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I love you all so much and miss you heaps! But I only have 22 more months so no worries! I am so proud of Seth! Seth, I love you so much man! You have been in my thoughts and prayers ever since I knew your papers were in. I received your letter the other day and it has made my mission. I read it frequently because it lifts my spirits. Missions are so tough. I am not going to lie, so tough. But when you receive a letter from a dear friend it means the world. Thank you so much Seth!
South Carolina man! That is sick! You are going to rock it there. I got misty eyed when I read your email. You will be starting an amazing adventure and I can not wait to hear all about it. You are going to do so well my friend and a letter will be coming soon.

So to answer questions:
1. No worries, Dad my family is top priority when it comes to emails
2. There are not heaps of differences when it comes to Christmas. I guess there is a song about how Santa's reindeer get tired when they get to Australia and kangaroos pull his sleigh but I have not heard it.
3. Yeah he didn’t find a Book of Mormon in a trash can. He made fun of some of his friends for going to seminary, then one day they invited him and the rest is history
4. Suits are fine
5. The Preparation days are shorter because we have a lot of time off this month so we only have preparation hours.
6. Temple was great I will explain in the email. And it was just my zone.
7. Big W is like Wal Mart and I bought pictures
8. Ben Walters is in my ward, good guy
9. Elder Bybee shares my same desire and wants to work hard and I met him at a district meeting
10. Brother Davis’ email was great and very encouraging!

That’s about it with questions. Man I would give anything to hug you guys! Seriously anything, Elder Vernon really is not the hugging type so I could use a good hug. Jordan, Zach and Dalton thanks for the emails! I loved them.


What a good but tough week! I want to thank those who wrote me! It means the world! It is nice to know yoy are being thought of when everyone rejects you! Haha but thanks and keep them coming, oh and I would love to have pictures of you guys!

Building the Kingdom:
Te Atawhai and Teraumiria Lake: They are from a part member less active family and they are Moari. They are so close to baptism! We are looking at the 12th or 19th of December. We were waiting on permission from their mom and Bishop made a visit with us and we got it so we will probably be seeing them baptized in the coming weeks!

Judy: Judy is a Taiwanesse lady who was dropped last year and we don’t know why. But she is great, she has a huge desire to learn and just loves it. She has a hard time understanding though. She has such a sweet spirit about her and she came to church and loved it!

Victoria Eberhard: We picked her up this week, she is 14 and comes from a less active family. She has been going to mutual for years and is going to EFY (They are holding a special EFY in Canberra, all the youth are super excited for it) So she wants to learn and hopefully we can baptize her soon.

These are the cream of the crop as of right now and we are still searching but it is tough finding people who have the time around Christmas but we are working hard.

Some people I want to tell you about:
Bishop Degaris: Super nice guy! About 30 and has been bishop for about 5 years. He focuses on missionary work so it is way helpful. He loves basketball and had a scholarship to Indiana State but turned it down to go on a mission. Oh what faith!

Brother Egan: He is the ward mission leader and he is incredible! He is Indian and a convert of about 12 years. He has been bishop and just loves the gospel. I would give anything to find someone like him. He is money and he totally magnifies his calling.

We had interviews this week so it was way nice to talk to President and receive counsel. Missions are so so so so hard! Like I honestly can't explain, but I am already reaping rewards and feel the Savior's love so much, I am so excited for the next 22 months! I can really feel how the Lord is pointing out weaknesses and building me into the man the Lord needs me to be. It is so humbling but I just love it! I love President Scruggs and he is amazing! He told me the lord has to grind before he can polish, lets just say the lord has to grind a lot!

So I drove the other day…. Crazy! I was on an exchange with a zone leader, Elder Cooper he is from New Zealand, a way cool guy but he is a “cool” missionary. For those who served mission you will know what I mean. But I have to drive with a zone leader before I can be authorized to drive and man was it intense! When I sat down I tried to grab my seatbelt with my right hand but now it is over my right shoulder and the windshield wipers and signals are on the opposite side so when I wanted to signal and I hit the windshield wipers. It was confusing! I felt like an idiot and Elder Cooper had a good laugh!

The ward had a Christmas party. Wow they decked out the gym! They had heaps of decorations. They also had tons of entertainment. There is a Samoan family who has a band. So pretty much the Samoan Brady Bunch. They were way good. They also had the Jackson Five Perform and they have super good hip hop dancers who invited bishop to freestyle and he ended up doing the worm. Way funny.

Cool stuff about Australia:
• Some people have the door knobs in the center of the door. Beats me I see no benefit to it.
• The letter h is pronounced hach which is confusing and z is pronounced zed. So Zachs name sounds funny when you spell it.

I love you all I hope you have a wonderful December and you are in my prayers. Please keep in contact I miss you all!

Love Elder Landon Brough