OLA FAMILY!!

this week was pretty sweet!! sounds like you guys had a really sweet week aswell!! Wow first Off with Jacob jumpin right in the game! haha thatºs the way to do it! and with BYU doing work, thatºs always sweet to hear! Then with the soccer going on with Ash, love ya ASH! , and then mandy just being Mandy, love ya pants!... sounds like it was a good week! ha This week with our investigators was a rollercoaster! ha we have a lot of people, but our church is really far away, and you have to take a metro so itºs hard for them to come to church, but the elects will come we know! ha and we had Castro in church with us this week, and he is awesome! Castro is the father of two girls who are members but the wife of him is a catcholica, entao we have two helpers with us already, and we know he has felt the spirit, and he knows these things are true. We taught a lesson Saturday night and the spirit was so strong, and he came to church with us the next day, and really like it! We plan on marking him this week, so that will be sweet, to see how he progresses! and also Manuel, he came once, but with him he has a really tough life, and work is hard... and itºs hard to get a hold of him, but we have faith we will find him this week and be able to teach him! He also lives literally right on the beach so that is pretty sweet!! haha and I finally will be able to send pictures today to show you guys just how sweet this area is! itºs so sweet that we spend a lot of time contacting tourists... but we are starting to pick up the signs of who is a tourist and who isnºt so that we can contact people in our area!" ha It makes it more interesting! Portuguese people are awesome! ha we have our ward mission leader, Tino, and he doesnºt have a whole lot but everytime he hears us walking by on the street he runs out of his house and invites us in and gives us juice... and is the nicest guy, and he is really converted to the Gospel, and has already been a member 3 years, and he likes telling people that! ha Thatºs so cool that you guys had that time to hang with the stratfords!! itºs kinda sad I do see Elder Strat anymore... but we still will in the future for sure, just not every week like it was! ha Thatºs sweet that Iºm serving close to those people Dad baptized forever ago! ha It would be awesome to be able to pass by and see them. Itºs crazy that its already Setember... time is going really fast, and we need to make the most of everyday, because this time will pass too fast, not just my time on the mission but our time here on earth! itºs crazy! like just during my time here on the mission I have realized that our lifes really arenºt that long, and that we need to make each day count because each day really is the first day of the rest of our lives! So many people we talk to say if God existed there wouldnºt be so much bad in the world. and thatº exactly what Satan wants us to think, to only focus on the bad. But I canºt remember who said it... but donºt let us be overcome with evil, but letºs overcome evil with good... thatºs wisdom! ha and there is good in the world, and this is the church of Jesus Christ, and he is the head, and itºs our job to share this message with the world. Thanks for being awesome, and for your letters, i always look forward to them! have an incredible week, and make it count! Thanks for your examples, and stay awesome!

Com amore, Elder Beckstrand