try and get as much work done as possible with the extra help. I love you all and I hope you have a good week!

O Fim sa ta txiga faxi!

Hey everyone!

Well I’m glad to hear that mom is doing all right and I hope everything keeps improving. I kind of figured that mom would need help, which is one of the reasons I decided not to extend my mission. This was the last week of the transfer and it was a pretty good week. We finished the last preparations for the sisters who are going to be coming to work in Boa Vista and then we were also busy teaching. There is water everywhere and lakes have formed on top of the salt mines. A few days passed without any rain but it was super hot and today it started raining again.

Elder Moreira, an Area Seventy, came to visit this week and he did a fireside with the people here in Sal Rei. It was really last minute notice but we still had 40 people in attendance, mostly families and investigators! It was a big success and the people really liked it.

So I am starting my last transfer. It’s kind of weird to think of how little time I’ve got left here but we’ve got a ton of work to do. Elder G was transferred to Mindelo and I will be receiving a new companion, Elder Y. He’s from the US somewhere and is a very good missionary. We are also going to be spending the next three weeks with two mini-missionaries, which will make things interesting. We will be able to get a lot of work done but my comp is going to have to learn the area and get to know the people super fast. There is a lot of work ahead of us and I think I’m going to be running around right until the end. To top everything off, Elder Y and I are going to be district leaders so that gives us a bit more to deal with. It’s going to be a lot of fun though and I’m really excited.

Well, that’s all I have for now. Don’t worry mom, I have to find someone to marry first before I can get engaged. Have a good week and I love you all!

Chuba ja txiga!

Well we woke up to a nice surprise this morning... RAIN! It poured all morning and unfortunately it rained inside of our house as well. Because everything here is sand, there are huge puddles of water everywhere and the roads are all blocked leading out of the city. Elder and Sister Benedict, the senior missionary couple from Sal, have been here for the last couple days to work with the members. They are supposed to go back to Sal tomorrow but I don’t think they will. People can’t come home from or go to work in the hotels and it is very hot and humid. It’s also the last week of the transfer and it’s looking to be a good one!

We had a good week last week but we were busy with a ton of other things. We have been getting things organized to rent a house here so that the sisters can have a place to live next week and that took some time but everything is organized now and they should be able to move in as soon as they arrive, assuming they can actually get here from the airport. Attendance on Sunday went up to 46 and we had 14 investigators in church! We also have a wedding marked for General Conference weekend so that is going to be exciting! Lots of work to do and not enough time to do it all but the Lord is providing a way and we are seeing a lot of progress.

I don’t really have a preference of what you make when I come home, surprise me. I’m still not too picky with what I eat so whatever you make will be good. This week an area Seventy is going to be here in Boa Vista and is going to do a fireside with the members so that is going to be exciting. Good luck with the surgery, I pray that everything will go well. Have a good week! Love you all!

Tempo sa ta voa manente!

Hello!

Well it’s still hot but it’s cooled off a bit. It rained a bit yesterday so maybe we will actually get rain here this year. They say that if it rains September 1, it will rain the entire month so we’ll see. We had another good week with another 35 lessons being taught. We found another 14 new investigators again and we literally do not have time to teach them all. The transfer ends in two weeks and we will be receiving sisters next transfer, so that is going to speed up the work a ton here. For now, we are just going to have to trust in the Lord and do all that we can to take care of all these people.

Church was good yesterday, frequency went up to 41, and the members are growing and maturing fast. Fast and testimony meeting is always special here in Cape Verde but it is even more special here in Boa Vista. So many young, new members with such strong testimonies. The Lord is definitely in control here and we are seeing miracles like crazy. We are so blessed to have the gospel and it is amazing to see the way that it changes the lives of these people.

I love you all! Have a good week!

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