Hey Family,
How are things going this year? I hope things are going good for you. I just opened Dad’s letter that had those papers for me to sign. I signed and dated one this morning but left the middle part blank where we have to disclose my current financial status. I don’t know which one describes me so I’ll let Dad handle that. Let me know in an email what I should date the other one as and then I’ll get that shipped to you guys as well.
So, we spent Christmas and New Years with a member by the name of Renato. This man is a stud. He is kind of a computer guy (the computer he has will always be 3 years ahead of any other computer in Brazil) but he is great with us Elders. He has done visits and everything else with the Elders every since his youth down in Porto Alegre. He reads, writes, and speaks English. He is addicted to the Simpsons, Heroes, and Prison Break. He is just a great man to be around. He told us the same thing that he tells every American missionary that passes through his area. If anyone can give him a Utah Jazz Jersey, he will by the missionary an entire uniform of a team here in southern Brazil.
Elder Wright and I were talking with him about the current Jazz Players. He knows none of them. He just knows that the Jazz tend to be at the heart of sports in Mormon Culture and he wants to be part of it. Here’s the ridiculous part. I remember seeing Spencer and Brianna with custom Jazz jerseys. How much did those cost? Since he doesn’t know any players I thought we could make him his own. If that is incredibly expensive: DO NOT DO IT. If it’s a resonable price... please do it. Use my money, use money people want to donate to me for Christmas or my Birthday or whatever. The name would say RENATO and the number would be 7. Just send it to me and I’ll work out the deal. Again: Expensive-NO, Reasonable-YES. The deal is that I would end up getting an official uniform, complete with Jersey, Shorts, and socks of Gremio. Gremio is a team based out of Porto Alegre that nearly everyone in Concordia worships.
Life is sorf of sad right now. Elder Da Silva, the man who has been my Zone Leader since I came to the mission, went home last week. We had become good friends here on the mission. He trained the only Elder in the mission that is taller than me. 6’7”. Da Silva and I always did splits together when we were in the same area. He really was like a brother to me out here. I’m glad that he now has the opportunity to go home and be with his family but I’m definately going to miss him.
Now to answer a few of mom’s questions. My first companion (Elder Martin) had/has a portable DVD player. There is also a TV and a DVD player at the church, so that’s were Elder Wright and I watch movies without a portable. When the mission isn’t REALLY low on a money we get a bus with a DVD player to take to Zone Conference in Lages. Twice we didn’t get his luxury and a few people were more than a little upset. President Dansie lets the Zone Leaders decide what movies their Zone can watch. Everyone can watch Disney and Cartoons (We get to watch Pirates because it is Disney). The Zone Leaders almost always let us watch Spiderman and Harry Potter. What were the rules on movies in Warren, Mindy, and Spencer’s missions? I remember Spencer saying that a bunch of Elders got together to watch Lord of the Rings during Marti Gras. How did that work out? Was he a Zone Leader or something? Was Warren? Oh well. I guess it’s not that important.
I mailed you what happened at transfers with that paper for Dad. You’ll just have to wait a couple weeks to find out who left.
Typing Without Spell Check,
Elder Haws(mo)
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