HUMP Day Package Delivery.....finally!

We are here in the good ole Ribeirão Pires and it is a pretty good area and zone. We are a part of a ward here and the ward is pretty solid. Our mission is pretty much just wards. We met a pretty big family this past week and another married couple that are pretty interested in our message. I always wanted to teach a big family, so we shall see what happens this week as we teach them and help them to understand the truth. Me and my companion are getting along pretty well. I just think that I need to humble myself a little bit more and realize that there is a reason that we are together. Luckily the two elders that we live with.. make it ten times easier because we are always laughing and having a good time. The zone is doing pretty good. Not a whole lot of success this past week, but it should be an interesting week with what looks like possible baptisms. The work is good and I am happy and healthy!

I GOT MY HUMP DAY PACKAGE!!! What happiness!! Seriously... it was so nice to get a package and put a huge smile on my face!! It was full of love and I absolutely loved the Camel... he has became one of my best friends this past week. haha! Also... the dryer sheets... Wow.... classic package!! I introduced dryers sheets to the Brazilians this past week and they went crazy at how delicious they smelled haha. We don't have a dryer here or anything... but I put them in my drawer and my drawer smells delicious! Now I can finally wear the rest of my shirts that I haven't worn in a year because of the yummy smell that was placed on them haha. (I may or may not have smelled my clothes for the past year when I wanted to smell something from home... I am so weird! Don't ask me why I admitted that...) But the package was so nice!! Thank you so much for the package Mom and Dad and for the love that you guys have for me. I am so grateful for you both and I love you both so much!!! Thank you soooo muchhhhh!!!! Ü

I love you all so much. I am so grateful to be an Abel and to have such a great family and friends in my life. I am grateful for the love that you guys have for each other, for me, and for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  When I think of the joy of the Gospel... it always brings me back to the first step in my life which is my family. I am grateful for the love that we share and the closeness that we have, I am grateful to know what it is liked to be loved, and to know how to love. I feel so blessed to be raised by such great parents and grandparents... as well as have such great brothers and sisters and in-laws. I am grateful for my cute Kaytlin, her family, and the blessings that they are in my life.  As I teach families and other people... I realize how hard it would be without a family... without support, and without the Gospel. Truly... I don't have a doubt in my mind that the Gospel of Jesus Christ changes lives forever and that will always bring blessings!!! I know this... because I know that if we didn't have the Gospel in our lives, that we would be a very different family and that we would have really nothing to center our lives... as the Gospel is the center of our lives. Maybe our life would be centered around music, boating, vacations, fun, sports, shopping, money, or other things of the world... but when it is all said and done, that doesn't carry us very far. If that was what we were centered on.. then we would be lost and not have a purpose. But as we have a life centered on Christ and His Gospel... the other `things` in life take their place and finish up all of the ´gaps´ that we have in life to be entertained and to find the promised joy. Life brings us happiness... joy... give us memories... and shows us the love that God has for us and the blessings that He has given us. I am grateful to have a life centered on the Gospel and to have Christ as my anchor in life... because I know that Christ will lift me and YOU to a better place. We will have more joy than when our favorite team wins, when we buy new things, when we go on a vacation, when we spend valuable time together... because there is a life after this one. A bigger and better world where there are less worries, less struggles, less trials, and a lot more happiness. God lives and He loves us. For this reason... we are here in families and have all of the many blessings that are given to us as we center our lives in the Gospel. Christ is our Savior and when we center our lives in Him... He will bless us through His Atonement and shape us into who He needs us to be. This is His Gospel and I am so grateful for it in my life and a wonderful family to share it with. I love you guys and appreciate all that you do! Thank you for your examples and the love that you have for me! I hope that you have a wonderful week and smile lots for me... because we are blessed more than we can imagine. You guys rock my world!! I love you!!

Love, your favorite Sky... Elder Abel! Ü