Hey hey hey! Dad thank you for your thoughts, mom as well, and thanks for the invite nean ; ) I will be there in spirit right?! Hales, if you could send me a recipe for your homemade chocolate cookies and some brief preparation instructions I would be ever so grateful. . . my comp is wanting an american flavor haha I said I would make cookies! Good news, I havent RECIEVED a package yet, but I know I will tomorrow. . . I was already told that I have one! I am super excited!! . . . Well my wishes are that you all had a spiritual, safe, and spunky (good word huh?) New Years. . . I slept : ) we werent allowed to stay up haha sa'll good, I have always considered New Years to be the most overrated of Holidays...even above Halloween Heid . . : 0 hah. Love you all dearly. Thanks for you prayers, I need them! I pray that the spirit will watch over you all and be an ever-present influence.
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Happppy New years. woot! I'll get it overwith quick and tell you all that I sleepted (slept) for new years. . mission rules haha. But as I told my family, i have never trully seen a whole lot in purpose in the New Year. . . other than an excuse to P-A-R-T-WHY? . . . 'Because I Gotta!' -The Mask - - - - - -I would like to give a shout out to my wonderful cousin Angie Helsten!! Do you remember when I was stoked to spend new years at your house and then POOF. . . 10 o clock and you decided to sleep? NOT COOL! That was the lonliest new years ever, I was truly alone! hahaha Maybe I have just been scarred since that day! Love you Cous! I believe you have a letter headed your way! . . .ANWAYS - I hope you all safely enjoyed it! And I hope all (that are married) received a New Years kiss!
Two days ago I was walking around our house with a rock in my shoe. . . finally I got a little tired of moving it around with my toes so I took my shoe off to dump it out. It was a super special rock . . . with eight legs.... and luckily it was no longer alive! haha I suppose I killed it right when I put my shoe in. Long story short; I check my shoes in the morning now! There is a mangled picture of my shoe friend attached
I am officially learning to be more efficient on the mission haha. Today we fixed our broken faucet and seeing as how we don't have a washing machine I have learned to do it the good'ol'fashioned style.
We decorated our christmas tree on the 1st day of january. . . but the wind knocked of the waterbottle that was holding it up and got water all over. To make things worse I had already cleaned the floor a good 4 times before it happened hahaha. Neither of us got super christmas-sy this year but how can you without snow and coldness?! I spent some good time pondering and reflecting which brought more of the christmas spirit!
I dont have a whole lot to relate for all of you other than my love and encouragement to keep going strong. Over the past year it has continued to be impressed on my mind that "wickedness [truly] never was happiness." Wickness in the smallest form will never bring happiness. It brings exactly the opposite. I thank you all for your small acts of faith and righteousness. God sees them, even if others don't. The smallest acts of kindess, even the ones that are joked about in the church (green jello, quilts, etc.) are some of the greatest acts of faith. I would encourage all of you to read Elder Hollands talk from the Saturday morning session of the Oct. Conference of 2010. In English I think it is "Because of your faith". To this date in my life, I believe it to be the talk that most helped me understand what it is to be a member of this church. Love you all. Elder Johnson
our house.. the last apartment on top.
Elder R with his guitar and me trying really hard to write a letter
My new toy that I bought me and had some boys from the street teach me how to use (a TOP)
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