Wow! It sounds like summer in the states is
really getting busy! Utah to Wyoming to Idaho... in a week? You guys are
stir crazy from school and winter haha. How are the Pooles doing? Tudo
bem com eles? Espero que sim, e quero ouvir mais deles. Eles precisam
escrever uma carta ou vou falar em Português só! And in our defense, the
man we were going to give a hitch hike to was a happy Chinese man. He
would never hurt us!
Thank you so much for sending letters you guys. I LOVE them. And
thanks a TOA for buying me a new charger for my camera. You all still
need to see a picture of the taxis that I ride in! Hey mom: do you want
an Angolan dress or shirt of some sort? There are lots of mães on the
street that vend fabric and make clothing. I'll get some pictures for ya
and see what kind of fabric you want and what style.
The mission life is going
well. My new area is a lot closer to what I imagined it would be when I
left for the MTC. A fairly nice apartment, stepping out in the morning,
seeing some palm trees, walking down a dirt road with some sort of
African music playing, little children running around. 'Sigh' I just
love to breathe in Angola. Things are going well with investigators. I
wish we had a few more progressing, but the ones that are progressing
are coming to Christ really fast!!! One man's name is C. He speaks
English, and is super cool. He really loves the feel that he gets when
he comes to church. He hasn't quite gotten confirmation on the LdM, but
he did imply to us that he wanted to be baptized. I think he's really
excited.~
R and P had a hard time this past week. They got into
some fights, and it got pretty unhappy. R had felt like she
didn't have any friends (she can't speak Português), and was really
alone and bored. P kind of has some bad influences. He's getting
put to work for his uncle's automechanic shop. But, we took some time on
a day to visit with R, give her something to do (we're writing a
play together because she likes theatre), and to watch P play some
futeball. They're a lot happier now.
I'm starting to get pretty good at futeball myself. Each week,
the missionaries in Luanda go to the old mission home in Taletona (the
Violin's are there. they're the mission couple that is looking after us
until President Thompson gets here) to play some futeball. I play
goalie, and I'm starting to get pretty good at it... and I'm not just
saying that: I blocked a penalty shot from Elder Violin today (he is a
40 year old Brazilian man who is very passionate about soccar)! So you
should all get a ball and practice, because when I come home, you're not
getting anything past me!
I miss you guys a TOA! I can't wait to get some more letters from ya (I need to get writing too, don't I? haha).
Elder Alex Hobbs
P.S. Eu fui roubado este dia de preparação passado...
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