Power!!

Hello everyone!!

We have power back!! Well not completely but a lot more than we have had! I think they are finally figure it out which is good and I heard that by Dec 24 it will be completely back! Best Christmas present ever! Now our only problem is that we have no water. We are running really low on drinking water and we have no running water. Our land lady has brought over some water the past couple days so we could shower. Oh that reminds me. yesterday she brought over some water but it was looking like it was going to rain. I wanted to save water so I waited to see if it would rain and it did so I ran out and started showering in the rain in our backyard haha. then the rain stopped and so I had to use some of the water to finish. It was pretty fun though. anyway so that's our biggest problem right now but i'm sure it will be fine and we will get by. the Lord will provide for us as He has been already. so yeah that's the update on the power and water situations. We have two elders living with us now. I don't know if ive told you that but if not then I have now. They are both Filipino. One of them is awesome and really funny and the other one is awesome but he is a snooper. He is always looking through our stuff and "borrowing" it. I don't know it's super annoying but Elder Murdock and I are trying to just let it go and love him. It's been kind of tough so far. That's okay though! Elder Murdock is stil the man. We were talking last night about just how awesome our companionship is. We both just get along so well and we have so much fun. Seriously we have found the balance of working hard but having fun. It's the best. I'm sad that this will be my last transfer with Him. Dad you asked about my district too. My district is the best! I love my district. They are all so awesome. We have some new people in the district from transfers but we have a lot that have stayed. It's so nice to have a great district and so much fun. We have awesome zone leaders too! I'm super close to Elder Wiscombe and the other two are awesome too. We have three because one of them was the AP, Elder Cabrera and he extended his mission so he could work in the field but anyway they are awesome! our investigators are doing well. We found some rides to church for some of them so they should be coming now which will be awesome! We met a man that is super elect. He was so excited to listen to us and to learn about the gospel. He said that to us and he had so many questions. His excitement got us even more excited and at one point he was like "you like answering my questions huh!?" and we were like yeah we do! haha it was funny and awesome. He is really prepared. So I've had some really cool experiences in my personal studies the past couple days that I want to share with all of you. The biggest thing that I've learned so far on my mission is I've learned a lot about the Savior and our Father in Heaven. I've learned a lot about who They are and what They've done for us and will continue to do for us. this has now become my goal for the rest of my mission and for the rest of my life. That is to learn of the Savior and our Father and to know Them better everyday. I started the past week to pray for a deeper understanding of who the Savior was, is, and will be. Also a deeper understanding of what is going to happen in the future. My prayers have been answered as Ive desired, prayed, and studied. I'm beginning to see who He was, is, and will be and what is to come in the near future. I know there is so much that we don't know but that we can know if we seek diligently. The Savior said, "take my yoke upon you, LEARN OF ME, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and I will give you rest." He has invited us to learn of Him. I looked up the definition of learn and it says to gain knowledge of, or to study. so we must gain a knowledge of Him and study Him. That is the invitation and if we do our souls will have rest. I can't tell you the things that ive learned and felt as I've strived to learn of Him. My relationship with Him and with Heavenly Father have grown so much. I love Them. I love Them. I know They love me and They love all of us. I invite all of you to learn of Them. To earnestly seek knowledge of Them. There is no greater thing that we can do in this life than to know Them. We know Them by serving Them. just like the scripture says, How knoweth the man the master whom he has not served? We know Them by serving Them and by seeking to know Them through prayer, and study of the scriptures. The other thing that has been hitting me in the face during personal study is that the Savior is coming soon. Almost every personal study that ive had in the past couple months I've felt the Savior is coming soon, prepare now. He is coming sooner than we think. I can't wait for that day when He comes to reign on earth. The day that I get to see Him and fall at His feet and touch His wounds. The day that Satan is bound and we live peaceably with one another. I look forward to that day and that day will come and iscoming soon. So for now we need to prepare. We need to constantly fortify ourselves every day. We need to share the gospel with everyone we can. I was so touched and so excited to hear about all of you taking cookies around to the neighbors. That is so awesome and those are the things that make the biggest difference. Those are the things that the Savior asks us to do. I'm so grateful for all of you and for your examples of serving the Lord by serving others and hearkening the call to hasten the work. I love you all so much. I love the Savior. I love our Father in Heaven. I love this work that we are all a part of. What a great work it is! I love this gospel and I'm so grateful for it. I know it's true. I know that we will live together for eternity and I am so grateful for that. I love all of you and am so grateful for you! I pray for you daily! Thank you for your prayers and emails! I love you!!
-Elder Fox

 57 lb lunka (jackfruit)