I am so sorry, this email is going to be very lackluster, due to a very unlucky turn of events, my emai was almost finished, and it got deleted. Super, super sorry. I'm running very low on time though, so I'm just going to get going.
We met some really neat people this week. Main one would probably be Robin. She is a super cool young, single mother that met missionaries many, many years back. She remembers a ton of what she learned, but at some point, someone from a different church knocked on her door, and when she said she used to talk to guys like us, he told her a ton of lies and crap about us, so she has refrained from contacting missionaries again, but we ran into her, answered basically all of her questions and explained the truth to all the lies. She is now really excited to talk again! On another awesome note, our friend Annie finally made it to church! We were/are super stoked for her, and she loved it! She even participated a good amount and said the prayer for one part!
There will be pics to explain too, but to explain the subject a bit: we helped a member of our ward build benches all day Saturday for his Eagle Scout Service Project. It was super fun, but we ended up getting some really gnarly sunburns, on the bright side, it is both harder to get sunburns here, and they heal faster. Just do to the altitude, hummidity, etc. One good part about Florida's climate!
For the end of this letter I wanted to talk a bit about one of my favorite talks from General Conference: Truth and The Plan by Elder Oaks (https://www.lds.org/study/general-conference/2018/10/truth-and-the-plan). I loved this talk. I am very guilty myself of relying way to much on learning "truth" only though scientific means, but I love how he says, "We find true and enduring joy by coming to know and acting upon the truth about who we are, the meaning of mortal life, and where we are going when we die. Those truths cannot be learned by scientific or secular methods." Then, the way that he just lays out essentially all of the knowledge that is important about our lives and the 'why' of everything in super simple, direct, and powerful bullet points is just so awesome to me! It is another reminder of how simple, real, and important the Gospel of Jesus Christ really is! I know I have talked about this a few other times, but it is just so nice. The one thing that we really need to know and understand, is one of the simplest! Isn't that just awesome! I know that everything he said is true, and it is a real blessing to know that. It really makes life so much more joyful and peaceful, knowing the 'why' behind it all, and I hope you all can feel that too! It's all true! And it is incredible! I love you all, have a fantastic week! Thanks for all the emails I have been getting, super sorry I've been so bad at getting back to them all. No excuses, I'm just bad a prioritizing times on P-Days, I promise I'll get around to you all though! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
<3 Elder Fox
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