Elder Haws: Spreading the Word in Brazil: Week 82

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Week 82

Antonio

Well this week weas real fast! Just like all the rest of them are real fast! This next week is the last week of the transfer and then I only have three more tranfers! Time is going super fast! That means 18 weeks!!!!

Elder Helms and I baptized Antonio this week. He´s a little crazy but really funny. He didn't really open up too much at the beginning and I was ready to drop him from our teaching pool. But we finally spoke with him and his mom(he´s 53 and she´s about 82-she doesnt remember when she was born exactly and it was in the middle of nowhere os apparently she doesnt have a form?? I dunno exactly, she is missing a lot of teeth and talks and mumbled plus never went to school for a day in her life and talks with poor grammer) and convinced him to go to church. He liked it and we tried to teach him about how coffee is bad but he never believed us so we took his coffee anyways because the mom let us. He (Antonio) said that he wasn't addicted to coffee but that there was no way he would be able to go without it. He couldnt stop drinking it but wasn't addicted.... I dont know how that makes sense but it's his story. So we took it away and he didnt have money to buy more! when we asked him if it was hard to be without coffee he said no. He isn't drinking it cause we took it away and that gave us a good laugh. in his interview he still insisted that the doctor told him that coffee is good for him. he doesnt have a testimony of it yet, but he isnt drinking it and so could be baptized! he has tim eto adquire a testimony about it now!

Other than the baptism not a lot happened this week. We have waay too much fun in our house with Our zl´s and we looked a lot for house this week but the rules of the church about renting and paying up front and all that astuff are complicated so we havent found one that works with all the rules yet!

I love you all and am sorry I dont have too much else to say about this week. Next week are transfers again and i´m 50% sure that Elder Helms wont be staying here, so I´ll be getting a new comp that day probably!

Até mais!

Elder Haws

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Email:
tyler.haws@myldsmail.net

Elder Tyler Marc Haws
Rafael Pereira Martini 11-63
Jardim Carolina
Bauru, SP 17032-010

Package Mailing Instructions:

DO NOT send anything by: FedEx, DHL, UPS, etc. The mission cannot accept them and your missionary will have to pay, sometimes hundreds of dollars, to get them out of the customs office, often more than the total cost of the items sent.

The best way to send packages to your missionary is to use a PRIORITY MAIL INTERNATIONAL envelope obtained at any U.S. Post Office. The flat rate envelope is about $12.00 for up to 4 obs. Packages arrive in Brazil fairly quickly and safely in about 3-4 weeks. Priority boxes also work well but are more expensive to send.

Please use padded envelopes when sending CDs, thumb drives, or other small items. These items, when placed in a flat envelope, damage postal equipment and can be damaged during transit.

Merchandise: Clothing, food products, and merchandise should be sent direct to the mission office address. However, clothing or other dutiable merchandise often does not reach its intended destination or, if it does arrive, may be subject to customs duties that the missionary will not be prepared to pay. Small packages of nominal value may be sent through the United States Postal Service. Photographs and tapes may be included in these packages. Merchandise sent through a commercial mail carrier is extremely expensive and may be subject to customs duties, but this is the best way to send credit or debit cards.