but how is everything with MY family? i dont know if we are getting the same weather, we rarely have a sunny day.... i blame dad. i think he is praying for rain for his garden....
congratulations joseph on another good battle of the bands! its good to hear you're keeping up with shows and getting your name out there.
so last night was probably the night that made my entire mtc experience: elder jeffrey r. holland came and spake to us! it was completely unexpected, because we had an apostle only two weeks ago! he is such a phenominal teacher when he directs it all at missionary work. i will send my notes home with a package of stuff i dont want to take to mexico and things i want to keep looking somewhat nice etc. speaking of going to mexico, we signed for our visas last wednesday, and got our travel plans on thursday. we go to the travel office at the mtc at 3:00 am, and our flight out of slc to dallas/fort worth is at 6:00 am. we get into dallas around 9:45 am, and have a three hour layover. i will call you at that time, so it will be about 9:00 am in utah when i call. i will just plan to call the home phone. well, after the layover we get on our flight to go to mexico city at about 12:40, arrive around 2:40 and then have an hour and a half bus drive to cuernavaca in our suits...... but im so excited!!!!
dad: thanks for talking with hermana Hanny. she is a really good friend who was in my zone. thanks for helping her out and she might be calling back while she is in dc, to possible get some non-member names in our stake area ( i told her you might have some ideas/ numbers to call) so if you could possibly start praying about that, both of us would appreciate it! also mr. humble, i need some help with that, if you could possibly help me with a scripture chase, or if you have any good thoughts on humility, i would really like to hear about it. its not that im really proud or anything, but i just need/want to be more humble. thanks
tara: good job on your talk! only just now am i having to write my own talks and it is really hard sometimes! haha. but if you pray for guidance, the Lord will give you what you need to say. thanks for keeping me updated on who is getting their calls. its fun to hear about what everyone is doing. have you ever heard where andrew lindsey is going? if you text griffen mcginn, he could tell you. i would really like to know.
so this week has been kinda rough, its our teaching week, and we really dont even have much time for teaching! i think we are only teaching about ten lessons, when the rest of our district is teaching about twenty... we are getting a new district in the zone today, and i have to welcome them in, so that will keep us really busy, and we are also teaching about three new districts how to teach tonight for 3 hours. we are really packed tight with time, but it is kinda nice. i also never realized how hard it is to be a strict leader, when almost your entire zone wants to break rules.. me and elder smith have really had to crack down on some people for quiet time, which can be hard, because they are your peers. but when you put the Lord's priorities first in your life, even for the little things, He does bless you. it has been nice to try to recognize the Lord's hand in my life, but i definately need improvement.
i love you all, and hope all is well, i guess my mission address is in the mission packet, so if you desire to write me, please do in a week... haha. and also please pass it out to any one you see that might want to write me. i am grateful for your love and support. it means alot that you want to keep me out here, and i know we are getting blessed on both ends of this scale. keep up the great work!!
PS tell canyon and savanna and olivia that i love them and miss them:) i guess also lyssa's baby too haha.
elder facer
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