Hey Mom thanks for the letter! I am doing good. This last week was hard. I figure I have hard weeks cause I am obsessive about things. Other than that, I am really doing honestly great! I have a good time here! Members here are a great part of the work here! I am surprised on how much I can learn about life and the gospel in the Preach My Gospel book, like WOW! I wish I would have read it sooner in life! We spend a lot of time in a ghetto. Me and my companion always say that this is our hood and these people got love for us! haha. Lots of people dont like the ghettos but I love it! We do need to find other investigators other places though too cause the ghetto is a little far from our house and the chapel so its hard to get people to go to the church. I drink the water here with juice mix. Its clear so I figure its good. And cockroaches are freakin nasty little buggers. We clean hard core in our house to not have them, but have them sometimes. They can get big and freakin ugly! Uh...but I am happy to be in the same area with the same companion again cause I want to learn more. I dont want to be the oldest guy in the area yet. They have a thing down here that you can drink your coke and return it to the store and trade your bottle for another coke and less money and the coke companion takes your bottle and uses it for more coke to sell. Germs dont exist to people down here haha. Like seriously. I eat lots of Twix candy bars cause theyre 4 for 10 pesos which is fairly cheap for here. I dont have many pics of the city cause I dont want my camera stolen. I dont even wear my watch or temple tie tack or ring out of the house especially if we're going to the ghetto. We walk fast, too, with a purpose. I havent had any problems. My companion asked me what this one guys said to me, but I heard nothing and obviously understood nothing too. He said for me to forget about it cause it was either bad or mean. haha. I love if the reason why I am hated is because I am doing something good! The ghetto is like DWS for us. Everyone has a lawn chair, music, and is grilling meat. They like to porch sit and watch the world go by also. This is why this is my people! haha. Life is really good. I am glad you got to see Elder Defriez, he is a stud and glad I got to see him here! He is a great example and a great leader too, and for him to give a compliment means a lot cause he is a sincere feller. If you want to you can send a dew and some candy down with them. I have all that I need. I have enough clothes too cause I can hand wash my clothes in the sink outside and clean water! Its a drag sometimes to be doing the same routine all day everyday, and I feel like the Lord is tired of hearing my sorrys and my routine prayers, but I am sincere and I can feel that He gives me comfort and blesses me. I just feel like a burden to the Lord all the time. I realize that is the devil though. I am thankful for the mission and for the atonement. I am also thankful I chose to go on a mission and that I was deemed worthy to be here and I am very thankful for the blessing I had at the MTC that told me I am where I am supposed to be. Life really is good. I just want to let you in on all the good stuff! I hope this doesnt stress you out cause I am really fine and doing probably better than you think I am doing, thanks to the Lord answering all yours and mine prayers! I just hope things get better in this manner and that I will allow myself to chill out and have a good time and work hard and let nothing detract me from doing the work and doing it good and with power. I pray for you at home and I hope you all keep in touch with Connor and Dallin Jensen at Kents, and Austin Lee when he gets home next October 31st . I thank you for your love and support and the language for me is honestly getting better! I am thankful for my family and the way they are and for each member of the family! I love you guys and share these things in the name of...oh wait...hahaha
I love you very much, all of you!
Brady