Happy America 7/10/2018

Hola todos!

I am so sorry for missing my email last week, I just lost track of time and totally spaced it, but not much has happened, so y'all ain't missing much, haha. And, it only makes sense that this week was quite a bit lower on the intesity scale. After how nuts the one 2 weeks ago was. Nothing super spectacular or crazy. We did meet some really cool people, but nothing very interesting really happened to me in specific. I hope you have all had a great week though! And an awesome 4th of July!

So, we met some really awesome people! One lady named Wendy was born Catholic, but she decided that she wanted to study on her own, and figure out what seems right to her. After a bit of Bible reading, she decided to look for a church that was closer to what the Bible taught. She didnt really find one she liked, so she just kind of became a non-denominational Christian, but has already discovered a lot of truth like families are eternal, priesthood authority is necessary, and paid positions in a church is not right. She was stoked to talk to us, and is really excited to keep meeting with us! We also met a guy named Shaun while helping one of our neighbors move. We heard she was moving in, and so we got some members to come help. And her buddy was there helping (Shaun), and he was blown away by the fact that we "walked the walk" and actually went out of our way to serve. He was pretty stoked to recieve a Book of Mormon, and figure it out himself if it is true. We also met a lady that was baptized around 20 years ago, but hasn't been to church in a loooong time. She was excited to see us, and said that she has been wanting to come back to the church, especially with her kids and grandkids. We also met her 9 y.o. grandkid, Danny, and he is AWESOME! Seriously, he asks more intense and honest Gospel questions then most adults I have gotten to teach, its nuts.

4th of July was pretty funny. So wet season here just means that it rains every day, and the "rain" is essentially a waterfall that covers a few square mile area. And TONS of lightning. Like every other second for an hour or two straight. Its really intense, and quite entertaining (as long as your not outside, because umbrellas don't survive). So it was raining for most of 4th of July, but we went to a huge firework show put on by the next city over: Kissimmee (because literally nothnig happens here in Poinciana), but we found out that they had to delay it until 10:00 due to lightning, and our curfew was 9:30, so that was a pretty anticlimactic day, we did see some fireworks on the way home, haha. Hope you all had a good 4th! It's a pretty awesome holiday when you think about it! Freedom is one of the simplest forms of happiness there is!

I love the idea that God is all about Freedom. That's all he really wants for us! One of His greatest gifts to us is the ability to choose. We are free to choose whatever we want (not gonna talk about consequesnces for now), its awesome! Think about it, if you spent all your time and effort putting together billions of incredibly complicated and immensely expensive machines that have quite limitless possibility, including the ability to destroy a lot of other things you have created, wouldn't you at least want a little control? I'm sure He does, but He loves us more than He cares about Himself! He has given us the World to explore, talents to develop, friends to uplift, families to strengthen, and lives to live! Its AWESOME!!! This life is so cool!!! I hope you all remember what a gift your Freedom is, not only in this country, but as a Child of a Loving Heavenly Father! Love Y'all! Have an awesome week!

<3 Elder Fox