Old Faces, New Scenery‏

Hey Family,

Is winter really coming to a close up there? Things starting to heat up? I know how you feel. Everyone seems incredibly proud to announce that the hottest month of the year is March. Good times. I'm not too worried. The heat is nearly as bad as the summer rains. Sometimes we have perfectly blue skies all day, and still manage to get two or three big hits of 15 minute rain showers. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but no one else is complaining so I won't.

Carnaval came to a close on Tuesday night so we've been back to the regular work schedule ever since. I can't imagine being in Chad's shoes. 7 pm curfew for any longer than 5 days is ridiculous. I d='t know how things are there, but down here almost all of our investigators get home from work at 6:30 and can't receive visits until around 7. Best of luck to him.

Mom, I would love to send another postcard or two, but I won't be able to this week. You forgot to include any addresses. Just let me know who (WITH THEIR ADDRESS) and I'll find a way to get them mailed off.

This week I had a fun little surprise. As we were walking through the streets Saturday before lunch a lady walked up to us and started a conversation. She mentioned that she wanted us to come by her house because her son got baptized two years ago but has recently fallen away from the church. She said that all she or her husband want is for him to be active in the church because it is the best place for him to be to stay out of the ways of the world. She also mentioned that her daughters read the Book of Mormon and want to be sister missionaries. When I mentioned that we would be more than happy to stop by, she mentioned that the son had been baptized in Xanxere. I quickly asked his name, and upon learning his name was Jackson, immediately remembered him. I went to journal yesterday and found his baptism. On the 27 of September of 2007 Elder Martin (my trainer) interviewed him for baptism. After the interview he went so far as to ask me to baptize him, but due to the incredibly long distance from my area, I couldn't. It truly was the hand of the Lord that brought me to this area so that I could help him and his family. The Lord works in mysterious ways from time to time.

March is upon us, the sun is shining down, and I'm fine so stop worrying about me.

Soaking up the Sunshine,
Elder Haws(mo)