Hey Family,
What is Dad trying to tell me? I just got an email telling me that the World Series will be this weekend, and that the Rockies are already in. When did the Rockies get good again. He was also kind enough to give me the score of Game 7 of the AL Championship game in the middle of the 6th inning, but only managed to tell me that the Red Sox were winning. Who is/was the other AL team? How did the Orioles do this year? The Braves? The Cardinals? I left a couple weeks into the season and it’s already the end! Have I been in Brazil that long?
The work is continuing like usual around here. Lots of people to teach, lots of people accepting commitments, few people keeping commitments, and it seems the only investigators that are going to church are a Elizete and Jennifer. Jennifer is 5, her brother Roberto served a mission and is currently the 1st counselor in the branch presidency. Their mother, Elizete, has been active in the church for over 2 years now but can’t get baptized until her divorce papers are finalized. Anybody back home have ideas about convincing people to go to church that doesn’t involve dragging them behind us, like we normally do on Sundays?
Life is good though, so don’t worry. Today is Elder Wright’s birthday so we will go have cake and the Manicoba’s house for part of P-day and then after proselyting tonight we are ordering a pizza. It should end up being a good day. It’s just too bad he has to serve in an area of just hills on his birthday. Many thanks to the family for delivering my letter to the Trombones. I’m glad to hear that my Cougars are still tearing it up on the field. Right now you’re a little ways into the NFL season. I should be getting another stack of BYU updates and other letters at Zone Conference on November 5th, but until then can I get an email updates on Beck, Harline, Coates, and whoever else might have made an NFL roster?
My buddy Brock Huber from BYU (we lived on the same floor in DT and played basketball intramurals) arrived in the mission two weeks ago but is serving in the northern part of the mission (up near Joinville) an area called Boa Vista. I have begun to wonder if I will encounter him in the mission before returning home. The same fear has crossed my mind with regards to the other Elders from my MTC district. No fears though. The Lord is in control and he generally does things right.
I hope you all got the info about the Pouch dying. It will still function in the other parts of the world, but the rest of the Elders and I here in Brazil will have to fend for ourselves. There is a new protocol for packages that will be implemented now and continue until the end of January. Normally the office staff has to go to the post office to pick up the packages that come for the missionaries. Because Christmas is around the corner and a LOT of packages will be coming they have asked for all packages to be sent to the office itself until February. That address is:
Elder Haws
R. Feliciano Nunes Pires, 42 Centro
CEP 88015-220
Florianópolis- SC Brasil
We’re already two weeks into this transfer. It’s unbelievable. There is a really good chance I will be getting the boot in November. The official day of the transfer will be Wednesday, November 21 but I will find out what’s happening Sunday the 18th and pass word to you guys Monday the 19th.
I love you all. The city is either flooding or burning underneath the Brazilian sun. The work’s great and I’m doing fine so stop worrying about me.
The Only Elder who has ever asked for his family to send him a potato peeler,
Elder Haws(mo)
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