4 in a Row!

Hey Family,

I hate curveballs. I love the fact that my Tigers and Couagrs came out with the victories this last weekend. Sometimes I wory about my boys. I had a fun debate with Elder Bateman yesterday decidedig what would be the best case scenario for a 1-loss BYU team. We both agreed that it will be nearly impossible to get back to a BCS bowl game, but we still need Utah to be a big team when we beat them... at Rice-Eccles. We were debating whether Utah or TCU needs to win when they match up with each other. A definitive answer was not reached, but either way we have our hopes set on next year.

Joinville is coming along pretty well. We’ve been knocking a LOT of doors and no one seems to like really tall guys. We did splits last week and Elder Stokes got in a couple of houses in my area. When I came back for the second visit one lady got scared and told me to get away. Fun times. Don’t worry. That sort of thing doesn’t happen a lot. As far as our house is concerned, what happens is a huge mess and a lot of English. It’s relaxing for us but the leaders probably don’t like it all that much. By the way, our Zone Conference will be next week. Elder Ellis from the area presidency is coming. The pressure is on for everyone to look good. We’re suddenly in a mad chase to fin a dry cleaner and get some shoes fixed. Wish us luck!

Wow. Outside of Utah and Idaho there appears to be a system of “short-time” missionaries. They come a serve one or two months when we’re short on missionaries. One of these short-timers went home early to finish his actual mission papers, so we had a lone elder in the area that touches ours. Luckily, we had another missionary sitting around in a threesome so we got him here quick. Unfortunately, it wasn’t instant. As such, I had to pack my bags and go live and work with the other elder for a day. In doing so I attended my 4th different ward in 4 Sundays. Is that a Haws family record? If not, I’ll try to get a fifth in this weekend. (Agronomica OCT-12, Rio Tavares OCT-19, Itaum OCT-26, Itinga NOV-2). While I was gone the other three worked together in our ward. Everyone was taken by surprise. Oh well. I’m back in my own area today.

Just to answer Mom’s question: No. I wasn’t demoted to junior for blocking the president’s shot too many times. The only thing that’s really ben changing lately is the scenery. Hopefully it’ll stay pretty constant for the next couple weeks. I hate packing my bags.

We played soccer for P-day (again), it hasn’t rained today (yet), and I’m fine so stop worrying about me.

Unpacking my bags (with much prayer and fasting),
Elder Haws(mo)