So, this past week we had missionary transfers and I am still in Butler and got a new companion. My new companion is Elder Tilivarua from Suva, Fiji. He joined the church when he was 19 and is now 26 and he's only been out about 4 months. I love being here with Elder Tilivarua and he is such a hard working missionary. He really knows why he is out here. He's picking everything up fast which is great. I love seeing the progress of new missionaries. He teaches well and I'm excited to see how well we do in this area together. We started up that English class and it's doing really well! We have about 5 regulars and they are inviting more people! There is one family where the wife attends and then has us over to teach her husband because he can't make the class. She requests lessons and wants to keep learning about Jesus Christ. I think I talked about this family last week. It is the family from Brazil and it's been great teaching them, their surname is Noguira and I just love them. They are a great family.We were able to teach the restoration and then we invited them to be baptized. She accepted although I don't think her husband understood all of what was happening. His English isn't quite as good as hers. They haven't been out to church as she is currently working on her masters degree and she works on Sundays. She says she needs to work as much as possible to pay for tuition. So we will see how it goes. I'm excited to see how they progress. Other than that it was all pretty normal. Sorry for the shorter email. I love you all and thank you for your continued prayers!!
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Elder Christopher Otero