joel is inspiring and really knows what's up

NAY! 

hello po, so just a funny thing from christmas was we were glancing one of the weird gameshows people have on their screens 24/7 and the guy has the crowd going nuts as hes singing his song and doing his thing, and he just yells out: "ITS JESUS' BIRTHDAY SO WE ARE ALL BLESSED!". i hope he has a point.

they get into christmas here just so they can secretly go nuts on new years. so new years was super chill with a really good sleep. the usual here is just as much noise as possible on and during the surrounding days of new years. obviously with the climax being 12 o'clock. people will scream and honk horns and rev engines and drive with cans behind their vehicles and lots of fireworks. we saw one firework thats really cheap that shot into the sky and always dove back and landed on the ground than blew up. its pretty cool until it lands in your house! super fun tho. i missed the chance at 12 to stick my head out and yell something! but thats ok. i woke well rested. 

a highlight was my comp and I almost had a walk in appointment with the mayor of the city but just talked with the secretary telling her we live here and can get 26 missionaries to do anything they want. she gave me the numbers of the enviromental head of the city and like a guy in charge of like the christian churches services thing idk he's a pretty big deal tho. anyway they texted back and said they will let us know! so now we have been sending letters into so many stuff to get service going. super fun. stay posted. 

I read Jordans and Joels mission emails asap and they were good. Joel is inspiring and really knows whats up. if you are reading my emails, stop and go to joels. youll learn more (mom please include the quote) and Jordans is like hes on a whole nother planet! not even the same missionary work. Utah....

for all the people putting on their new 2018 self, here are "Elder Brockbanks way to set goals":

1) What do i want - not what others want but what i want for myself, my true desires.

2) Understand what it is - make it specific

3) Identify the steps

4) Identify what stops this from happening

5) Make a plan - put it on paper

6) Find someone to hold you accountable

Elder Kearl