So we have been planning the christmas conferences for about the past month. We split the mission up into three seperate conference and they were in Wednesday in Lages, Thursday in Itajaí, and Friday here on the other side of Floripa, on the Continent in São José.
The week was awesome because we went with President and Sister to all three so I was able to see a ton of missionaries that i havent seen in a while!
But the best part of the week was hanging out with President and Sister Silva! I love those guys so much! They are the example of what I want to be like in thirty years!
The first conference to Lages is pretty far so we got to be in the car with them 3 and a half hours there, and 3 and a half hours back. Then to Itajaí it was about an hour and a half there and an hour and a half back. And man that was awesome! Fernandez and I just asked them so many questions! And they told us so many stories!
But the conferences were fun! We rented some Xbox's and played kinect with all the misisonaries, and had huge ping pong, chess, checkers, and card tournaments. President dominates at everything... Literally no one could beat him in anything haha.
But there are so many things i would love to write but i just dont have any time! But President and Sister are awesome. On thursday night we were coming home and they took us to an awesome steak house that is really famous for its burgers. Its called maderos and is SUPER nice! All the tables are made out of those wood peice tables like all the loggers make up in washington. I forgot the name but everything was also super expensive!
And the Burger there was so dang good! I dont know if it is because it has been a year and a half since i have had a good burger but that thing was dang good! Then president ordered us these massive banana splits and we all felt like we were gonna pass out after eating.
But a funny story about the week had to do with hair cuts... We slept with the secretaries (our wards are separate) all week so we could be closer to Presidents apartment. But on thursday night after Maderos we were cutting Elder Saenz here but in a hurry and Sierras forgot to put on the measurement. So when he went to cut he just cut a huge chunk out of his hair.... And the next day was the last christmas conference! haha So we figured if one was gonna go down we were all gonna go down! So all six of us cut a chunk out of the back of our hair as well!
But the worst part about the story is that we were telling President and Sister about the story the next day and they started laughing and Sister Silva told us we should have called her cuz she knows how to fix it with make up and bled it in so you cant even tell. But she ended up helping us out afterwards and giving us make up to fix it all haha!
But back to more spiritual matters, one of the biggest subjects we talked to them about over the three days was the simplicity of the gospel. You look ate people all searching for quick happiness and it just is not worth it! You look at President and Sister and all the happiness they have and the happiness of the missionaries they are leading and you just think about all these other people without the gospel and how much they are missing out on! Even members of the church that arent fully living the gospel! President and Sister said the other day that they love being Mission Presidents! If they got a call today being asked to serve another one they said they wouldnt think twice!
I am so thankful for my mission and the best mission presidents for me in the world! It is gonna be hard to leave but everything has its time! But time here is flying by riciculously fast!
But i love you guys all so much and hope you have an awesome week and that everyone watches star wars for me! haha but have an awesome week!
Love Elder Keller
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