Hey Family,
December is upon us here in Concordia. It makes me sick to think that you guys have snow. Lots of cold, white snow. Saturday we were eating lunch with Roberto and Elizete in deadly heat. They have a clock that tells the temperature as well as other things. It was placed directly in front of a fan that was on high and the temperature still read 90 Fahrenheit. This is only the beginning of a Brazilian summer. I WANT SNOW!!!
The days seem to be getting longer. Fasting this last weekend was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. 24 hours without food wasn’t hard at all. It was the burning sun combined with constant hills that made my soul yearn for the sensation of cool water coursing down my dry, burning throat. As soon as Sacrament Meeting was over we ran to another classroom, said a prayer to end our fast, and made QUICK work of a 2 Liter Grape soda that we had bought on Saturday. I drank more water, juice, and pop in the first two hours after the fast than I ever drank in an entire week back home. This is good to be a good, hot summer. Everyone tells me I haven’t felt anything yet. Mindy used to complain that when the family didn’t pray she had to eat fish. I think that you guys should all say a couple extra prayers in my behalf to see if we can’t get some SNOW in Concordia. Please?
Our new apartment is NEW. Brand new. Just built. The only problem is that is located on top of a hill. A GOOD hill. There was nothing available near the flat, center of the city. Our apartment is a little smaller than the old one, we have a little less furniture, and the Dansie’s are coming by tonight to check it out which means we get to do some extra sweeping and mopping. Plus we have to drill some holes and get some curtains up. Sister Dansie doesn’t like having any windows that people can see into. We even had blinds on all our windows at the old apartment… that was on the fourth floor of the building. Ah well, sometimes you have to make sacrifices to keep the Mission President’s wife happy.
I keep hearing all these little pieces of information about my Cougars. I want to get my letters so I can read EVERYTHING about what has been happening. Football ranked #17, Volleyball going to the Regional Semis; everybody decides to make national headlines when I leave. Just make sure that my Cougars keep winning next year so that when I get back I can push them into a REAL Bowl Game. Maybe by my senior year we’ll be bringing home the championship! Yes, I know that is quite a big dream. Leave me be. I have the faith.
The work is just as difficult as ever. We’ve had some ministers from other churches telling people that it costs $15 to get any item from our pass-along cards. We have a bunch of people that are ready to jump in the water; we just have to get them to church another time. In nearly 5 months here it’s still the same people that seem to be ready for baptism. We just have to get to work and finish the job now.
Other info: I can’t open the picture of the band that Mom sent November 18th, the powder Gatorade mix would be a great thing to put in a package, peanut butter, as of right now we don’t have any concrete plans for where we will be on Christmas but you can probably call me at around 10 AM (Idaho Time). I will be getting the information about HOW to call Brazil today. I hope to have all the Phone Call stuff figured out by next week. I figure 10 AM would let Dad sleep in until 9 before opening presents and then after an hour (and before scones) you could give me a call. Just let me know if that won’t work out.
The work is good, the sun is hot, and I’m fine so stop worrying about me.
Praying for a Blizzard,
Elder Haws(mo)
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