This last week has been incredible and we have been working so hard. There is a man named Alfonzo that we are teaching and he has been taught a little by other missionaries. We invited him to be baptised and he accepted so we are trying to get him off his tobacco so he passes the baptismal interview. The other day we were tracting down a street and ran into a Jehovah's Witness. He was very nice but we found out quickly that they have some wacked out beliefs. One strange thing he said was that we were supposed to be missionaries our whole lives, and not just two years. We asked him how we would possible get married and have children if we worked 24/7 proseliting. We told him about how every member should be a missionary, but he didn't understand and felt as though everyone had to be full time missionaries their whole lives. After a short amount of time we decided that it was pointless to talk to him and told him to have a great day and we departed. It was nice that we were able to disagree with him without bashing.My mission president is Richard Holzapfel. He is a very well known man and was the head of religion at BYU. He has written many books and done seminars in many countries. If I had any doctrinal questions, I'm sure that he would know all the answers to just about anything. The area I am currently in is Tuskegee. It is a very small area and quite a bit of country. It is about as black as the last area I was in and the branch includes about 30 people. We have been told to focus mostly on the youth in this area, so we will be setting up a BBQ this next week for the ward and we go to some young mens houses occasionally to play a little basketball to keep a good relationship with them and keep them active.As for some of the animals here, there are some that are cool and some, not so much. I got to see fireflies for the first time and they are so incredible. It's weird to think that an animal can create light with their body. There are also cardinals which you for sure don't see in Utah. Some of the animals that are not so pleasant are cockroaches and spiders that we have a lot of fun with disposing of. The work is continuing to press foward and I love serving. Elder Butts