Hello Hello

Sorry for writing this on Wednesday.  We were in Paris on Monday and yesterday was labor day and so today we are taking our P-day.  How is everything going.  I hope everything is good and that everyone is happy and well.  Things here are going well.  It is the last week of the transfer and chances are that i am leaving so heads up who knows where i could be heading off to.  I don't know.  That is for sure.  Hope to go to a city called Strasbourg but i don't know what will happen.  We'll just wait and see.  Ummm....  Oh yes so the brothers got your package!!  they loved it and they loved how personal it was for each one of them they want to write back to you and thank you.  They felt so much love and honestly they say that they feel like they are a part of the Brothers.  For each one of them their favorite part is not the ties or the shirts it is the picture of the brothers.  they feel so much love from the fact that you are thinking of them.  Charles told me when they got the package they started dancing and singing because they were so happy!  So funny.  Really that was such a sweet package and each one of them is so thankful for it.  They all are looking forward to meeting you guys.

So this week was cool.  We were in Paris for our mission council which went well and then we came back to brussels and got started working right away.  Last week we taught for the first time in my mission a 20 lesson week.  We got in fact almost all of the standards of excellence in the mission which was really cool and satisfying.  We did work hard last week.  Things with me and Elder Petersen are fantastic.  He is such a great Elder and we get along very VERY well.  He is super great.  Things here are still kickin and Carlos should be baptized this weekend.  Another one of the brothers!  Haha they are so great and each one of them is actually staying active.  Also Michel has now the Aaronic priesthood and is just so great. He is the man and such a miracle find.  Other than that not much has happened.  I feel the end getting closer and closer and i don't like it.  I also have been weighed down by these thoughts of breaking up with Afton and that is actually weighing me down a lot too but i am trying to keep on going.  I need to work HARDER!  I don't feel super effective right now and so i need to change.

Well We are in may and that means it is almost MOTHER's DAY!  I get to call home.  I was planning on doing that around 4 or 5 our time so 7 or 8 your time.  I hope that works.  I will try to call with skype but you never know if we'll find someone.  We'll plan more next week but yeah i really look forward to talking and opefully seeing everyone!  That will be such a blast!  I also loved the videos that were sent!  Carson is a baller!  Connor that is cool that you are working so hard on your eagle scout and that is so great that you are looking out for others!  Keep it up brother.  Well i love you all so much and i am so thankful for all of you!  We'll talk to you later

Elder Hoopes