Week 52/53

Week 52:
This past week was definitly a crazy one!! Wednesday was one of the worst days I've had on the mission, including really annoying investigators, waiting for hours to be able to eat lunch *obviously working not just sitting down waiting) and having an arguement between our companionship. Everything was resolved though and we're better now!

Friday night we planned and then called the sisters to accompany them *its a rule to do it every night) and they said they needed an interview done. So we replanned and had stuff for after 7 at night because it's a 2 hour bus ride to the city where they work and we figured we could catch the 4 o'clock bus or at the very worst we would have to get the 6:15 bus and just walk straight home after. We never imagined we would be at the church and have finished the interview and have it already be 5:30. We only have 45 minutes to baptize him and ge to the other side of the city!! It's about 30 minutes to walk tot he bus station from the church there in Assis. So we called and got permission to get home late from Sister Genaro. President Genaro didn't annser his phone, nor did the President's assistants nor the Zone leaders!! So she gave us permission and we stayed to baptize him-there were no members who could. After the 6:15 bus, the next bus goes back to Ourinhos at 930!! so we got back to Ourinhos at 11ish( the bus goes faster later at night) and then still had to get all the way across the city to our house!! We didn't get to bed until midnight! It was so weird to be out so late. I haven't done anything after 10:30 for over a year so it was quite the change for me. I was soo tired. But it was all worth it to get him baptized.

The real hard part happened the next morning when we still had to wake up at 6:29 and work alld ay!! Plus we had forgoten that is was the fourth Sunday! Which means we have to give talks in sacrament meeting! So I gave the home teaching message for the month from the church magazine-nobody does their home teaching here and hadn't heard it anyways.

We'll I'm already out of time! Have a great week and I always love hearing from you guys!

-Elder Haws

Week 53:
We cut a lot of people this past week  again. We've been teaching a ton of lessons lately! We're going crazy trying to get a last baptism for Elder Halpin before he goes home (which is next MONDAY!!!) we've taught almost 50 lessons a week this past month and found tons of new investigators and even got like 25 people to church!! But nobody wants to be baptized. It's realy hard because all of our numbers show that we are waaay over due for a baptism.

This past week has gotten me all sorts of trunky!! I've heard imagine dragons (one of my favorite bands) playying three different time plus a macklemore song and at the super market they had a skiing show playing on a tv while we were grabbing some food and it made me miss skiing sooo much! Plus its crazy because once again, this is my companions last week in the field and he always makes comments about it! But its alright cause everybody wants to throw him a churrasco (bbq) since he's leaving. So we've gone to two already and have two more planned this week!

Today we tried to go bowling but th bowling alley was closed and doesn't have hours posted or anything so i probably won't ever try and go again cause its on the opposite side of town than we live or the LAN house is.

This next Sunday we'll be leaving here from Ourinhos on Sunday night to go to the Zone leaders house in Marilia so that Elder Halpin and the Zone leader that is finishing his mission too can catch their bus to Londrina on Monday morning. I'll have to hang out there, with the other zone leader (Elder Schenewark from Boston) until my comp gets there. i'm pretty sure I'll stay here in Ourinhos because its not that common to replace both the missionaries in an area at the same time. But it does happen occassionally. Because if I do get transferred I'll already be in another city without all my stuff! so I really really hope that doesn't happen.

I'm gonna miss Elder Halpin, he's a cool guy and I'm nervous to see what happens in our distric this transfer, anything could happen!!
Well have a great week, I love each of you!!

-Elder Haws