how's it going? its been a good week. i'll start with the questions.
1. things with the companion have been good this last week. we've been laughing a lot and getting along. he doesnt know the language very well and needs some work in the gospel. that's alright though, we've been working on the gospel during companion study. sometimes it doesn't seem like he's interested, but even that has improved this last week. i have learned a lot of patience and am working on loving him and everyone. he is from washington. not sure what else to say haha.
2. i did get the pizza party. your the BEST! thank you. last week another elder (elder paskett) in our branch got a pizza party and i got a piece of his pizza. i was going to suggest it to you, but you were one step ahead of the game haha.
3. teaching is going alright. we are now doing everything in portuguese, or at least trying haha. my companion doesn't talk much because of the lack of language. i just feel so helpless and unsuccessful during and after sometimes haha. i talked to one of my teachers and he basically said to trust in the lord and i agree. my hope is that if i do my best, stay humble, and trust in the lord, He will not let me fail. i struggle with knowing what the spirit is telling me to do. i guess it doesn't matter if i know if it's the spirit or not as long as i do it haha. in situations it always seems like we miss the need of the investigator.
4. they do have some fruits and veggies. i get some fruit. they have really good fruit salad every couple of days. every wednesday night they have homemade pizza. its good, but not pizza hut good haha. they have this dessert pizza with chocolate and bananas that is fantastic. they always have deserts, which are hit and miss. vegetables aren't ever that good, but i usually get my fruit in.
5 we exercise 5 days a week for 50 min. lately weve been playing basketball.
i can't believe i've been here for a month already. its really starting to fly now. the food is getting old now haha thats alright though.
so every sunday we sing the brazilian national anthem along with called to serve in portuguese. look up the brazilian national anthem. its nuts and super fast haha.
my brazilian roommates left today and so did the other district (american) in our branch. the roommates and the other district were way sweet. i hope we get some more brazilians.
the language is coming. i love practicing speaking, especially with the brazilians. it really is a blessing to be in brazil learning the language.
the movie this last sunday was the mountain of the lord. it was good.
so today for pday we got these smoothies that they make with fresh fruit right in front of you. i got an acai smoothie. it was sooo good.
so thats the week. for the devotional last week elder prieto spoke. it was okay. his brother is my mission president. i didn't talk to him though. tonight for devotional we're watching a dvd of elder oaks. should be sweet.
i'm coming to find that we can find the good in anything. and we have to if we want to be happy. i truly have grown a lot in the few weeks that i have been here.
i love you so much. thank you for your support and love. keep writing. stay strong. i'm glad to hear that all is well at home.
Elder Hawkley
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