Hola todos!Hope you have all had a great start to the CHRISTMAS SEASON!!! Sorry, I'm just a little stoked! Despite the fact that there is no snow and its still 70 degrees out, I'm super excited its finally here again! Its always a blast for missionaries, because people are just so much more open to talk about Christ, its really nice! We don't have many decorations yet, but I fully plan on going to the thrift store very soon, haha, I'm super ready to go full FESTIVE!We met some really awesome people this week too! We met an awesome lady named Janette and her mom: Janette! They are both super sweet, and have really awesome, simple testimonies of Christ! She (younger) wanted to start giving God more room in her life, so she requested a Bible online, and heard about the Book of Mormon, and was super interested! She is very adamant about learning things for herself from God, and not from other people, so that's super amazing too! We also met a man and his wife named Inelys (in-nel-leese) and Fe (late 60's), we met him, and asked if we could come back, and he wasn't super down, but said sure. We showed up, and he opened the door and just said "guys, I already have a church" and I just blurted out, "cool, could we just share a Christmas message?", he thought for a second, and said "sure, come on in". We talked about Christ's birth, and bore our testimonies a ton, and he randomly blurted out, "so what do you think of the ten commandments?", we explained our beliefs on that and much more, and it was really awesome to see how his heart just opened up. We offered a prayer at the end, and he asked right after if he could say one. And he said the sweetest prayer asking God to bless and watch over us and justguide us, it was incredible!There were not too many super interesting or funny moments this week, sorry, it has been very interesting learning about the unspoken rules of 'big-city etiquette'. Just like how you walk down the street and how loud you can be and stuff to not annoy/offend people is kinda weird. And Orlando isnt even that big. Definitely staying out of cities like this when I get back, haha. I also can't believe that I will be home for the next snow season, I'm super super escited for that though! I mean, I love being a missionary, don't get me wrong, but I need my snowy mountains.I took a little too much time up above, sorry. I do wanna take the moment down here to talk about the Christmas initiative though! Light the World! Its awesome! Go to www.mormon.org/christmas to learn more. But you have all heard me bear testimony of service over and over, and I'm gonna do it again! Light the World is all about following Christ's words in Luke 10:37 where He told us to "Go, and do thou likewise". I've said it a thousand times, but the reason He has asked us to serve, is because He knows that it is the best way to be happy! I know it sounds cheesy, but its true! I know it for a fact! Please check out the website, and decide to serve, it will make this season something so much more than an empty celebration. If you take the chance to turn outwards this Christmas, it will be a season of joy, hope, amd healing! Promise! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!<3 Elder Fox
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