Week 16

Ola Familia! 
This week was pretty good! I did not get much opportunity to work in my area because we had to do a division in Porta Legre but dad, you will be super excited to hear that Porta Legre is 20 kilometers from Spain so we hiked to the top of a mountain and I got to see the rolling hills of Spain. I don't want to offend you but Spain was nothing special... it looked a lot like Portugal and I couldn't even see the white lines that divide the countries. It was really cool though. 
This week was transfers and my comp was transferred out of the area and he went to Madeira which is super awesome. I stayed here and I got a new comp and his name is Elder Cluff. He looks a lot like Collin Toyn and he is super awesome. He only has 2 transfers left in his mission so I might kill him if I stay. But before he got here Elder Riggs had to leave on Sunday night so I went to Porta Legre again and we hung out there so I missed another day of working in my area but I was super happy that I got to go there again because it was the last day of Elder Di Niro's mission. He went home today and we were pretty good friends. He was an elder from Italy and he was way funny but it was sad to see him go. I would send pictures today but we can't on these computers. Usually we would use the library but it is a Portuguese holiday so the library is closed! The Portuguese are all fubecas! I will make sure to send you the pictures next week. I am super happy to hear that Sam is doing well and I got 2 calls to confirm that I knew. Dad always was thorough haha. President called me and I have never gotten a call from President Fluckiger so I was super scared and he just told me that Sam is good and asked me about my area but I almost peed my pants haha. We taught Jose again and it turns out he hasn't been understanding everything we were teaching so we will be teaching him everything again, which is exciting... haha. This week in fast and testimony meeting he got up and bore his testimony which was awesome. He talked about how the Elders have taught him so much and he is a changed man because of us. It was a cool thing to see especially because Riggs was leaving. That is all that really happened this week. I will send pictures next week! Love you guys, give Sam a big hug for me! 
Love,
Elder Ruggles