HALLOWEEN!!!

BOO!

Halloween

At the Dixon's!

Bring all your ghosts and goblins, super heroes, villains and princesses to the

Dixon house 

on

Saturday October 31st

at 5:00 pm

for some very spooky fun!

We will have you make your own pizza,

before you go out to

haunt the neighborhood.

ALSO, for those not going and would like 

not to haunt, there will be the 'good' treats and we will stream a Halloween movie!

Let me know what your favorite treat is and I'll make sure it's here. 

Start thinking of your favorite movie to watch. 

PLUS, Opa comes home that day and will get home just in time for the party.......yayayayayayayay!

CAN'T WAIT! CAN'T WAIT! CAN'T WAIT!

Elder Adam's October 26th Email

Dear Family,

We worked very hard this week, and our work was payed off in itself! We found at least 3 families that want to hear the gospel, that are already progressing, and that understand what we teach very easily! The Lord is truly blessing us! It made me think that whatever we want in life, we've got to achieve it by work. That's how God made it so we can keep progressing!

This week, we're going to be getting a family married! We're going to wed a guy named Luis with his future wife, Helena. Luis, surprisingly, was one of the easier investigators I've had. I thought he would've been difficult, judging by other experiences other missionaries had with him and his addiction to alcohol that he no longer has. He actually learns very fast and, frankly, is pretty funny too. I'm excited for their wedding! 

This last Sunday, we had a Stake Conference broadcast, however, because we're in Nauta, the broadcast didn't quite work out, so we were stuck with all the members and investigators sitting in the church waiting for something to see on the projector we had. 

So, instead of the Stake Conference which wasn't going to load, we put on the Joseph Smith movie. I wasn't quite sure if that was the best substitute for a Stake Conference or a sacrament meeting for that matter, but by the end of the movie, I noticed that most people were in tears, even some of our investigators. I shared my testimony of Joseph Smith to everyone after the movie and the spirit grew even stronger. I know Joseph Smith was a prophet. All he did was for the salvation of man, and I know that the Lord has called prophets in this era to recieve revelation and preach the gospel to us.

How is everyone doing over there? The cold season is starting to roll around up there about now, isn't it? Down here, the rain has started to pour buckets on us. So much that I kinda slipped face-first into mud (it was hilarious, now that I look back on it). Halloween's coming up! What's everyone dressing up as? I'm going to dress up as a missionary again! :P

I love you all and keep you all in my prayers!

Love,

Elder Dixon

Elder Adam's October 19th Email

Dear Family,

This week went fantastically! We've been finding more people to teach, and a lot of people that have been with the previous missionaries are starting to agree to baptism! We've got about 5 people in the "Baptism Line". All we need to do is work with them a little bit more!

One of the investigators that are lined up for baptism actually had a very cool spiritual experience. The other missionaries before us had made a goal date for baptism, which was the 10th of October. However, because of her work, Sandra (which is her name) was not able to come to church. Not once. Because of that, she wasn't able to be baptized like she could've been.

On the 10th of October, she noticed something. Her work was going terribly that day. Nothing, not one thing, was working out for her that Saturday. She told us that she took a look at her phone's clock to wonder what time it was and when the day would be over. Underneath the time, she realized that the date had read the 10th, and remembered, "I was supposed to be baptized today..."

Sandra instantly understood her bad day as revelation. The reason her work wasn't working was because being baptized was what she was supposed to be doing at that precise moment. She repented and pleaded with the Lord to give her a second chance...

...A few days later, we were out of plans, and just happened to be in the area. We had kind of given up on Sandra and her family, simply because they weren't progressing, but we both had the desire to visit her home one last time. So we did, and we were greeted with that awesome experience she had. She had managed to quit her job on Sundays and we were able to get another baptismal date set up for her. She came to church and is very excited to get baptized!

We were both pretty wow'd out at that awesome spiritual experience she had! To sum it up, we had a great week this week. 

How was this week for you all? I didn't hear much this week from you guys. :( Hope everything is going well! (BTW, Jim and Erin, Congratulations!) How are all my nieces and nephews? How's Katie doing? And Dad too?

I love you all and keep you all in my prayers! 

Love,

Adam

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Elder Adam's October 12th email

Dear Family,

I ought to mention that the P-Days here in Nauta are pretty fun! The first P-Day we had here, we hopped into our regular clothes, walked over to the Marañon (the name of the big river next to the city), and began to fish! We managed to catch some decent fish (I caught the second-biggest one). We plan on doing it again today, and this time, I'm gonna catch the biggest! 

This last P-Day, we kind of had a funny experience that reminded me of a talk Elder Uchdorf gave a while back. When I came here to Iquitos to head to Nauta, the assistants to the president told me about this big, Texas-styled restaurant just a few streets from the offices. The food is imported directly from Texas, and everyone in Iquitos saves up to eat there. I, too, wanted to go there and retry a bit of some good ol' American food, but eating there was kind of expensive and we didn't have the time to go there.

Last P-Day, we travelled back to Iquitos to play a huge game of soccer with 3 other zones in the mission. We wrote our families there and bought what we needed there. We didn't quite plan for lunch, though, so I just bought a couple of apples to eat, not wanting to waste money on anything expensive. 

Turns out, one P-Day for every month, travelling to and from Iquitos and eating there is competely free for the missionaries in Nauta. I totally could've eaten at the Texas-restaurant if I wanted to, but I found out too late. Guess I gotta wait until next month. :P

That experience reminds me of the talk Uchdorf gave called "Your potential, Your privileges". I want to share the video with you guys. It's pretty funny! 

https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2013-01-001-your-potential-your-privileges?lang=eng

Sometimes, we're given spiritual and priesthood gifts that we're given to bless the lives of others. Those are privileges in and of themselves. We can all pray to know how we can better use these gifts for the advantage of all. 

Down here, the rainy season is rolling around. How are things up there? Is everyone doing their "ponderizing"? This week, I'm going to do Ether 12:27. What's everyone going to do this week? How's school going for everybody?

I love you all and keep you all in my prayers! 

Love,

Adam

Elder Adam's October 5th email

Dear Family,

General Conference fue lo maximo! We had a few investigators come and enjoy the talks! The conference seemed to speak out right to me! There were so many things I was able to learn and so many more things that I'm going to apply! For example, I'm going to start the "ponderizing" process, starting with not only a verse, but with an entire chapter! I'm going to start ponderizing with D&C 4! What are you all going to study?

Down here in Peru, General Conference is only big in the first session in Sunday. There are people that watch all the sessions though. We watched the conference in the branch, with someone hooking up their laptop to a projector. It was almost in real time, but with the distance and the weather, there was a bit of buffer, especially in the 2nd session in Saturday. The buffer was so bad that my comp and I decided to proselyte and review the talks later. :S 

Conference is such an amazing event! I felt the Spirit so strongly, testifying to me that all this was real. I already knew the church was true, but there was no feeling like the kind I felt in that building, telling me that the church and the gospel was 100%, undoubtedly, undeniably true. It's perfect. How people can turn down an amazing gospel plan such as this just confounds me. I'm so happy to know that if we all stay on the right path, we will all be able to live together for eternity with our beloved Heavenly Father. I wouldn't want it any other way.

Halloween is coming up as well! All the shops sell their decorations for the event, but unfortunately, there aren't many people that buy them. Halloween down here isn't quite as big as Halloween up there, but the stake will host a youth party that day, so I guess it exists. :P

My companion, Elder Maldonado, is pretty docile and very obedient, yet has a distinct funny side to him. I love the kid. He, too, wants to make food for us one of these P-Days. (BTW, Mom, do you think you could send me the recipe for baked brocolli?) :)

We were able to commit someone to baptism! We're teaching the mother of a member who was baptized a few years ago and was able to go to the temple with his wife and children a few months ago! Congrats to them!

I love you all! You are all the best! Katie, I love you so much too! Remember that the Lord will bless us so much if we all center our lives on him and his gospel!

Love,

Adam