22 December

That is funny your weather report of this town says it is very humid each day because it does not feel that humid here. Probably because of all the wind. My area is one of the hotter areas in the mission but the heat does not affect me that much compared to other missionaries. I found out though that sunscreen is way expensive here so I might have you send me some. I will talk to you about it on Christmas. Yes I miss playing the oboe as well but I can still read music and I have practicing my singing. I am actually a pretty good singer.

Let me know how the Hawkeyes did and what happens with the national championchip. You never told me who won the world series but I assume the giants did because you never mentioned it. It is impressive Kansas city got that far.

My new companion is great. Even though he does not speak English he can understand it pretty well. He is also very easy to understand unlike people here. He has lots of experience here as he will end his mission in March. So I have been learning lots of things from him. I hope to stay with him for next transfer as real transfers are in 1 week.

 We have a new area now that our ward only has 4 missionaries (instead of 6) but we kept the good people I was teaching in my old area. So it has been nice to walk on some new roads and have a bigger area. We put this guy we have been teaching named Andre on date for January 10th so that is cool. We went to the Fortaleza temple location when I got here but it is just a bunch of dust right now. The church is struggling with some problems here with the leadership and people. That is the reason I have heard they have not started building but you never really know. I saw the thing about a N. Korea movie at the bus terminal and was wondering what is was so thanks for the info. Sony makes movies?

1 00 on Christmas my time and I will video chat with ya. Lots of love

W