Happy New Year!!!

hey everyone,
well this has been a crazy year. a lot has gone by and a lot has been done. like traveling on a little boat in the middle of the ocean and chopping snakes in some members house. i love everything that i have done and looking back i wouldnt trade many of the decisions i made.
i am doing great here in sierra leone. my mom says that i have a funny accent now and that i talk even more funny than before. which is hard when you are from spanish fork. anyways. it was amazing to hear from my family and to have thier encouraging voices. you never know how much you can miss someones voice. it is much different from reading emails or texts.
the work is once again great. my companion and i had a small confusion but everything is fine now. we have a lot of people to teach and never enough time to do it. they people here are really funny sometimes and i am having a great time serving them.
one thing i was thinking about that my mom sent to me. the line is "obedience is happiness." as i was pondering this i thought to my self how relaxed and happy i was when i knew that everything i am doing is right. well almost everything. it brings a peace to our minds knowing that you are safe from wrong and other things. it is a feeling of warmth that jesus and god are pleased with you. i love this thought. when we are obedient god is happy with us. what else matters in the world except for that?
just a thought for your new year and your resolutions. set goals that will make you stretch and keep checking up on them. dont just let it end in february like you normally do. set a goal for eternity. not a year.
love
elder lamb
happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!