Week of December 15th

hey hey family
im so glad you guys got the package. long story short, there is a city called herleen just right next to us and there is a us military base there. if you give them packages to be sent to the u.s.a it costs only 15 dollars. i gave it to some members there and they shipped it to you guys. way awesome.
so im not sure what the area code is for here. i remembered that i still have that atat phone card you guys gave me that i got in the mtc so i can maybe use that. i will let you all know whats up next week. i will ask some of the missionaries here.
and yes, i got 2 packages last week for you guys. thank you so much. you can go ahead and send the other one to my place.
so this week we had a HUGE miracle. on sunday, sacrament meeting was about to start. then this dutch lady walked right into the chapel. i quickly got up and introduced myself. she has read the book of mormon already and has talked to ppl over the internet about the church. o my goodness, MIRACLE. we have an appointment with her tomorrow. she is maybe 35 years old and is very interested. she is divorsed with 2 kids. i am so excited. man the work here is going so good. we had 2 inactives in church yesterday. its truely a blessing to see the atonement grasp ppl in thier lives. marco is doing great. probably being baptized in january.
i was able to talk to yelmer las thursday. the man who elder rock and i baptized in amsterdam. he is doing so good. he told me that he was able to pass the sacrament the past couple of sundays, o my goodness, another miralce haha. he is doing great and i can see that he is truely converted.
so this week is zone conference. the topic is, thee atonement. i am so excited you all have nooooo idea. president woodland gave us scriptures like a month ago to prepare. i can say that right now in my life, i feel the closet to our savior, Jesus Christ. i know that he lives. that god is our literal father in heaven. i feel the closest to them both right now in my life.
family, i love you all. theres not one day that i dont pray for all of you by name. i am learned so much since i have been out here. i really cant express my love for you all. i know that this is the true church of our lord and savior jesus christ. i love you all. may we all be grateful for our testimonies of god our father and our older brother jesus the christ.
elder Howell