Not again...

Hey Family,

How’s life up there in Idaho? The goalposts are still orange? BYU dropped a game? Elder Haws got transferred? Again? Yes.

Life is crazy. One day you’re in Florianopolis, the next day you’re on a bus to Joinville. Don’t even ask. I’m still confused as to why I’m here. The fact of the matter is that I’m serving in the Itaum Ward, with one other companionship. My companion is Elder Hill (Orem, UT… kind of) and the other companionship is Elder Stokes (Poky, ID) and Elder Coburn (GEORGIA). 4 gringos in the same house. The members were more than a little startled by this outcome. The other three elders got here 2 weeks ago (when I went to Rio Tavarez) so we’re basically enjoying 2 white washes. Good times.

Joinville is the largest city in Santa Catarina and has around 7 or eight different companionships in the city. Luckily we can still have big P-days. We just have to make a couple phone calls before hand. Joinville is famous for raining every night. Right about the time the sun goes down the drops come down. Just to make matters better, during the summer it becomes on of the HOTTEST cities in the mission. Wish me luck! Pray for cloud cover.

Mom had mentioned something about a Christmas package. To tell you the truth, I hadn’t even realized that Christmas was right around the corner. I think I’m going to be here for Christmas, but there’s no way to know. I served in 3 different areas over the course of 11 days. I think President Queiroz might be having a good laugh about this one. Who knows?

Package? It’s not worth it to send clothing. Candy is always a nice addition. I think what I would like is food from back home. The sauce packets were awesome. Maybe a box of cereal. Mac and Cheese (NOT EASY MAC. Other families sent easy mac to missionaries but we don’t have microwaves), stuff like that. Don’t send ramen noodles or cake mixes, I can find them both down here. Besides that, just be creative. I trust you guys. If I get anything I don’t want, it’s easy to give stuff away to people who will use it. Thanks for everything.

The sun is hot, the rain is constant, but I’m fine so stop worrying about me.

Leaving my bags packed,
Elder Haws(mo)