2009...

Hey Family,

The New Year is here, and so is the sun. The weather forecast is for sun this week, which is just perfect. The first dry week in Joinville will be the week I’m gone. New Years down here was pretty chill. Joinville turned into a ghost town last week. Then again, so did every city that’s not on the beach. You know that it’s a FANTASTIC week when you can knock doors for 6 hours and not talk to anybody. Don’t worry. That’s not knocking every door on the street, just the ones with doors or windows open and cars in the driveway. Apparently everyone who stayed home had such a bad hang over they couldn’t stand up. Hooray for the Holidays!?

Today I got my Trunky Email but it didn’t really tell me anything. It said I’m going home in May, and that I need to send them an email with all my information so they can buy the tickets. Basically, I just need to know President Murdoch’s address and/or email, as well as whether or not someone will pick me up at the airport. I’ve got the rest of the information.

It’s too bad Greg didn’t get his call yet, but that’s probably better. You never want to start the semester distracted. If Greg is living in Budge Hall he’s pretty close to the RB (Richards Building). If he’s got nothing to do he can run down to the RB after 4pm and play basketball. He just needs to know his student ID number and he can check out a shirt and a ball. All the courts generally have kids playing pick-up games, but the ones further down the hall (closer to Helaman Halls) are normally where the BYU guys play and the ones closer to the front doors (near the big staircase and the Field house) are where the more relaxed and/or freshman games are played. I imagine Greg will be taking the huge staircase to campus everyday. One thing that I liked to do was cut through the Tanner Building. It’s the big Marriot School of Business Building. They’ve got a pleasant indoor staircase that goes up to campus or if you’re feeling really lazy you can take the elevator.

Guess what? I’m getting transferred. I’ll be spending the next few months in Joacaba with Elder West. Joacaba is about 2 hours away from Concordia and has more hills than any other city in the mission. Wish me luck, I should be dropping a couple more pounds this summer.

The weather is fine, my bags are nearly packed, and I’m fine so stop worrying about me.

Returning to the Hills,
Elder Haws(mo)