September 10th Email- "Hello Again"

Hey family, sorry but I didn’t read your emails. I will print them after and read them. But thank you so much for your letters. Before I forget, I need totell you something -ok so when I was in the CTM I met a missionary from Reno,Nevada and I asked him if he knew Cody and troy Kilgore (I know its a longshot but...) anyways he knew them. How crazy is that? Haha I know that waslike month ago but I just remembered- haha! Oh yea my comp Elder Cassanote, was comps with Elder White right before me. So its like I am fallowing Elder White cause I am in his house and his area. Well my house and my area. Or I
should say the Lords house and the Lords area. SMALL WORLD! I am doing good, brazil is crazier then ever, but I love it. Its really hot and it rains a lot too. There is a lot of people and a lot of buses and cars. Good story about buses.....so they will pack the buses full of people haha its amazing how they can fit so many people in the buses, anyway one night I got on the
bus and there was so many people I couldn’t fit all the way in the bus so the doors stayed wide open and I was hanging on the door with one hand and and one leg was on the step of the bus, my other half of my body was just
outside of the bus dangling haha It was AWESOME!!! Then when cars and other buses would pass they would be like 6 inches way from me......cool experience.! I have a really good comp he has been out 7 months and he is a district leader and he is a trainer, he is a really good missionary, its funny everyone think he is American cause his Portuguese is so bad. I am doing good, the mission is really hard I don’t feel like I am getting any better and I feel like I tell you guys how bad I am doing I am sorry, but its hard, this language it a pain in the rear. haha But I think I know why I was sent to brazil I have never had patience in my life and I think I am paying for it right now! I have learned so much on my mission and I cant wait to learn more. Dad you were right, this is like a roller coaster up and down up and down sometimes I get sick cause I have so many ups and
downs. I am working really hard and I love the book of Mormon its my favorite thing to do right now- read, read, and read. I know I have only 2 months out but I was thinking when I come home we should make a trip to Mexico or somewhere with the family, Florida or Nevada ( ha ha jk about Nevada) but its just a idea so you guys can talk and save some money. Ok
well I have to go clean my house yeaaaaaaaaaa......haha well I love you all and I hope everything is going good with out me at the house. I love you mom and dad and Zack and nana and the rest of the family.

Oh ya- we had another baptism this last Saturday which completed another
family cool huh.

Love,
Elder Reiss.