Baptismal Planning‏

Hey Family,

Winter is coming to a close. Who would have thought it? Life is good but it’s getting hot and I’ll probably be sun burnt tomorrow. This morning we went to Itajai for P-Day. The idea is that we’d be hanging out with both Itajai groups, but Elder Bateman and Elder Farias didn’t show up. But lucky Michael was there. Kind of. The Brazilain people have stolen the name “Michael”, but are incapable of spelling. In order for it to sound like “Michael” they have to spell it “Myckon” “Micon” or “Mikon”. Anyways, “Michael” is a 20-something year-old high counselor in the stake. Yeah. Figure that one out. He’s fluent in English so its fun to hang out with him. We played random little games of soccer and a 3-on-2 “racist” game of basketball. Elder Harmon and I managed to beat Elder Stephanou, Elder da Rocha, and Michael by a score of 7-3. The hoops were around 9 feet tall any thought of a jump shot was a complete joke. Just to show whose country invented the sport we made sure to end it with a dunk. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

We will be having a few baptisms this week so I hope to have some pictures in the email next week. We’ll be baptizing two sons from a recently re-activated family. One is 11 and the other is 8 so only one will really be a baptism for the Brazil Florianopolis Mission. Then we’ll be baptizing a 13 year old girl who is best friends with a member and has been attending church for the past month. After baptizing her we’ll start working with her two sisters, her parents, and we’ve already started teaching other kids on her street. Elder da Rocha and I started counting yesterday and it looks like I’ll leave over 10 people (water ready) if I get transferred next week. No one likes that part but it’s no good to complain to the president.

I think Ramos (pronounced Hamos) will be calling you guys this week. A lady from the ward down here needs some medication that it seems you can only get in the US. Ramos will be calling (or already called) to see if you guys can help. He speaks English pretty well bust as a solid accent. Be good to him. He plays basketball.

This weekend is going to be D-Day in Barra Velha. Barra Velha is a little city about an hour north of Navegantes. During the summer it’s a busy vacationing spot for thousands, but the rest of the year it’s almost a ghost town. Let’s see what happens with 16 missionaries knocking doors. Wish us luck.

Thanks for everything. The sun is raging, the font is filling, and I’m fine so stop worrying about me.

One eye on the font, one eye on the sunscreen,
Elder Haws(mo)