"We arrived in Aguadulce from Bocas Del Torro at 1:30 AM on Wednesday despite leaving at 6 PM the day before. I was a little sad I didn't get to see much on the bus ride back since it was dark.Then, my companion Elder Perkes got really sick. So we had to stay in the house the entire rest of the week. I think he may have gotten sick from the water there. Luckily, I never got sick. Which is kind of weird I think because I am still new in this country and he has served in one of the hardest areas. Blause. An island off the coast of Panama where the water is so bad that if you drink the well water it makes your insides itch. Im hoping I get to go there though. I here its pretty cool. I haven't felt weird lately so I'm going to take that as a good sign that I didn't get a disease from the mosquitoes. This entire week of me being stuck in the house I just studied. I studied my scriptures, planned for the area, studied preach my gospel, Spanish, Kuna (Native language of Kuna people), Ngabe (Native language of Nove people), the piano, pretty much doing whatever I could to stay busy. Sewing things to fix them. Those native languages are freakn hard to understand. I found a little bit of info for them and have learned some of the basics. I had a short conversation with a Nove woman that came to our church. She thought that was cool I think. I'm glad my mission president gave me permission to study the languages. I read something somewhere that said they are closer to Korean than Spanish."
2/22/2016:
" I sent off my companion Elder Perkes. He's now back home in Washington."
"He has been a good trainer."
"Me saying goodbye to Elder Perkes and Elder Workman. I will miss them. They are pretty awesome"
"Me standing next to our tiny church. Like I said, Its just a tiny little thing we are renting. Barely holds 50 people."
"This is how crowded the new house is. It gets sooo hot!!"
"I dont sleep well because the house is an oven"
"Despite all of these trials, my testimony is building. If heavenly father wasnt helping me, there is no way that I could do this. I hope each of you are doing well. Never forget, all we need to do is ask help from heavenly father. If we do this with a sincere and humble heart, anything (even surviving the mosquitos) is possible. Love you guys!! Till next week!"
2/29/2016:
"Wednesday we did service for a family. Helped them cut down weeds in their fields with machetes."
3/21/2016:
"Just a pic I liked. This is a new area we found yesterday"
-Elder
Hawes
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