First of all sorry I was not able to wright like the last three weeks, though I doubt that it matters cause not too many people view this. Anyway the last week in the MTC was good, and I don´t remember too much about it except Elder Cook came to talk to us and I saw Kennedy and Daniel there. The traveling was exhausting and a new experience for me. On one of the plane flights I sat next to two Jehovah´s Witnesses who talked to me a lot. I shared my beliefs and they shareds there´s but it was obvious that we weren´t going to converting each other. We had a twelve hour layover in Lisbon which was rough but we got through it. We arrived in Cabo Verde at midnight on Wednesday the 27th. That night was so hot and humid because we slept at the mission home with the AP´s. I never thought I could sleep without a blanket but here you wouldn´t dare use one. The next day all 18 of us new missionaries drove to the office and were given instructions on all kind´s of stuff. We were placed with our companions and told where we will be serving. My compnion wasn´t even there because I am serving in the Porto Novo sul area on the island of Santo Antao. It is the most North West of the Islands. So then we had a delicious lunch in the mission presidents air conditioned home. Then I flew with one other missionary on a small plane to Sao Vincente because they don´t have planes to Santo Antao. I stayed with the Zone Leaders for the night and actually got to teach a lesson with them to a family who lived in one room. The next day I took a boat over to Porto Novo where I met my two companions. One of them is with us cause he is waiting for a visa for Portugal. They are good guys, the other one, my trainer, is from Ecuador, and he speaks pretty good English. They both actually want me to help them with English.Our apartment is not too small but we do have some Cockroaches which I am trying to crack down on every day. We have the south part of Porto Novo and the sisters have the north part. I think our part is poorer then theirs. I love teaching these people and improving in portuguese. Everyone is very nice and it is really easy to get new investigators. We have a chapel that is nice and I am beginning to get to know the members. People here will give you food but sometimes it is a little scary. Last night it was dark and this lady handed us a plate of these tasty fried things. It was fish which was good but I almost ate the heads. The weather is cooling down a little but it is still hot and humid. We had zone conference last week and the first night in sao vincente we had to go to the hospital for a guy who had Salmonela. Now we always wash our eggs and vegetables. The food is pretty normal here and I eat eggs, rice, chicken, cereal, fruit, bread, milk, and other stuff. For general conference I understood only a little of what they were saying because it was all in portuguese. We have a baptism this Saturday for a guy named Davi. He is a good man and we have others we want to baptise soon. The people here speak a lot of Creole which is difficult to understand, but people say after three months i will be good. I can tell that these next two years will be hard, but it is worth it if I grow and change to become more like the Savior.
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