Hey!
So the big news of the week was Thanksgiving obviously. It was pretty
good. We all got together as missionaries and played a game of football
on the beach. It was pretty fun. A lot of fun actually. Then we went and ate lunch at Pique Nique. That was a blast too. It was a pretty good Thanksgiving. The Brazilians didn't really understand it all but it turned out good anyway. We just had the normal meals. No turkey. They have turkey's out here, but no one sells them, its super weird. Me and Elder Pierson tried to buy one, but no one wanted to sell them to us. It was a little disappointing because we would have cooked it and ate it for sure. Maybe next Thanksgiving.

This week went by slower for some reason. We’re having internet problems right now so I hope by the time I get to send this, the Internet will be back up and running. This week I was able to go on division with Elder Vieira and it was really good. He's got 20 people marked for baptism and the ones we visited are super good and super cool.

Next week is a big one for us. We’ve got tons going on. Interviews with
President are Wed. then Thursday we have this Mission Tour thing where
Elder Koellicker will come and talk to us. Then Friday we have transfer meeting and on Saturday another baptism. We're also getting our house inspected by Sister Packard.. Apparently she's pretty Nit-picky... so we've started tearing our house apart and cleaning it. Last night I was playing plumber by trying to fix our sink, using that duct tape.. it has got some leaks in the plumbing and so I've been trying to
fix that but so far it’s not going so well. So I guess we'll see. The
kitchen is a mess and we're trying to fix it all but it’s going to take a while. This week has been pretty hot but then it cooled off at the end of the week and today actually it’s been sprinkling a little.

That’s awesome that Greg and they are having another baby. That’s pretty nuts though. It’s weird to think that I'll come home to a 1 year old cousin. I'm glad the family liked their presents. But oh man did
California sound fun. Sounds like all the cousins are having a good
time. Glad that you all had a good time. Well,that’s about it from here. Hopefully the internet will come back today so we can send this. Well, good luck with every thing this week.
Elder Okazaki