Quick One

So, I dont have much time, but this last week was good. It started off slow, but picked up quite a bit at the end. We had another baptism. Bruno. He is 13 and really awesome. His family came to the baptism last night, which was good because there were church leadership meetings so there were only 3 members there. We need two witnesses for baptisms and I was the only one there to witness at first. It was a really nice baptism. Very personal. Elder Davis and I ended up singing a hymn. There wasnt a program planned because of all the missing members and Bruno is not familiar enough with the hymns, so he said to not have any songs. But, I wanted him to have a special baptism, so we sang Nearer My God to Thee in portuguese. The whole baptism was really nice. His mom was crying when she left after the baptism. The people here are so awesome.

We didn't quite have our required number of contacts for the week, but we made a lot yesterday after the baptism so we were close. We have been discussing and debating numbers and missionary work for the past couple weeks. We are trying to find a balance of getting our numbers, and focusing on the people and their needs. Life is good though. Things will only get better and they are already good.

Sorry this email is so short, but I am out of time. Love you all. I will talk to you later.

Elder Siemers