WE HAVE L.E.C.!!!!

G'day mates!

This week has come and gone so quickly! i love the saying, each day seems to take an eternity to pass by, but the weeks and months fly by! its great!

Wonderful news this week!!! WE HAVE L.E.C.!!!! aka, we have electricity! (liberian electric company). it is so sweet to have electricity. i must say that the thing that really gives me joy is to be able to close the windows and hush the loud honking and blaring of horns that continue all day and night. it is so loud in our apartment because the street outside is main street, and is SO LOUD. now, we have fans that circulate the air and so we can close the windows and enjoy the Still Small Voice. boy, something as simple as quietness is such a blessing :) and not going to lie, its pretty luxurious to study in the morning with a small fan drying the sweat off you :)

we also now have running faucets all the time which is sweet. cant shower with it because the water is toxic and ya gotta put smelly disinfectant in it, but still! we have running water! haha

OK BIG thing to correct. i believe i said the area was like Destin FL as some point. What i meant to say was that the WEATHER is like that of Destin. ha... the beach is not like destin... anyway, glad i could clear that up :)

I GOT MAIL this week :) Dear Elders from Bethsy, Kirstie, Mom and Ashley & Clark! thank you! they are all dated the beginning of June, but it was sweet to get mail :) even if it was supposed to get to me in the MTC! haha thank you for the emails this week family, but due to the length i will simply print them out and read them at home so i dont run out of time. thank you! i love them! and the pics are wonderful you sent in the email mom, thanks! btw, what is scott driving? looks cool. and ry, you keep up the football practice!

lets see, this week i was able to go on my first exchange!! it was so wonderful, i loved it very much! man, it was so sweet to be with him and to teach some powerful lessons. I get to go with my District Leader, Elder Elliot this week and im looking forward to it very much. I learn so much from my peers!

also, i must report that i killed a mouse this week. he has been eating my food and getting into my stuff for a while now! i spotted him and chased him around the apartment for about 5 minutes, finally kicking him as he scurried out from the corner, across the room into the wall. BAM. killed him. pretty exciting :)

my thoughts this week are to know that we never are alone. we never have to walk in darkness. Christ is always with us. If we open our hearts to Him, even the darkest nights will not be endured alone. Because He descended beneath all things, we have no need to feel no one understands. I love president uchtdorf's talk from this past conference and would recommend it to anyone who feels that they are surrounded by heartache and trial.

I am so grateful for our apostles and prophets. they truly lead the way for us in these last days. if we want to be happy, if we want answers to our questions, we need to follow their counsel. i invite ya'll to find time to study, or listen, to the conference talks given to us from inspired men and women. they will lead the way for us.

take time to set goals for the things we study. if we decide we need to improve, set a goal to determine HOW we will improve. :) The Church is True. i know it. there is no doubt in my mind that Christ stands at the head of it. for this reason i am giving my life to serve and bring others unto Him. take care my friends :)

-elder fairwell

p.s. mom the scripture you asked for is d&c 84:88