Ebbert, Lawson

Whattup Ghosts of Christmas Present, It's Christmas! And that's basically gonna be the whole email this week because I wrote absolutely nothing this week and like, it's Christmas. I'm really busy waiting for my family to wake up because of international time difference and listening to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 273 times, so email writing unfortunately is taking a backseat.  Nothing really crazy happened this week but it was super fun. We had a super cool Christmas zone conference, we ate some amazing meals with members, and we worked hard. Go watch The Christ Child.  Love you all and merry Christmas!  God is Good,  Elder  Ebbert

Whattup Janitors,  Since it went so well the last time, President has once again given me a mute American son! His name is Elder Wilson, and he reminds me of... a German shepherd made out of sponge. I just tell him stuff and he soaks it up and does it. It's quite nice.  I haven't managed to kill this one yet, but that doesn't mean I'm not doing my best. I came to the conclusion that since my last approach to training (extremely relaxed and permissive to try and help them transition well) left my companion depressed and going home, it's significantly better to take the Aurelius approach this time around. For those lost souls who haven't read Cradle, the Aurelius method involves: 1: always smiling 2: always acting like you know what you're doing 3: make your student suffer and bring them to the very limit of their abilities as much as possible And... it's working amazingly. Second day here and I've already got this kid leading the area, third day and h...

I know the church is true... but after hearing that they called a redcoat to be an Apostle...  Whattup Patriots, My completely serious and unironic hatred for the blighted gentile nation we call Britain has resurged recently with the announcement of the new Apostle, Elder Patrick Kearon. Now let me be clear: I love and support the brethren in all that they do. But really? They expect me to make it through a whole general conference talk listening to a British accent? Even worse is that his last conference talk was actually pretty good. I guess we'll all just have to manage.  But all I'm saying is this: if Britain wasn't cringe, God would have sent Lehi there instead a "promised and choice land above all other lands"  BAIANO But anyways, tuesday I had a dope division with Elder Souza who is from bahia. We had a lot of fun with this member in our ward who is named Rogerio (he's the guy who sells terere to the whole mission) and we marked Fransisca to be baptized...