General Conference is AWESOME

Super grateful for the awesome opportunity I had this week to  watch

General Conference, in English to boot, which  is always  way better

to hear  the Prophet's actual voice. I was blown away with  some of

the awesome talks we heard.  So good! So much stuff about Jesus

Christ, it  was just amazing! I loved  being inspired by them, and

took  lots of notes that I will be reviewing frequently. I  would

suggest the same to all of  you! After all, reviewing these words  was

 counseled by the Prophet, so  it's gotta be  good for you.

Beyond that, we've been doing great here! We have tons of work to do

and are working with some really  special people. Some of which should

be baptized this week! They know everything is true,  and were

seriously  just prepared by  God. We are working on making this area

grow tons. Our goal for this area is  to be baptizing once a week,

which is super possible here.  The stake  really wants to split, so

God is preparing the people they need to create the new wards!! SO cool!!

This week was  pretty  special as well, as my companion completed one

year of his  mission, and is celebrating his birthday today. We get

along super  well and are working incredibly hard together. The only

problem is, that he loves sweets and desserts. Good, in that now I

know how  to make several Brazilian desserts. Bad, in that I've

gained about 3  Kilograms since I arrived here. This can't last

forever. Happily,  I'm feeling tons better, and any sniffling from me

is mainly seasonal allergies. They followed me here,  and I was so

hoping to escape them for a couple  years. They're passing though, and

we  are  doing just dandy. I'm getting tons of correspondence from

friends as well, which is awesome, and I'm loving it! If anyone  feels

like writing letters,  it takes about a month to reach me, but I love

reading them, and I  have more time to respond them. I also  love

getting pictures so I can see how y'all are doing.  Make sure to share

your testimony and  any missionary experiences  you're having!

I don't have much more time, but I hope next week to talk a little

more about experiences I'm  having here.  Don't worry though,  they're

 all  written down in my journal to share after the mission as well.

Hoping everyone a good  week and sending love! Keep safe and have fun!

Sincerely

Elder Ashford

"We must put God in the foretront of everything  in out  lives...When

we put God  first, all  other things fall into  their proper place or

drop out of  our lives."

     -President Ezra Taft Benson