Billy's transfer

Billy was transferred unexpectedly and absolutely loves his new area and new companion. Here's an excerpt from his latest letter--complete with his 'text' grammar and punctuation.

...my mission just took a turn for the better in every way. thats why i have alot to write cause my thought process and everything changed 100 percent. whew... to start, i have a new companion. no more elder schnersoski. now its elder machado. he is a little guy, looks similar to austin holt kinda... i dunno. but he is so freakin rad. he isnt the kinda kid i would ever hang out with or anything, but he is a freakin amazing missionary. before this week, i didnt even know what missionary work was. honestly its prolly a good thing cause i would have been overwhelmed and shot myself ha ha. he is the kind of missionary who keeps all the rules not cause he is supposed to, but because he has this huge desire to use every second of his mission the best he can. he talks to everyone! everyone we pass he tells about the church. its so rad. we dont take little food breaks, spend too much time talking to people that dont need it, we leave and get to places when were supposed to, everything. its so freakin rad. and honestly, im soo freakin tired. woo. :) we teach 7 or more lessons everyday, even on the days we have to do baptism interviews, or other things that take up time. he makes me teach a ton, and i can really see in him a desire to help me be the best missionary i can be too. he doesnt seem to notice or get irritated with the fact that i dont speak portuguese, and thats helpin me a ton. we just talk. wow i teach so much. we had 20 new investigators last week, and baptized 5 people! 3 were primaries, but still! i really wish i had got here last week, cause last week he baptized 2 families. we baptized their kids this week. and now, we have a goal for 7 more baptisms next week. i dunno if all will, but we have high hopes. we decided if we can teach 20 new people every week, we will baptize 5 every week. :) sweet huh? thats how my comp is. also, we plan like crazy! before, we took 5 minutes to write down a few poeple in our planner that needed teaching the next day. now, we freakin use a half hour talking about every person, the best thing to teach, when, in what order, and everything. its so hard to do at night when your so tired, but its awesome too cause it makes the next day amazing.

Billy also said his new companion is an awesome cook, and really knows how to get the most from his money, food-wise. We received a CD of pics from him, so check back later for updated pictures from Brazil.