everythings going pretty good right now. ok questions.
(we had asked him these questions)
1. (Which one is your companion in the district temple picture?) my companion in the temple picture is to my left if i remember right.
2. (How many Brazilian roommates and how long will they be there?) i have 3 brazilian roommates. they are super nice and i try to practice the language with them as much as possible. they leave in a week. brazilians are only here for 3 weeks.
3. we did go to the federal police. it was fine. we waited for about 2 hours. all they did was take our fingerprints and a picture and register us. nothing too crazy.
4. tuesday devotionals are sweet. the past two weeks the speaker has cancelled, but we watched recordings of recent talks in the provo mtc. one was elder hales and the other was elder holland. elder hollands was amazing. he talked about how preach my gospel converts the missionary and then lets the missionary figure out how to convert others. he said that we as missionaries need to be our best convert. he also talked about how we dont have the right to walk away or become inactive after our missions, and how that mocks the investigators we taught and the commitments we helped them make. it was really good. tonight an area seventy is going to speak. im not sure who, but ill let you know how it goes next week.
5. when we leave the mtc we go walk around. they have boundaries that we have to stay inside. for lunch today we went to mr. cheneys and had a chicken wrap that all the missionaries said was good. it was. after email, were going to try and find a grocery store to get some snacks and then go to the paper store to get some supplies.
well thats the questions. keep them coming.
the food is still good. i think im gaining a little weight. ill have to weigh myself tonight. they have a scale. im not sick of the rice and beans yet, but close. its always meat with rice and beans. is that healthy?????
my teachers are super awesome. my morning teacher is irmao (brother) brendao. he is from ribeirao preto and served in maceio. he is funny, but he has a strong testimony and really cares for us. he told us a story about he went into an area near the end of his mission where they hadn't had a baptism for 7 months. he got there around 11 in the morning and baptized 3 by 7 that night! hahah he told us it was because he was bold with inviting people to be baptized.
my afternoon teacher is irma (sister) cardoso. she is super nice. she is from brazil but served her mission in washington dc. her english is very good. irmao brendaos english is pretty good, but sometimes choppy. doesn't matter though, because theyre only supposed to talk to us in portuguese now. haha.
i got a haircut yesterday. i had talked to some other elders and they said that the barber cuts your hair in like 3 minutes and always misses a bunch. one elder in my branch said he came back with a bullcut (bowl cut) pretty much haha. it turned out fine though. good enough.
i still haven't taken a picture here yet. were only allowed to on pday. we have a great view of sao paulo outside our window though. on the horizon you can see skyscrapers as far as you can see haha. nuts.
this last sunday we watched the testaments in portuguese with english subtitles. that's what they were showing. it was good. i understood some words, but it was pretty fast.
the language is coming. practicing speaking helps a ton. having a head start also helps. the first week we were here we had service and the lady telling us what to do only spoke portuguese. i was the only one able to understand her haha.
the lord blessed me with the best family in the world. stay strong and do your best. the only way to happiness is the lords way. spend time together as a family. i love you. thanks for your support.
Elder Hawkley
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