Here are our awesome Cape Verdean presents! Jon's tie, my dress, Parker's shirt, Kennedi's shoes, Isabelle's necklace
Dear Family,
This past Christmas
was honestly the best one that I have ever had! I got to be with my
ºfamilyº here in Cape Verde and to talk with you all there in Utah. I
really hope that this past Christmas was wonderful for all of you and
that we can be just as close as a family throughout the rest of the
year. I cannot even express how wonderful it is to be a part of our
family. I would never ask for anyone different in our family, and am so
grateful that I have the best parents in the world.
Christmas eve Elder Drawe and I built a quick fort in our kitchen with
blankets and both slept in there that night. It was wonderful waking up
at the usual time but with extra love in our hearts for the amazing gift
we have all been given. He is perfect and Iºm so glad I see Godºs hand
in our lives every day. We visited a lot of recent converts of ours and
stopped by some wonderful members in our ward. I have never eaten so
much in my entire life and am sure you enjoyed seeing how large I truly
am. I have to apologize for how short the skype call was and also for
how ungrateful I have been with writing you all. Iºm sorry mom, yeah, I
could use some legitamate excuses but youºve already heard 19 years of
excuses, haha.
We got the opportunity to have a division the
day after Christmas and it is always wonderful to see the amazing
missionaries that the Lord has. I also love hearing about all the
missionaries that have been leaving from our ward lately, it is sooo
awesome!
May this next year be so full of family. We canºt
ever forget what we should be using our time for. We will never be on
our death bed wishing that we spent more time in the office or running
about for superficial activities. People is what this life is about and
so I hope that for all of us we can have ºPeopleº as one of our New
Years Resolutions. Whatever it may be: call old friends, visit old
members, something with renewing so that we may be continually renewed
this new year. I pray that we may find gratitude and joy in the changes
that will occur in the future that will bring about self improvement.
Every day of our lives can be a little better than the last. No day is
just ºanother dayº.
It was wonderful getting to see how
you have all changed and I hope that you got that peice of dust out of
your eye mother. It really was making you cry.
With Love,
Elder Judd
Elder McKissick is home!
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