Happy happy Brigham :)

Elder Miller and Brigham
i just want to start off and say that i am a very happy elder right now! :) we had a wonderful week! elder adam miller has incredible faith and a ton of practice, so he got here and we got to work. he is a lot taller than i am ( 6 foot 1) so i was really tired this week running with him every where. he is obedient, direct in teaching, and very loving. i have noticed his humility, with not bragging about his great baseball status to anyone this week. he has been a good example, and has taught me a lot in our daily study we do. we plan to baptize 20 in his last two changes together here, and are going to work our tails off with lots of faith and humility to do it! we are on that track by finding 25 new investigators, and challenged almost all of them to baptism in the first lesson. it was great. every minute we werent teaching, we were finding, or drinking water in the shade. this last week has been super hot, and they say that when it gets really hot, the rain is about to come. so we are expecting it in a week or two. but until then, suffering in the heat.... we found a house to put the two other elders in for just this week, then for a time of their proselyting, they had to go talk to their bishop to get another house arranged in their area. before there werent missionaries, because the mission hasnt had as many missionaries in the last 8 months. but now a lot more are in line to be coming, so president is opening new areas. the sisters are... there...i understand that its a new area, but they only found 1 new investigator, and that was all their dats for the whole week... but hopefully they will improve. they are both fairly new in the mission, so they will need a little more experience and training, but they have a good, new district leader. i was actually pretty shocked with easter in mexico... the only thing that people worry about is semana santa (the holy week) but it is once again just another excuse to drink and have a party to many of the catholics. also a few other religions participate, to drink some more... in our ward, it wasnt too focused on easter for the classes, but the bishop and his two counselors talked on repentance, and the atonement. in the night, yesterday, there was a play that we watched about the birth and resurrection of the savior on tv. i hear that it was throughout all mexico. it was really good actually, but long. 2 hours. after that, we had an incredible lesson with a member and her non member family, that are progresssing so fast. we only started teaching them on saturday, but they had a ton of questions, and they prayed and recieved answers to their prayers, well at least the two of the three that we talked to, and are really excited about getting ready for baptism. im sorry to hear about the missionaries in your area, its really hard to support the missionary work, especially if you cant trust to give them references... dont worry, we are definately not like that. but speaking of that, yesterday we ate with a convert of 15 years, still strong, and she was sitting at the table while we were eating, and chatting on her new facebook with friends from middle school. she barely listened to a conversation and when her husband got home, she ran to put the computer in her room, because her husband doesnt like her on it for so long. for a good reason! we were both a little offended a that. but its ok. im happy for joseph to keep his scholarship, and also getting a suit! i dont know if i told you, but i also bought one last week, and had to take out a little money. the last trip we took to zone leader council, i ripped them in the bus.. joseph, i also learned where scott got the name chepe. it is the nickname for anyone who has the name josefina. haha.( ex: jesus=chucho, jose=pepe etc). all is well here, but my time is now up, and i have to go. but that you all for your letters and love and support. also thanks anna rees for your letter! i love you and your family too! have a wonderful week.
elder facer