Fun letter from Brazil!

Here's the latest from Brandon. It is a fun letter... the part about salty french toast and McDonalds costing 70 dollars is funny! here's the whole letter... I didn't take anything out this time:

oí family!Esta é elder lewis falando e esta semana passada foi bom de mais! This week was a little different then any other previous week because this week WE BAPTIZED! Woo whoo! It wasn´t Rafael who i think i talked about last week, but we baptized Mateus who is 12 and Sávio who is 14. It´s crazy how much they´ve changed since we first met their family. It´s also crazy how we almost didn´t baptize either. On Sunday they and their sister come to church with us (and other people too but they aren´t part of the story) and we go through church and they liked it and they got interviewed and they passed and they were pumped for that night. On the way back to their house they were singing hymns from during church, which was pretty funny, then we had to go to lunch so we told them we would be back at 5 to pick them up because the baptism was at 6. Got to their house at 5... no one home, 5:30... no one home, 6... no one home,6:30... no one home agian. So then we went home because elder wardrop was mad because every week i´ve been here and part of his last transfer the baptisms we had fallen through the day of. So we went home for a while and then elder wardrop got bored and we went to their house one last time. We get there and they had just got home. So we hurry them to the church called someone to preside over the meeting, elder a. souza and i ran home and i got my stuff and ran back. This is my official first baptism because I did the baptizing! When we were dropping them off at their house after church, when we were leaving elder wardrop said " elder lewis is going to baptize you, is that ok?" they said yes and i was surprised at what he just said. So that was the highlight of the week. We also saw a lot of animals this week too which is different. We saw 2 monkeys which is rare. This was the 2nd time elder wardrop has seen monkeys and he has been out 1yr 6 mo.. It was hilarious because evryone one was going crazy to get the monkeys away from their house and they were just small little guys, about the size of a cat.And we went to the bishops house yesterday to help him with some stuff and he lives really far away from our house and we pass a river on the way there. And we usually only see ducks laying in the grass or swimming around. But i glanced at the top of a tree by the fence and there was a tucan sitting there! It was really bright and pretty. Also, the bishops sister lives in the u.s. so they like to make american food which is cool. They always talk about food with us. So his wife made french toast and pancakes for us, she also was making brownies but we were already late to get back home. But anyway the french toast was gross because they think it´s too sweet so they make it with salt, But the pancakes were good. But on the way home that night by the river, we saw a huge beaver thing standing in the grass. I know it wasn´t i beaver because it was about waist height and probably 3-4 feet long and had no tail. It was probably some kind of river creature because it was all wet, but it was cool. Seeing animals doesn´t really happen too much because we are in a populated area, we´re not in the middle of nowhere. You probably saw the same thing at the zoo. But that was my week, i´m doing great. We also had a zone conference this week and president came down which was cool. He knows alot about the gospel. I almost forgot... After the conference we were waiting for the bus and president Tobias pulls up and gives us a ride to the center, and on the way there he buys us Mc Donalds. It´s not everyday that presient buys dinner. But for 4 big macs, fries, and drinks it was over 70 dollars! And the meals are alot smaller here than in america, but it was good. Well i think that´s everything so i´ll talk to you all next week. TchaoElder Lewis