Finally a first word!!

So I finally heard from Elder Barnum!! He made it safely to Brazil!! His P-days are on Fridays so I thought that was strange, but I'm just fine as long as I get to hear from him :) So I found out that I cant send him packages while he's in the MTC :/ He'll be there until January, so his Christmas presents are gonna have to be late. I was all nearly done with his package too. I decorated the inside of a box with wrapping paper and so far I got him a Card, a tie with saying "Stay "tied" up in the work". I got him some Rice Crispy treats which he absolutely loves, as well as some tissues because that boy is always blowing his nose ha. and some other things but yea. Life is so crazy!!! Its easy to be fooled on what the right priorities are, school, work, and money for rent seem pretty important, but we cant afford to get lost in these things. Standards, god, family, and endless study is way more important than any physical thing we obtain here on earth. My dad always told me the three basic things in life are 1. Religion 2. Eating healthy and exercising and 3. staying out of debt which to me seem like a great code to live by but I'd like to add a 4th element and thats love. Nothing is greater than everlasting love. God has it for all of us and thats why we are here in the first place and I want to follow that example. Elder Barnum is doing great justice by serving the lord. I love this life I have, all the stress and lack of sleep included :)
See you soon!!!
~Ashia