Hey Family!
Well we had 4 baptisms this week! We baptized Christina (18), Lais (12), Richard (11), and Daniel (11). Christina is a girl I contacted on the sidewalk outisde her house. She already has an 8-month old boy and is not married. She is super awesome and we talked a lot about the temple during teaching and she is super excited to go the temple and wants to marry there someday. Lais and Richard are brother and sister and Daniel is their cousin. They all live together. Their mom´s have been inactive in the church for a long time. Their moms drink "pinga" (alcoholic drink) all day long, and their dad is in jail. Its super sad. The mom of Lais and Richard is 4 months pregnant and just drinks all day long, without eating or drinking water. We´re doing our best to help them, but they have to want to stop. Thats whats hard. The kids are awesome and the church will save them. The baptismal service was good. A little girl in the branch was also baptized. Richard was super scared. The first time his foot came up and he did not want to do it again. Eventually we were able to baptize him haha. It was a little stressful for me haha. We had the baptism immediately after church sunday. The only thing i didnt like was that it felt super rushed. Lunch is the big meal here (not sure why haha they eat the same thing for dinner haha) and you could tell that everyone was ready to leave. But it was good.
Questions:
Tell us about the city where you are and what the people do for a living.
The city of Leme is a big area for only two elders and so we walk a lot haha. As far as what the people do for a living I don´t really know too much. There´s a pop factory here thats pretty big and some people work there.
What kind of stores are around there?
They have all kinds of stores. Lots of little stores with a specific thing. They really like shoes here. The shoe stores are massive haha
What do you do on pdays?
Today we got a haircut and after this we will buy groceries. After that we go home, clean the house, do laundry. I write a letter or two. Then its time to work again haha.
Any adventures or outings?
Not yet. Theres a hill close by with a statue of Christ that we may go hike one pday.
As far as the package goes I´ll let you guys surprise me. Vitamins: so a thing of vitamin c and zinc. Ideas: Laffy taffy, granola bars, honey roasted pnuts, beef jerky, a small thing of twizzlers (my current comp like them. I dont know if we will be together, but you could throw in a little thing of them just in case). I would like a narrow click pen.
Well things are going good. We are working hard. Something funny is that for a meal to be a "meal" in brazil it has to have rice and beans. Anything else: hamburger, pizza, etc is only a snack haha. I love you guys a ton. Thanks for your example and support. Stay strong and live the gospel.
Rachel - congrats on the talk. Hows school and tennis? Keep up the good work! I love you
Love, Elder Hawkley
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