things are all good here in the mission. this last week i completely a year. in the missionaries there is a tradition to burn a shirt for your one year anniversary so on friday we found this old shirt that had probably been in the house for like 3 years and we burned it in our back yard. everything is going well here, we are still trying to find some good people to teach. the branch here is kind of going through some difficulites, but i think it will be all good. like 6 months ago there were 60 to 70 people going every week, but then they changed the branch president and now there are only 30 to 40 people going. it is really dumb they dont go for really dumb reasons. so this last week we had to visit a ton of members and try to excite them for church but still only 38 people went, but we are just going to keep working and try to help the branch out. it is kind of dumb that people let really dumb things rob them of all the blessings they could be getting. and the really sad part is that it is not only them they are hurting it is their kids and their grandkids who are going to have to pay the price as well. president swenson would always talk about for every good decision you make your familiy will be blessed up to the 3rd and 4rth generation, well it also works in reverse as well. but everything is going well my companion is really cool and we get a long great and are working really hard. we had interviews on wednesday.they went really well. i had to direct the meeting which was kind of scary at first but really was actually pretty easy, i just had to say who was going to pray who was going to direct what we were going to sing. it was pretty cool. our president is a really awesome guy it was weird to have the interviews in spanish but they were good. the mission mom was probably the biggest difference hma swenson was just so nice and happy so she is kind of hard to replace but it is just different and after a while we will be used to it. pres martinez just talked about obedience and how it protects us spiritually and physically. but ya everything is going really good here i am doing really well. the goal is to have the second year as good as the first or even better. thanks for everything
love
Elder Brimhall
