we have a mission home. but my area is the furthest away from the mission office. it takes like an hour and a half to get to the mission office so i never go there but i live with the assistants so the always bring my letters and packages!!! yes i got a package this week with spegetti and prego and dille beans and i got the belt a week or two ago. thanks a ton for everything!!!! your the best mom EVER!!! so there is a little boy in my ward witht the name of Hyrum. it is funny how the say it though haha. this week we had zone conf. it was way good. one of the elders that is finishing bore his testimony and talked about how he was a recent convert before his mission and when he decided to go on a mission his dad said no but he went any way. he said he has written his dad every week and his dad has NEVER written him back. how sad is that. he said he never gets letters packages or anything. i felt so bad. but i tihnk of how much faith he must have and how strong of a testomony. a mission is hard enough with family support. i cant imagine how hard it would be with out it. my comp is just sick alot. just like pains in the stomoch. but its normal for americans. also his feet hurt really bad caouse of blisters. so some days we dont even leave the house cause his feet hurt so bad and he cant walk. like the blisters burst and get infected. haha. poor kid. i was reading in alma 17 this week and i loved a scripture i was studing about patience in verse 11. it is totally how with my patience i will be a tool in the lords hand for the lamanites. that is a prophecy that im making part of. cool huh??1!!!! 

im reading jesus the christ and so that is like WOW, AMAZING. haha. im loving it. i read like half the book yesterday alone haha.

well love ya mother. your the best!!!!

New Area

Manaus is good. im enjoying it. the ppl here are alot smarter then in rio branco!! haha. lets see. sunday was testimony sunday and a guy from mexico city was here for buisness and he bore his testomony in spanish and i understood everything. i was like wait i never studied spanish and i didnt know it before the mission. haha. it was weird but cool for sure. its kinda an ugly language but dont tell ryan that. haha. also here in manaus, being in the middle of the amazon jungle has some beautiful rain/thunder stomrs. its amazingly great. the thunder is way loud though haha. and the rain is really HARD and its not even the reain season yet. everyone says in november or december it starts up for real. also for lunch on sunday i ate aligator. it was good. its kindal like chicken. kinda. haha. um my comp is cool. he got a little sick this week but i think he is better now. the roomies are cool. trunky casue they go home next transfer haha. but i love them. um pics...well i forgot my camera in the house today so next week maybe haha. sorry. no the language is about the same. ppl here are smarter so they actually conjugate the verbs corectly haha. um bakc is fine. no worries there. its not hurting at all. that is crazy about brett. is he ok now. i got mine taken our at the beginning of my mission but i never told you casue i didnt want you to get all worried up haha. but it was kinda crazy. i got a cool scare now. haha. jkjk. ive been blessed with health haha. well i apriciate the prayers and pray for you tons to. lov ya

transfers! Trunky... Happy... Sad... oct 2nd

Hippy friend!

well this week was awesome then sad then sad then trunky then awesome agian haha. let me start from the start. CONFERANCE. holy wow it was just great now wasn't it??? i loved it. Elder Hollands talk was just AMAZING huh?? he was like screaming and giving such a strong testimony. i absolutly loved the conf. this last weekend. i also recognize one of the 70. i think his name was Elder Nielson or something like that. i loved his talk about mission work. it was awesome. i think he is the one that helped me pick my mission suit that one day. haha. thats cool. then it got sad cause i found out i was getting transfered. i loved my area in rio bracno and also my comp. so it was way sad to leave there (recent converts members elders comp and etc...) but then it went to sad again when i had to pay 70 reais (35 dollars) on baggage cause mine was to heavy. but then it got trunky. in the airplane coming to manaus. i always thought the next time i would be on a plane would be on the way home haha. so all i could think about is how it would be flying home haha. then it got even trunkier when i got here in manaus and had about 100 letters and a package from you and melissa. haha. but then it got cool again when i got my new comp who is from northern idaho and my new area. im living in the area with the assistants so i will have to stop slacking and work now haha. but im totally lost right now. this city is HUGE and the ward has like ward missionaries and all the leaders and stuff. its weird haha. i havn't had a full ward my whole mission. in my last ward i had to give a talk at least once a month. but now the elders said we never give talks. its great haha. but ya im excited to get to know my area and the ppl here!!!! i got a letter from you chastising me for sending lame emails latly haha. so sorry about that. i will try to get better and my emailing. its just that stuff gets normal to me so ya. anyway sorry. :)