Thanks for the email! Sounds like everyone is just great! Glad the family was able to get together! Thanks for the packages and the shirts!
Pictures:
1. Our English Class this last week! Haha, the only person that came for the 2nd week in a row was Luis Feranando. Haha but it was good to see how he was doing. We taught him how to pray in English. We still have hope!
2. Luis's Baptism! He was baptized Sunday morning before the meetings and asked that I baptize him. The ward had new baptismal clothing so I decided to try it out too haha.
Things are going good here in São Carlos! Things with Elder Boren are still amazing! We baptized Luis (barely) which was awesome. He showed up way early on Saturday and nobody was at the church so he left haha. We ended up doing it Sunday morning so that he could get confirmed. It was super stressful but it worked out.
Luis is great! He is the first baptism of a man (older than 18) on my mission! He is completely changed. He stopped drinking and is really committed to following Jesus Christ and keeping the commandments. He is super funny and we are always laughing. He is pretty crazy as well but intelligent.
We are still struggling with new investigators, but we know the Lord will bless us. He is already starting to. We have some families that seem super receptive that we plan to start working with this week! There have been some obedience problems in the zone that we are having to resolve but I guess that is part. Elder Boren and I are learning and growing as we try to find solutions to the needs of the missionaries in the zone.
I know that the gospel is true! I have been studying my Patriarchal Blessing a lot lately and it is wonderful how much the Lord loves us and is willing to help us! The gospel is true and really has all the answers! I love you all so much and hope everyone has a great week!
Elder Hawkley
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