hey lindsey I came back we had some time passing by and I was feelin kinda weird so I came by to see if you wrote back. my comp said tudo bem about the bom, tudo bem is all is well. hey well i got your card, becuase you mailed it to the office i got it yesterday, opened it but didnt read im saving it for tomorrow, some of the other ones are at my old house. well thanks for the email, have a great day, and thanks for everything. see ya elder hicks

Hey everyone how is life? Well I’m feeling very weird this past day. So I got transferred! Ya it was weird to leave my house. So at the transfers president goes through the list and he went deep into the list. And my name still not said so I was thinking that he forgot about me just jokingly. But at the end he said my name imp comps with Elder Ali Jarrar he is from Curtiba, Brasil. He has got 4and a half months in this area it is called Cachoeira Paulista. It is so far away from São Paulo. About a 3 hour car ride. I was called to be the district leader of our small zone- there is 5 companhanships in our zone. I have to give the training on Monday at the meeting with us- ya scary. I was shocked and it is going to be new and hard. My area is a small town in the hills about an hour or so I hear from Rio de Janeiro. Way far out there. It is a branch with two guys and 30 ladies I guess. I don’t know anything, walking to the internet was the first real walk. It is way weird. But I have also been thinking about three words a lot- they are acreditar, fé, confiar- believe, faith, trust. These are words that I am putting in my hard. To just go and do your best. I am trying to do this. It will be great here- really weird, I feel homesick for brás Cubas. Like leaving home again. Well I got the packages at the transfer so that was good since I wont be going there for awhile. Mom and dad left for the cruise. Cool. Boat ride, that would be awesome. So I’m in a new area.

That is the address- rua is road and no. is number so write the letters to there, tell dad and mom and grandma. Thanks everyone to the letters and cards for the b-day tomorrow, that was so nice. So thanks for that and the love and support you give me. I got a lot of new responsibilities but I know that these things will help me and that heavenly father knows me and you all. I hope that great things will happen here in this new area. Diligence right. Well I think that is it.

Rob your email was awesome- things I have been thinking about. So with me with my 2nd comp- he wanted to work by himself- so it sucked for me- why would I want to work like that really bad. But now I know a little better, with my last comp for the past month it was great we did everything together.
Lindsey thanks for the photos they were great to see, Sydney is growing a lot. Tell Ryan good luck with the move.
Alisa thanks for the updates about you busy and hurting life. My body hurts to, I sleep in bad beds and my back hurts a ton, I feel so old sometimes with the body. Walking all day my feet smell horrible and have tons of dead skin. Just for a glimpse of the life. Well I and my comp are going to tear it up on this field. já era. I think a nap would be nice today. Well I got to clean a house that is so dirty today.
Hey Alisa give us the crêpe recipe, and some other good recipes that are simple for me to cook up. Ya I’m an amazing chef. Well I love you guys have a great day tomorrow; your little bro is leaving the teenage years going to 20 crazy huh. Well how is the book of Mormon reading coming-
Hey in the distribution center do they have the book of Mormon in arabi- in Portuguese, I think in English it is Arabian, the language from liban, maybe someone could check that out for me, my comps dad is from there and he wants to give his dad one- please. Thanks. Well I got my pictures on cd and I’m going to mail it today to the house. Thanks for everything I’m out.
Love elder hicks

hey tell kurt thanks for mowing the lawn, dad wrote it in his letter. and get me updates about the nba next week. please-por favor. well your awesome thanks for all the love you give to me, i mailed a little package to ya right now. tell little jake hi for me, i dont recongize him now it is differeent. well see ya later. i always pray for ya.
love elder hicks

hey one mroe thing give mom and dad, and grandma my new address, because sending it pouch means i get it only a once in a while. im way out of são paulo in the country. so tell them that and to have a great trip, tell dad that his letter was really good this week. well gots to go and work, wish me luck in my fishing for people. joke bye bye
elder hicks

Hey mom-so with the packages which address did you mail them to. The office right? Because next week, next Tuesday is transfers, and I will be getting moved!!! So I hope that you mailed them to the office, if not that will suck. I got grandma’s today; some guys brought it back from the office. That is the best way. When did you mail the letters? Well it is cool. I’m going to look at photos today about a cd and then mail it soon. I have a lot of photos a cool one today, I got a haircut today too, I had way long hair.

Hey what up, new star wars cool. Well Jake is moving all over the place now. The photos, i’m going to mail soon, two cd´s, hey my house is messy-, well got to go to see ya. Love elder hicks

Hey how is everyone this week? Good. Well so about this Alaskan cruise, when are you guys leaving, and am I going to get an email next week? Hey it was a good week. We have some good people we are teaching right now. One kid, his mom is a member he will be baptized next week. a less active mom, who went to church for the first time in 7 years I think this last Sunday-that was cool, we are teaching her family and she has 5 kids that we will try to help be baptized her in the next month or so. Also some others that are good, we are trying to get a 20 year old guy and a 21 year old girl get married that already have a baby but that is a challenge big challenge. Today we played b-ball that was really fun. I was horrible, but I can still play a little bit. My and elder Eastman had a good week, a lot of funny stuff. I touched a rottweiler on the ear yesterday, he was sleeping by the fence and we walked by and I said I would touch him, I did and he instantly jumped up and he was big- it was funny. Many other funny stories. We got transfers on Tuesday and I think ill start packing tonight. Ya so. When are the parents leaving town for the party at the hicks’ house? What else- we taught a good lesson about weaknesses yesterday to a guy i’m friends with who drinks, it helped me scriptures we used jacob4:7 I think and ether 12:27 I think. I am studying about this right now. How I can learn to have more discipline and anchor myself to Christ Helaman 5:12 because I need to do better and learn to follow the spirit more. We are trying to improve with the work. I’m learning and that is good. Last week I went on a division in guararema that is in the hills I took some good pictures, it is really nice out there. I took a picture of me on a bridge for a train and a river under neathshow that one to grandpa hicks. Hey dad, Kurt, Ryan, and not Rob yet happy father’s day on Sunday. Have a great day. Well I hope all is great with all of you guys. I wish you all a great week with your crazy lives. Dad and mom have a nice trip; pick me up some cool things. Well got to go love you all. See ya
elder hicks

Hey mom thanks for all the packages that you sent and all the support. Thanks for all you do. Tell grandma that I got her package and it was sweet, she sent awesome candy, tell grandma that I love her and thanks for all the support that she gives to me, tell her that the weather here is kind of hot right now, but could cool done. Grandma thanks you are so good to me, thanks for the candy and love and letters. It helps so much. The candy was sweet though. Tell dastrups hi and Zach hi and congratulations on the goal. Mom you know the recipe for crêpes. Well next week I’ll write more. Love you all thanks for the presents and love. Bye elder hicks