Who Taught Jonah to Talk?‏

Hey Family,

Call me crazy, but even though I have nearly one year on the mission I feel like it’s only been a matter of hours seen I’ve talked with you guys. Amazing how those things work out. I still can’t get over the fact that Jonah can hold a conversation. That’s not fair. When I left he didn’t say ANYTHING! Oh well, the nieces will be talking when Greg gets home from Korea/Japan/France. Speaking of Greg, did he ever see that movie about the penguins that surf? I saw about 15 minutes of it in Portuguese and liked what I saw. Where is he going to work until January?

This week we have Stake Conference so our water-ready investigators are going to be dry for another week. This Zone is going to explode this transfer. Elder Andrews left 7 weddings and around 15 baptisms for Elder Bateman, the Zone Leaders are going to have 7 baptisms in the next 20 days, and the Sisters are hoping for 2 next week. That’s only half the zone. Last in the past 2 months the Zone has only had 15 baptisms. We’re ready for history. Speaking of the Zone, interviews with the president are May 27 and Zone Conference is June 4.

Everybody in the ward has been going up to the temple open house in Curitiba. It’s going to get dedicated June 1st , so they are canceling all regular Sunday Services to focus on the temple. Curitiba is Josh Orgill’s mission. Have you guys heard anything about him? I sent a letter to him from the MTC but still haven’t heard back. He should already have his plan for coming home in October. Josh Tew will be home around July and Jake in September? It feels like everybody is coming home, except for the big guy. Oh well, there’s too much work to be done to think about home.

It’s supposedly getting really cold around here, but the part of me that even feels chilly these days is my feet. And even they are only cold at 6:30 AM because they spend 8 hours outside of my bed. I’m big, Brazilians generally aren’t… do the math. If it actually gets cold I’ll start wearing socks or toss a blanket on top of the bedsheets, but I still have my doubts.

I think that’s everything that didn’t get said yesterday. There is a member who wants to buy root beer and maple syrup concentrates from me. If you guys can toss those in, awesome. One of my Zone Leaders is going home this transfer and his dad is coming to pick him up. He said that if we want anything from the states he can bring stuff. If things don’t work out with the shoes I might have his dad just but a size 13 from Payless and then I’ll pay the elder here. I’m not sure yet, but whatever happens, I’m still a missionary so the shoes only matter for about 4 hours a week.

The weather is still hot, the fonts are filling up, and I’m fine so stop worrying about me.

Anticipating the Explosion,
Elder Haws(mo)