Hey :)

I got a new companion this week. His name is Elder Anderson. He´s a way nice guy. He´s from Virginia. He got stuck in Provo for a while because of visa problems. We´ve been having a lot of fun this week. It´s great to be in a companionship instead of a trio. I felt like with three people, someone was always way slow, and we were always waiting to go places. My district now has 10 people in it, and Sister Olney finally has a companion. Today I got to go to a Brazilian restaurant. It was basically Rodizio Grill. It tasted great. Thanks everyone for your letters. I got some from grandma and grandpa and aunts and uncles. It´s nice to hear how everyone is doing. I love you all lots, and I hope everything is going well back in the states. This Friday my district gets to go out and talk to Brazilians and hand out Books of Mormon. It´s crazy. I don´t know if I´m ready to go talk to Brazilians about the gospel, but I´ll do my best. In the MTC the Brazilians know I´m learning, so they talk slow and repeat things a lot so I´ll understand, but on the street I don´t think people will be that nice. If I don´t know what people say then I guess I´ll just give them the Book of Mormon then run away before they can hand it back. Everything has been happening so fast here in the MTC. I feel like I was just writing you guys yesterday, but already it´s been a week. I can´t believe I've been in Brazil for 5 weeks now. I only have 4 weeks left until I get on another plane and go to Joao Pessoa. It´s going to be way crazy, but I can´t wait. I´m kinda sick of the MTC food, and I´m looking forward to walking a little bit instead of sitting all day. I came here at 160 pounds, then last week I was 176! Now I´m back down to 170, but still.. they say you know you served in Brazil if you gained 30 pounds in the MTC, and then lost it all on your first transfer.