Hey family!
Ill start with the questions. My companion is Brazialian. Elder D. Souza ( the D because theres other Elder Souzas haha). He is awesome. We get along and have fun and he is teaching me a lot. He is obedient too. The Lord truly blessed me with him and to be here in Leme.
We live in a "home", hard to explain i will have to send a picture. But it is nice. I think its great. For laundry we use a "tanque". Its one step below a washing machine haha. We line dry everything. You really dont know how blessed you are until you dont have something. BE GRATEFUL!
The people here in Brasil are awesome. As far as teaching is going we are teaching a couple families. The hardest thing here is that practically no one is married and they have to be married to be baptized. We have one guy that wants to be baptized and is ready but is waiting to get married. It is expensive here i guess. Some people here have little. Its been very humbling.
One family we are starting to teach has 3 little kids. One little boy that always makes me smile. He has a couple toys and i saw inside the fridge and there wasnt much. But this little kid is as happy as can be! A good lesson for all of us. Be happy with what you have. Complaining does no good (from the mouth of the worlds biggest complainer haha).
Hows my friend josh doing? Please forward his emails. We have an hour to emial every week, but we email the president too.
This week we will have a zone conference. Im excited! This past week was somewhat frustrating with divisions and stuff, but was good. I feel like i grew and learned some things. My confidence grew too. I really have been blessed in the language. I can understand and speak pretty much anything. Sometimes people dont understand me the first time but all is well. I think it means i have something else to learn or struggle with haha. But the Lord truly has blessed me.
For breakfast i normally make a grilled cheese and drink yogurt from a bag ahaha. Lunch is always good and we eat big because we dont eat dinner. We just keep working through "dinner" and then put down a good snack when we get home at night. We have an awesome neighbor that always gives us food. So far weve gotten a cake, freshly made juice, homemade bread, and soup. Im in heaven haha. Were hoping to get some more here pretty soon haha.
ATTENTION ALL PEOPLE WHO LOVE ME: SEND ME PEANUT BUTTER, PEANUT BUTTER CRACKERS, ORANGE HOSTESS CUPCAKES, ANY KIND OF CANDY, PEANUTS ARE GOOD TOO (HONEY ROASTED) haha but seriously these are the things i would ask for in a package. also another stick of deodorant. They dont have any deodorant like old spice down here haha. When sending a package and letters send it to the mission office. If i know that im going to be staying in an area for a while i may give you the address, but for now send it to the mission office. They say to write the value of the package low even if its not, because if its over a certain value, i think $50 dollars i have to pay a ton to get it out of customs (or maybe the price to send the package, either way keep it low). Maybe send 2 separate packages they said if its a lot of stuff.
Got to go. I love you all a ton. Stay strong. pictures to come next week!
Elder Hawkley
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