Mission Hobo; Mission week? 4th week as AP (Sept 30, 2024); Area: Curitiba Centro

 CHAMA! What's good y'all? Welcome back to another email from Elder Hyatt! Man these past weeks have been so crazy!!!! I gotta tell you guys!!AMA! What's good y'all? Welcome back to another email from Elder Hyatt! Man these past weeks have been so crazy!!!! I gotta tell you guys!

Being Assistant

So firstly, I definitely wasn't prepared for this when I was told that I was going to be Assistant to the Presidnt, hahaha. I literally feel like a hobo because I am never at my house nor my area. I mean, yeah, I take care of other missionaries, but I almost always have a suitcase in hand. It's been crazy. From conversing with President, to burning the mission, to traveling back to my first areas it's been nuts! Anyway let me go into some cool experiences!

Exhausted

The first week was tiring. I never knew that working and divisions all day everyday and trying to keep up high energy and also have miracles happen would be so tiring. I would come home and just pass out in bed. One needs to know so much and you are constantly in contact with people as well. I honestly don't know how President Bikman handles everything.

Ponta Grossa 

Two weeks ago I was in Ponta Grossa for the first time in almost 8 months!! Went back to my very first area, Jardim Florença!! It was so awesome! Got to see so many people like Mateus, Bia, Yan, Marisol, Irmã Glaurys e a familia dela. The next day I went back to Dalcol and saw Luiz Thiago! Also saw some of the people that I helped! It was really cool aside from the horrible rain storm that hit. Then I ended the week in Jardim Verona with Elder Peterson and Elder Benjamim. Spent Saturday and Sunday working with them, and it was a blast! I got the chance to baptize there as well. I did an interview for a girl and at the end she said that I could baptize her! It was a great and funny weekend where I also ran into João Victor!!! On p-day we got the first bus back at 6:30 am and later that day we had to shoot a podcast, so stay in tune for that!

Só Água 

This week we went back to Almirante Tamandaré because one of our friends named Thiago wanted me to baptize him. We went there, got everything organized and we were able to baptize his at the very end of the day. It was so cool because it's been months since we found him and now he is finally apart of the rebanho de Deus. The next day I went with Elder Salmon and Elder Collins in Campo Magro. It was so fun because we went to a giant favela and we talked with a bunch of people, one of which was a lady who has been going to church for 4 months now who wanted to be baptized that night. We organized everything with the ward and well, she got baptized!!! It's truly been a hard and exhausting week, but completely worth it.

Well that's a basic summary of the transfer so far. We just started the 4th week and it doesn't even feel like it. Anyway, I'll continue to keep y'all updated.

Elder Hyatt

New Horizons; Mission Weeks about 75-80; Area: Curitiba Center

 Hello all! I'm happy to inform you that another transfer has flown by and again I had to pack my bags and leave. It was sad to leave such a great area with some amazing people and members. I will miss them greatly.

 I am now in the dead center of the great city of Curitiba! My new area: Ala 4. My new assignment: Assistant to the President. 

Yep, yesterday as we were running around sweating in the hot and humid weather of Colombo we got a call from President Bikman who gave me the news that I would be the new assistant. I cannot lie, it shocked me, but what do you do ya know? So the rest of the day we were helping people get baptized in other areas and then we finally returned to our area where Irmã Fernanda and her son Mihael gave us cards and then cake. Afterwards we also got more cake from Irmã Eliane which was also great! I ended up getting transferred last night which was fun and exhausting. I also had the opportunity to take the old Assistant to the airport and watch him return home. It was weird watching him go and realizing that here in a few months I too will be stepping on a plane home. Anyway, on my first day we just had to take care of transfers and make sure everyone got home safely with all their stuff. Then when everyone finally left, I was able to have peace and had time to return to the apartment and take a 30 minute nap. I truly needed one.

One miracle that happened this week was that Irmã Juliana, the mom of the American boys, was baptized Saturday! It was so cool to watch and to be there because President Bikman baptized her and it was such a special moment for her. After her baptism, she send us a message asking if there was anyway we would be able to help her friend, who lives far away, go to church. Of course I jumped to the front and started working on getting in contact with the missionaries. As I was talking with her and her friend I came to realize that Raissa lives in Sweden!! That's so cool! I was able to get all her information and was able to confirm her for church with the help of my secretary buddy Elder Cutler. (Side note: Elder Cutler and I are roommates now kkkk). We are praying that all goes well for her and her family!

Anyway there is more that has happened, but I am super tired to write or remember right now. Next week will be way better.

Elder Hyatt