This week flew by! it felt like yesterday i wrote to you guys. imhaving a ton of ufn. i love it here in togo,people are so nice, there is always a lot of sun.... im teaching a lot more now though. as i mentioned in my last letter,im teaching about four to five hours a day.

im eating really well. we have one of our investigators come and drop fresh bread off in the mornig. it is warm and delicous... and onlycosts 40 cents per loaf! so we usually get one or two each. i eat oat meal and bread with jam in the morning. they sell boxes of oat meal here, so i usually eat that.

 church is only twohours long... i really like that.

im glad you guys are having fun in france!

 we invited this investigator named chacha to getbaptized november 1! there is one ofour investigators who had a baptism date set, but is pregnant and not married... and itisnt her boyfriends either... even after all that she has been through, she still wants to be baptized!

the internet is really bad here, and im trying to send you this letter.

im staying healthy, and hydrated. im taking my doxycycline everyday.

ive eaten at a members house now three times. it was really good.

i hate doing laundry... but its a good arm work out

i love you and miss y ou guys!

Hello familly, friends! afunyarea? acéa? haha évé is so hard to learn!!!!

im loving it here! i love the peole, i love the food, i love the atmoshere, the sun,  and even washing laundry by hand!(ok maybe not the laundry)

it has been a crazy week, it has gone by so fast! the other day it was super hot and sunny, i was like"i dont need my rain poncho"... next thing i know, it was pouring rain. seriously. i was wondering where noah was because we were going to need an arc to get to our next appointment

it is seriously super hot here though, so the rain was nice.... until the streets were flooded and it got super humid.... and you know what, i love it.

ive been teaching a lot more this week wich is awesome. we have a baptism date set for this fifteen year old girl named shaolin (yes river, like your twitter name) she goes by chacha though. we are hoping to baptize her the 1st of november!

 we taught this lady named mary i call the hard core catholic lady that scqres me. her and my companion were bible bashing for about a minute or two then i started teaching her the first lesson. she was instantly listening to me, and i could tell that was feeling the spirit. after i finished, she started yelling at me! she told me that i didnt have the right to say my religion is the only correct religion on the earth. she than asked me who gave me the right to say that. i looked at her and said "god". she stopped talking pretty quickly, and got the idea that i wasnt here to mess around. she turned to my companion and started to yell at him again... anyways, we are meeting with her on wednesday. im terrified.

most of our lessons are acually taught outside next to the road. people pull out wooden stools and cynderblocs and we teach the lesson tight there.

i love this place. i love the hand shakes, and the fact that church is two hours long!

i love you all! hope you are all staying safe and taking your malaria pills!

Some pictures Alex sent

Hello parents,

Its another crazy week. im getting used to the missionary life. its going good. im eating really well: ,e and one other missionary put out money together to cook food we like: they have a lot of french grocery store markets here like super u and champion,. we go there to buy jam; peanut butter...ect. the other day i made crepes oeuf jambon. unfortunatly i huad to use powdered milk. they came out really really good though: we didnt have ham either so we used hoyt dogs:. i am oonly using the filtered waterd for everything!!! the water is filtrered three ti,es;, and thn i filter it again with the water bottle they gave us at the mtc. im taking my malaria pills abnd sleeping under my net everyday.

it is really poor here. the roads are dirt and filled with trash. im teaching a lot though, except for my companion loves to talk, so i dont say a whole lot.

im having fun; and really trying to take care of my health. you can buy a lot of american products here...

i washd ,y laundry by hand. that was...interesting. it really works out your arms; and hands:

im having fun. i miss you guys, i think of you both everyday. elder potter, the a,erican im with said the days go by slow, but the weeks, and months go by fast. its so true: i miss you guys. im trying not to count down the days because i know that willmake the time go by slower:

i love you both so so so much, i hope you are staying sqfe!

love, alex

Alex in Togo

So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.

Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:

When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...

That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.

I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.

IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.

Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.

Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:

my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.

and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.

im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!

i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible

elder alex magre

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Beatrice Magre <magrebeatrice@gmail.com>	10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
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So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.

Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:

When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...

That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.

I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.

IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.

Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.

Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:

my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.

and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.

im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!

i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible

elder alex magre

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Beatrice Magre <magrebeatrice@gmail.com>	10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva

So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.

Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:

When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...

That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.

I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.

IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.

Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.

Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:

my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.

and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.

im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!

i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible

elder alex magre

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Beatrice Magre <magrebeatrice@gmail.com>	10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva

So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.

Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:

When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...

That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.

I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.

IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.

Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.

Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:

my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.

and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.

im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!

i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible

elder alex magre

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Beatrice Magre <magrebeatrice@gmail.com>	10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva

So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.

Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:

When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...

That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.

I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.

IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.

Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.

Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:

my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.

and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.

im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!

i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible

elder alex magre

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Beatrice Magre <magrebeatrice@gmail.com>	10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva

So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.

Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:

When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...

That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.

I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.

IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.

Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.

Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:

my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.

and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.

im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!

i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible

elder alex magre

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Beatrice Magre <magrebeatrice@gmail.com>	10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva

So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.

Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:

When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...

That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.

I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.

IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.

Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.

Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:

my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.

and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.

im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!

i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible

elder alex magre

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Beatrice Magre <magrebeatrice@gmail.com>	10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva

So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.

Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:

When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...

That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.

I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.

IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.

Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.

Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:

my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.

and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.

im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!

i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible

elder alex magre

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Beatrice Magre <magrebeatrice@gmail.com>	10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva

So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.

Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:

When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...

That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.

I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.

IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.

Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.

Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:

my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.

and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.

im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!

i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible

elder alex magre

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Beatrice Magre <magrebeatrice@gmail.com>	10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)
to maeva

So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.

Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:

When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...

That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.

I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.

IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.

Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.

Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:

my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.

and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.

im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!

i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible

elder alex magre

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Beatrice Magre <magrebeatrice@gmail.com>	10:25 AM (16 minutes ago)

So much to tell you guys! I arrived in Benin last tuesday. We left the Ghana Mtc at about _ am and arriat the mission home at about 3pm.The airport wasnt as crazy as ghana. things went much more smoothly and thing were much better organized.

Benin is so so so much hotter and more humid than ghana.its crazy:

When we arrived at the mission we signed a ton of paper work for visa stuff.  Sister morin then made lasagna with salad; and juice! it was nice to eat something other than rice and chicken...

That night, she gave us our malaria pills,our mosquito nets and a filtration water bottle... that water bottle can seriously filter anything.

I arrived wednesday in my first district. Kodjoviakope, Togo! it is located on the togo ghana boarder.... so it isnt as hot as benin here. We drove about four hours to get here.

IT is super poor here.TOgo is apparently more developed than Benin. IN Benin the power isnt stable and cuts out 5 to6 times a week, and the water will cut out for weeks at a time: Here in togo, it only cuts out a few times, but only for about an hour: The roads here are made of dirt and littered with trash: plus, people use the side of the road to use the bathroom so it smells bad.

Little kids here are awesome. they always run up to me and hold my hand just so they can touch a white person. As im walking they always scream yovo which means white in there dialect: Im trying hard to learn some.

Im eating really well here. We can buy peanutbutter; jam cereal and a bunch of other foods ze can buy in the states. ive eaten at a members house twice and havent gotten sick: people here live in these tinny shacks. we taught a woman who lives in a house the size of my bathroom. her bed was a tarp in the corner:

my companion is elder kognani from the ivory coast: I really like hiim. this is his second time in this area and people like him a lot. Oh; raph a ton of missionaries here know you: i am in the same apartment as elder potter.

and elder gnamien a mission in the same apartment as me; and who was with me at the mtc was taught by regis!!!! he is also from the ivory coast.

im teaching about 4to 5 hours worth of lessons a day! and church was only two hours long!!!!

i love you guys so much! ill try and send pictures but the internet is horrible

elder alex magre