Hey Family!
Well someone actually was bitten by a dog this week. And fortunately for me it was my companion haha. We were walking down a road the other night and two dogs started chasing us. One was kind of big and the other was kind of small. The big one was after me and the little one my companion. I ran and he didnt haha. He said afterward that usually when you dont run they dont bite, guess not haha. My dislike for dogs is only growing here haha. They´re everywhere. Anyway we went to the doctor today and he only has to get a vaccination if the dog dies in 10 days haha. its more of just a scratch but he says it hurts at times.
Elder D. Souza is awesome though. He has 1 year and 3 months in the field. He doesnt speak any english, so we speak in portuguese all the time. I like it that way though. He looks like you probably would picture a brazilian.
I forgot my card reader again today, will try to remember next week. Our home is really good. Its just us there.
Teaching is going good. There are definitely things to improve on, but its going well.
Zone Conference was awesome. It was in the city of Pirassununga, about 30 min away. We take a bus there every week for district meeting. I really like Pres Prieto. He spoke a lot about obedience and also said that any elder could go home without questions if they just tell him in the next interview. He wants quality missionaries. I guess this mission has a bad history. Lots of disobedient elders and Pres Viera the last president, never sent anyone home i guess. But all is well. We have interviews next week.
I did get your letter from mission ties and the pictures. I also got a letter from Elder Hardy this week! (Thanks for the letter brother! sounds like you´re doing awesome! Congrats on the baptism! You´ve got a letter coming! Work Hard!) Thanks for forwarding his email mom. please continue. Oh and i need the address of his mission office please to send him another letter.
My feet are doing alright. I still have quite a few blisters haha. Im using powder and the shoes are comfortable, we just walk a ton haha. One blister goes away and anoher one comes haha. Im definitely looking forward to the day when i don´t have blisters haha. My clothes are fine and just to clarify (haha) we dont have a washing machine. We have a tanque that spins water around haha. It could be worse though. My clothes are getting cleaned each week.
The weather here has been hot haha. Its rained once so far. I hear its just going to get hotter, but thats fine haha. I have a billion mosquito bites. They eat me alive at night. Im working on some ideas haha. I havent used the bug spray so i guess i cant complain. Maybe one day ill break down and use it. I dont like the smell or feel haha.
Yesterday i spoke in sacrament meeting. We got there and the branch mission leader asked us to speak. I spoke about the gospel of jesus christ, basically the third lesson. It actually went well. I was able to say pretty much everything i wanted to. Thankfully sacrament meeting here is the last meeting haha.
There were 75 people in church this week which was good. The work is going well. We´re having a hard time getting investigators to come to church. We walk to get them, but they give us an excuse. One thing frustrating with the work here is that a commitment doesnt mean much. Many times people arent there when you go to visit them and such. We´re working hard and trying to do our best though. We have a boy that is ready to be baptized and passed an interview but his mom wont sign the form yet. She thinks its too early. We went there last night just to continue to visit and she said her son wasnt there. He walked out a couple minutes later haha. We met his dad last night and he was really receptive though. We´re going to work with him this week. Another man wants to be baptized but needs to be married first. We have one guy that looks really good and we are helping him with the word of wisdom, but he didnt come to church this sunday. This week we´re going to try really hard to find a lot of good new investigators. We are trying to get the members to do divisions with us.
Please help the missionaries in the ward. Open our home for them to teach. Give them rides and referrals. Go teach with them if you can. If the members can find the missionaries will teach and the work will go forward more effectively. I am enjoying my time here on the mission so far.
I love you all so much. Thanks for the support. Letters are always awesome and thanks a ton for the package! FEEL FREE TO SEND A PACKAGE ANYONE! haha. Be obedient and stay strong. The commandments truely are a blessing to us. The lord uses commandments to give us blessings and as we keep the commandments, the spirit will be with us to lead and guide us. This last week we taught a guy who told us we were wasting our time and that we should throw the book of mormon in the trash. It only made me want to work harder haha. But i bore my testimony and the spirit was there. He didnt change but someday he will know. Hopefully sooner than later. I love you all!
Elder Hawkley
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