Relva to a Villa Nova

Familia e Amigos,

 So this week has been a good one. We had zone conference which was awesome and then we were able to get back to our area on Wednesday. This week we were able to work super well with some members. I did a couple of divisions with a member named Silas. He is straight up awesome and it was a really good time to work with him. As the week was going as well transfers were coming up. So usually I donºt like talking at all about transfers so I was pretty silent about it for the whole week but I had a feeling that I would be peacing out. Turns out last night that I got a call and I am now chilling here in Praia. It is pretty awesome and I am going to be serving with Elder Twiggs, donºt know from where. We are going to be cleaning an area which should be interesting but Iºm excited for it. But Relva was so awesome. The people there were just awesome and I love that branch. I know that the Elders there are going to do so well and I know that I have been called to serve here in Praia. I love you all and I hope that you all have a great week,

 Peder

Touristas!

Familia e Amigos,

 So this week was straight up awesome.Elder Edwards and I were able to work really well and we got a ton of people excited for conference. One of our investigators showed up to three of the sessions!! Straight up awesome. As well this week we had two baptisms. Chandro and Mite. Mite is Pipizinhaºs mother and she is just awesome. She is just so ready to do things and here baptism was awesome. Chandro is super quiet but as we started to teach him he opened up a

lot and he is a straight up awesome kid. The baptism was held in Cova Fig and although the baptism font was a little low on water it went all well after a couple of tries. Afterwards on Sunday we had conference(a week late but still all good). Man we had so many people there. The sacrament hall was full to the brim and wew actually ended up sitting outside. I straight up loved it though. Also we had an investigator named Ely come. Man,I was so excited to see her there because for like all the time I've been here she has been trying to get to church and she finally showed. It was awesome. On Sunday we were also able to do a division. I went with this member named Silas which was straight up awesome. He is a beast and i love that guy. As we were walking home there was a drunk guy on the street and Silas helped him to get home. As he was doing that I was thinking of the talk that Pres Monson gave in Priesthood and about a missionary where every time he looked at somebody he looked as if they could be baptized. And those people reached that potential. I think its a super important thing. Everyone has the potential to be a disciple of Christ we just need to have to vision and follow the spirit to help them get there. It is definitely something that I need to remember. 

 So yesterday we went on this super long hike with a member called Luis. Man we passed through this one area and all this little kids just looked at us and were like Touristas! I guess we really did look like it though because it's two white guys hanging out with a cape verdean. All good though. I straight up love this work. It is more amazing than anything else I could be doing, I love you all and I hope that you have a great week,

 Peder

A Bunch of White Guys Climbin' on Rocks

Familia e Amigos,

 So things are going pretty well here in Relva. So this week has been Elder Edwards first week here and it has gone way solid. We have realized how easy it is for people to recognize us here because truthfully we are the only white guys at all in this but it has been way awesome. This week we were able to teach some solid lessons. One of which is with a less active called Zeka. So we went into the lesson and Zeka's family was there. His sister(Suzette) was like ' hey you have to talk to my brother cuz he really needs church' he actually peaced out pretty quick but then she stayed so we were able to talk with her. Man it was awesome and she has been learning so much. This Sunday she came to church and Elder Edwards told me that during church she looked around and was like man all of these people are my friends here in Relva. Straight up awesome!!! As well we had a lesson with an  investigator named Chandro. We left him with a part to read and man he read it and he made notes in his scriptures about what he learned. It was straight up awesome!! He is way quiet but he is so willing to learn. 

 Today for pday we did some random walking and find some pretty sweet stuff. Turns out some fisherman saw us and told us that we should probabaly be heading back. Just telling you how easy it is to spot some random white guys climbing on rocks. But I straight up love it here. We have some good investigators and we are able to teach so much which is just awesome. I love this work and I'm so happy to be here doing it, I love you all,

 Peder