other than my pains in my stomacho this week, things have been good. we had a double baptism Saturday for two people. that was cool, I did one and my comp did the other and thankfully they came to church Sunday to be confirmed. a lot of times people done come the Sunday after so they don’t get confirmed.
two weeks ago was independence day here and that was cool. there was huge parade with bands and all that cool stuff. I have a video but can’t send it through this I don’t think.
we had a really cool experience the other day. we are in the most dangerous part of el Salvador so we have to be really careful where we go and when. we have one investigator who lives like 10 feet from the railroad tracks and were not supposed to go there at night if it’s not lighted. we were on his way to his house during a really bad storm for a lesson and I got a really bad feeling that we should go there so I told my comp and he said the same thing but he had the feeling he needed to use the bathroom. so we turned around and he said he didn’t need to go anymore so we decided to visit one of our other investigators and her grandson.. so we got to her house and she was balling because she is really sick and she had just found out that her nephew was just told that he was going to be killed by one of the mafia members. the mafia is huge here so if they say they will kill you, they will. we gave her a blessing and she did feel better after. its amazing the feelings or the promptings of the spirit that we get when we need to be somewhere else. it’s also amazing how real it is that her nephew will die. I can’t even comprehend that, that is one of those things you see in movies..not in real life.
things are so different here. the other day we walked by a place where a bunch of prostitutes were and they were in their houses looking out at people to see if they wanted to ¨join them¨ and I saw the look on one of the girls faces and it hasn’t left my mind. she looked so sad, like she felt like she was dirt. I really wish I could do something to help her but I’m not sure there is. I never really realized how bad this world is outside the US. things are 100 times worse here and its depressing.
I’m sorry to hear about brother Lewis. but it’s also nice to know that we have to opportunity to be with our family forever and ever. it sounds like the ward is doing well and I’m grateful for the callings that I had to prepare me for my work here. I learned a lot of leadership at home and it is helping me here. a lot of people you have to be really up front with and I’m sure doing that here.
it’s exciting to hear about moms job, I bet she loves it huh haha and are you enjoying work dad? we get a lot of rain here too, the storms are worse than thunderstorms in Texas, they are bad.
ok imp pretty much out of time so ill attach some pictures and write next week. I love you all and am thankful for your prayers and support.

love, elder herman
much love from a brother to another
I don’t have any good pics of my apt so I will next week.