Dec. 24 email

> hello is cmas eve! but yes i received 3 packages! everything is safe and sound and my comps and more than happy. and i did receive the package with banana bread and it was amazingly delicious everyone enjoyed it. our mission had a party the 17th were 3 out of the 9 zones in the mission got together up in the town of globe up in the mountains and had skits and a good lunch and stuff had a white elephant x change so it was alright nothing way special but im not complaining. the whole calling thing is kind of weird i guess i just dont know much but we will call inbetween 10 to 3 if there is a better time let me now asap. its good to hear logan and colton are doing good thats cool that colton gf is in the ward. but yeah that would be really neat if diane visited me just tell her to call the pres up and he will give me her number no problem. but it seems like christmas has been pretty crazy back home i miss it but everything is going to be fun here too. tonight we are going with a family to the temple to see the lights and then their house to make gingerbread houses and they're cooking us steak and just going to have a fun night then tomorrow we go to the same ward mission leaders house that we went to thanksgiving he is way cool and were going to his parents for breakfast in the morning tell 10 then her parents at 3 and party and eat i guess and thats all we have planned so it should be really fun. thats good that everyone enjoys the cards i am almost 100 percent that i sent one to mandy that is crazy i will send her another i guess. you want some details about my days in tempe hah im in mesa details will be good on the phone but yeah everyone gets along everyone is different but for the most part everyone is pretty chill we all have the same purpose and there is never fist thrown so its a good time we are in a threesome right now cuz one of the other elders went home for school but its not as bad as i thought we are having fun with it so..but everything is good work wise everyone is been really busy with Christmas haven't taught any lessons but just done some good visiting and caroling and stuff its fun we went last night with one of ward mission leaders who has 4 adopted mexican kids who are the cutest kids ever but i think thats it for now so enjoy and will talk to you tomorrow!
> love elder knaphus