One Year?‏

Hey Family,

This week is sure to be a wet and wild one. Yes, wet. We (actually, the bishop) will be baptizing Luiza Mery de Oliveira Saturday night at 8 pm. Unfortunately, there is bound to be some more running before the font gets filled. Yesterday was Stake Conference (on the other side of the river in Itajai) and we had scheduled for the Zone Leaders to do the baptismal interview right after the meeting. I scheduled with them last Tuesday, and confirmed last Friday but they still forgot. But everything is bound to work out because the Zone Leaders want to do a division/split/companion exchange with us Tuesday. As such, a leader will be here to do the interview tomorrow night. We hope to baptize 11 year old Anderson here in about two weeks, but the next baptism is still a question mark. Don’t worry, the Lord will provide when we do our part.

Wow, I need to apologize to you guys and Emma. I said I was going to send a letter to the house for Emma, and then didn’t get it in the mail. Sorry. We had 3 bills mysteriously arrive at our house in the middle of a bad week… financially speaking. I should still have the money I need to send the letter after shopping today, so that letter should be in the mail pretty soon. I truly am sorry to all those who have been affected by this money mismanagement. Please forgive me.

Well, not a whole lot is happening in the life of Elder Hawsmo right now. Tuesday I will be in Itajai working with Elder Harmon while Elder Flores is here with Elder Lacerda. Next week I’ll probably spend another day over on the other side of Itajai working with Elder Bateman while Elder Pimentel is here with Elder Lacerda. We are now under a little pressure to do divisions/splits every transfer so we’re making sure to get them done. Next week will be interviews with the president, and the next week (June 4th) will be Zone Conference.

Mom: I’ve had 2 different members tell me that shoes have to be sent separately, and generally a few weeks apart. If you guys REALLY want to send those shoes, you can, but don’t worry about it too much. If all else fails, I can probably get you Elder Flores’s home address in Lehi. His dad is coming to pick him up next month and he might be able to bring them down. But don’t you dare stress yet. My shoe size should be around 12 or 13. Either one should do.

Sorry about the short letter. I should have much more to share in the weeks to come.

The weather is STILL hot, the font is filling up, and I’m fine so stop worrying about me.

Packing for Itajai,

Elder Haws(mo)