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Hello Mom and Dad!

Thanksgiving was really awesome, we had dinner with a family where they have 5 boys and we got to spend our one dinner with them for that night. Got to eat deviled eggs, ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, crackers and cheese with ham, chili, some barbecue hotdogs, and lots of other food which was amazing! Everything else over here is going very well though! Although Elder Olson got sick for a day and we had to drive to an Urgent Care outside our zone so that was fun. Elder Olson is pretty much the same height as me and everything, why do you ask? I don't think its cold enough to get any extra layers of clothes or anything but thanks! That's awesome that everyone of the kids is doing well and doing the things they love! Funny how as soon as I leave you start having missionaries over for dinner, maybe we'll have to invite some more when I get back from my mission or something. Um I don't know anything about plans for Christmas yet but I'll email you when I find out the details and such for everything, still new here so I don't know exactly much in general, but everything's going A-OKAY.

Update for the Week:
Started off the week with District Meeting, my very first one to ever coordinate and it went really well actually. Elder Olson did a past training he had done in the past and zone leader Elder Richins shared a thought about the scriptures with Barabus and Jesus and everything tied in together with Love and Testimony which was super amazing. On top of that lots of appointments have been falling through (as usual) because of Thanksgiving week and its the desert so everyone's schedules are pretty whacked. Had Thanksgiving with a family called the Whites and it was a ton of fun! Me and Elder Olson on Friday were able to provide service at a Homeless Shelter and after a follow up visit in the afternoon we helped a random guy trim his palm tree which had black mold so we got to use a machete. Saturday unfortunately Elder Olson got sick from something which we later found out was an allergic reaction to the palm tree dust and so everything just kind of sucked that day. But otherwise everything here has been going VERY WELL!

Ideas for Christmas, I honestly have no clue on anything. Maybe just some basic ties that are solid red or blue color? Sounds boring but I can't really think of anything while out here on a mission. I gave Bryson a pretty cool idea that would be sweet to have in the email I send him. I'll probably leave it up to you guys what to come up with, because the only thing I could think of is just odd stuff that I don't need or really crave to want but it would be cool to have. Guess that's the dilemma when it comes to "focusing" on the work.

I hope and pray you all have a wonderful week with December creeping up and I have a couple pictures to send to everyone. But I love you all and keep up the great work back home!

From,
Elder Brimhall





- The Sword is called Anduril forged from the shards of Narsil. It is the sword of Aragorn, descendant of Isildur heir to the throne. Its also known as the Flame of the West or Sword of the King. It was forged by Elrond of Rivendell in the Third Age.
-Elder Olson

- My hair was different on that day because I was never able to get a haircut for the longest time but I got it cut recently last week and I'm liking the way it is now. Trying to figure out what suits me best I guess

- I got that Hangry Kit package and when I opened it I was laughing maybe a little harder than I should of been. That's just super funny that it was a snack kit and now I'll be loaded on snacks for awhile.

-Another package already? Holey moley you all are on top of the gifts and its not even Christmas yet ðŸ˜‚

Anything fun today? I think the Zone I'm serving in is having a Zone Activity at around 3:00pm today so we'll be playing sports or something after emailing and other things we have to get done.

So that picture actually has a really funny story behind it. After District meeting Elder Olson wanted to eat out at Del Taco with the Zone Leaders for a quick lunch but when we got their he saw a Taco Bell across the street so after some decision we went over there and before we even got to open the door a lady opened the door and said "Welcome Elders you aren't paying for this meal!" The looks on our faces were probably most likely priceless.

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