How is it that when you have no time, your computer is always SO SLOW??!! hahahaha but so it is.
Today we went to the temple. It was wonderful and the Spirit was so strong there and it was a little emotional for me considering there won´t be many more times that I will be able to enter into the Brazil Curitiba Temple. I have been having some weird feelings lately, and some weird dreams. All about coming home and such. I am really very nervous. but it has to happen. I would love to stay here on the mission and keep working. My heart is really here in Brasil and I don´t want to leave the mission, the country, the missionaries, and the people.
Yesterday was the Mission Christmas Conference. It was really a wonderful time. Elder Holliday was there. I was so happy. I love him so much. He is definately like the coolest. He is now a Zone Leader. hahaha When I was a Zone Leader, I was wanting for so long that he be transfered into my zone, haha but now I´ll have to start praying that I be in his zone. He is such a wonderful missionary and a good friend to me. It´s been 7 months since I´ve seen him. We´ve dubbed our friendship a "Bromance" hahaah he is the best. It was wonderful to be around him, he is so nice. He spent a lot of time chatting with me. He knows I love him. I told him I would definately be at his homecoming.
This week we have been working hard. We need to mark Marcos´ wedding. The branch even said they would help pay for it. So we have a definate baptism in January. We also started teaching this family (2 actually) that are from the Bahia. They want to be baptized. They just need to get married. The branch also said they would help us. This was such a blessing because we´ve been working so hard and we are receiving some great blessings now. We do our contacts and teach our lessons to show the Lord we want His help, and sometimes he throws people that are super prepared and you didn´t even contact them. Sergio and Belinha, we haven´t been able to contact them yet but we are passing by tonight.
I received your package yesterday! THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!!!! It was amazing. I already gave Elder Elias his jar of peanut butter. He says thanks and that he loves you. I also got the photo of the Gilbert temple. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PRETTIER LOOKING TEMPLE!? I don´t think so. How amazing. We are so blessed that we will live 10 minutes from 2 temples. This is mind blowing!!!!!!!!
We still don´t have set time for you to call, but I will talk with the sister that is letting us use her house and then it's done like a freight train and done like yesterday.
I love you all so much. The mission is the best thing in the world. It saved my life and I thank the Lord everynight for the blessing of serving these wonderful people of Brasil. Jesus Christ lives and this is His church and this is the time when we can commemorate His birth! I love you all!!! Don´t Stop Believing!!!
com amor
elder askins
p.s. Have Chad celebrate Christmas with yous!!! please!!! I haven´t seen him in 3 years!!!!! I love you all!!!
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