It was great to talk to you all yesterday!! (Sorry Debbie and RD!) I´m glad most things are going well for everyone at home. I´m not sure what to write about because we already talked yesterday, but things are good here. My companion and I have been working hard, and we´re enjoying the work. On Saturday the other ward that shares our chapel had a baptism that we went to with one of our investigators. The baptismal service was so good, and the spirit was really strong. I don´t know if there´s any other meeting that has the same spirit as a baptismal service. As Nephi said in 2 Néfi 31, baptism is the gate to life eternal, and the spirit manifests the truth of this at every baptism.

On Sunday we had a baptism as well- João de Silva (his real name is different, but apparantly it´s an African (Angolan) tradition that the patrão (like the owner of the household or business) can give the child a name, so the patrão gave him the name João while his parents named him Ernesto. So we didn´t know until a few days before the baptism that João isn´t his real name!) The baptism went well, and I was really grateful for the support of our ward. Lots of them stayed after church for the baptism, and afterwards we had a feast!! It was really good.

Last night President Torgan gave a fireside about ´´vida depois desta vida´´, or life after death. It was really interesting- he talked about a scientific inquiry that dealt with people who had died for some minutes and afterwards been resussciated and their experiences. The question isn´t so much- is there life after death?- but what kind of life will it be? He talked about the gospel of Jesus Christ, and how if we live the gospel, death is just another step, and it won´t separate us from what we love. However, if we do not live the gospel, life after death will be alone and not very pleasant! He is a good orador and it was a really interesting fireside.

Anyways, I hope that you all have a great week! Remember that I love you, and that I always like to receive pictures (snail mail or email)