Thanks for the help Fam! Sorry if I freaked you out with the stressful stuff last week. Honestly, I´m not really that stressed. Well that´s somewhat true. I´m not stressed for the reasons that I thought I was stressed for. I´m just general stressed for change, and that´s normal. And it´s not a negative stress. It´s just a stress that will keep me on my toes. I´m excited to see you all, but it hurts a lot to think about leaving Spain and the people here, with the fact that I may never see them again in this life. It will be a big change, but I am excited for it. I´m still working hard, no worries. And I hope that this next week I will work harder than ever before. I´m not going to worry about housing or school or anything else until my chapa is gone. After that point I´ll be free to worry to my hearts content :) But things are really really good here. It´s crazy to think it will be coming to an end soon!  The 9th sounds just fine for the homecoming talk and the chili. I do like chili and it´s just so American I think I´ll like it even more now :). And the audition time. Justin (Mr. Bills for Ammon :) ps pretty good Spanish! Keep up the good work!) says he has a friend that could possibly help me to get a headshot and help me out with my resume too. He´s an amazing friend!
So I wanted to talk today about a couple of things. I´ll start out with this. The atonement cleanses. It not only cleanses partially, but completely. But we must allow it to do so. As we continue in our sins, we close the doors to the atonement. When we feel that we are not worthy enough to recieve the help we need, we close the doors to the atonement. When we decide to repent partially we close the doors to the atonement. We are the only ones that hold us back. Second. The atonement enables us. It enables us to conquer sin, to conquer our weaknesses an to conquer the natural man. It can give us strength, it can give us the ability to become more like Him. I´m still figuring that out, but I know that little by little I´m improving, and that every one of us can do the same. Sorry today is a litte short, but I suppose a lot of my feelings can be shared in person when I get back. :) I love you all and hope you have an amazing week!
Con amor,
Elder Charlie Flint

PS This week we have a goal as a mission to find 888 new investigators. We could definitely use some prayers :) Love you all! 

Hola familia!
Things are going really well here in Alicante. To briefly address a few questions about Alicante, honestly I don´t know a whole lot. I know that they are famous for their Paella, and Turron (which is a candy kinda like a Big Hunk). And yes a nurse got Ebola, but I don´t think we are in any danger. Hopefully they´ll let me back into the country! :) So what do I think about going with Skyler to church? I think that would be great. I know that my records are still in our home ward, and I´m not sure if you can just go to any ward at BYU, but we can definitely look into and see what they say. I´m honestly not sure exactly how I´m going to do things when I get home. I have Les Mis Auditions on the 1st of November and if I get in, good old Justin says that it will be a pretty big committment. Now I do have one thing with that though. I heard that you have to schedule an audition on the 18th of october by calling the number 801-226-8600. Now I am in Spain, and cannot do so. Would one of you be able to do that for me? Please. Really, please please. I´ll try to talk to Justin and see if I can just set it up with him, but for now if one of you could call and set up an audition for me. Just explain the situation and let them know that I will be there for sure. Thank you! But I´m not sure how I´ll be able to get to rehearsals and what not, but I suppose we´ll figure it all out. And I have no idea where I´m going to live, or how I will pay for it. I know that there is the possibility of getting help, but I want to be at least a little self sufficient, or at least get to a point where I can support myself a little better before completely diving into life. I don´t know what to do. At least there is a room for me at home for a litte while :) But I suppose we´ll figure things out. I´m glad I can trust you all and have your support. Oh and Ammon, I don´t know why you don´t like Being Alive! I´m actually strongly thinking about using that song :) It´s hard to decide though, because I don´t actually have the music, or really even know what key it is in. Therefore I sing it higher or lower than it actually is. That makes it difficult to gauge my range and ability to sing the piece. I guess we´ll just have to see. I think I have Being Alive, Giants in the Sky, and a few other options in books already at home. Check for me, will ya? Thanks! I´m so demanding! But don´t worry about that email from BYU, I´ve got it taken care of! Thanks!
Well I have just a few more moments of email left, but I just wanted to testify to you all of this gospel. I´m so grateful to have it in my life. As I get closer to the moment that I won´t be a full time missionary I realized more and more the importance of being a full time disciple of Christ, and I don´t need a nametag to do that. I love the Lord and am so grateful for the truths that he has given me. It is truly a blessing to have the gospel. Love it, Live it. And share it. I love you all! And I´ll see you pretty soon!
Con amor,
Elder Charlie Flint

Conference

OK, just for the record, 2 small dogs, 2 cats, 3 water frogs and a few hamsters live in our house.  The rest are rabbits and chickens and live OUTSIDE.  The hamsters had an unplanned pregnancy so our numbers are up a bit :)


Hello family!

Sounds like things are going pretty well for you all! Sounds like you all liked conference too! My favorite talk...I don´t know, they were all so good! One of the talks I loved was from Elder Lynn G Robbins of the seventy. I don´t know he just kind of laid down the law and told the world that we weren´t going to back down, no matter what the world says, approves of, or does. Then we got a more mellow repeat of the message from Elder Oaks. I just felt the spirit tell me about the importance of sticking to what I know is true. Coming back home, I don´t expect to be plummeted with sin and temptation, but I am ready for it if it does come. Or at least I hope I am ready. It´s so important to strengthen ourselves for those moments that could be our life´s biggest test! And Elder Robbins put it clearly that things aren´t going to get easier, but harder. So we just have to be stronger! It was great.

So mom is trunky, dad´s probably a little trunky too, and the bros are just chillin keeping busy :) I like it. Speaking of busy, my inside contact to the Les Mis stuff (Justin!) Let me know that auditions for Les Mis are on the 1st of November. Like 2 days after I get back. AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I´m terrified. One of the first things I´m going to have to do is make a trip to the Salem Hills Choir room to get some sheet music! I´m officially terrified, but also very excited. No better way to get back into the home stuff than to just dive right in! Ammon! Assignment: help me find a good audition piece. My thoughts are Being Alive from Company, Corner of the Sky from Pippen, Giants in the Sky from Into the Woods, This is the Moment from Jekyll and Hyde, or If I Can´t Love Her from Beauty and the Beast. If you think of one that is better, let me know. And if you can get the sheet music from the school and start to practice it, that would be a great help. Assignment: Mom; Think of everything cool I´ve ever done, and find a good format for an artistic resume. I´m going to have to get one quick! Thanks a bunch, you´re the best! Besitos! Sorry I´m such a diva :)
Logan, you didn´t say anything, but hey, whats up? Cool beans. Micah, I can´t believe there are 36 animals in our house! How many are in my room? Do I get to go to the zoo with you? I did not realize that Cassidy gets home in two days! That´s insane! Things are moving way too fast! It kinda scares me to be honest, but I´m getting over it. I gave my final testimony on the mission and kind of wanted to share part of that with you all today, it kinda fits with the me being scared for coming home thing.
So right before I received my call I was sitting down in my room one night. I started thinking about the mission, about leaving all of you, my schooling, my friends, Amaya, and everything I had ever known behind and I was scared and honestly had doubts about myself and my ablitiy to handle it. I needed help. So I decided to do the classic seminary miracle thing and just let the scriptures open and find the exact message I needed right in front of me :) So I let it open and it opened right to the topical guide, so I was like, well that failed :) But then I looked and the first word I read was Atonement. And that´s when it hit me. I couldn´t do it all on my own, but WE could. I felt the spirit testify to me of the enabling power of the atonement. It is real. Now as I finish I rely on that same answer to get me home. I´m scared to begin life. I´m scared to leave the people and the country I have come to love so SO much. I´m scared that I don´t know exactly how I´m going to move forward and where I am going to get the means to do so. I´m just scared. But that one word. Atonement. That gives me strength. I´m putting all my trust in the Lord. ALL of it. Becasue that´s all I can do. I love you all so much and suggest that you do the same. Give your whole lives to him. He can make you so much more than what you are. I know he is our Saviour and Redeemer. Trust him. I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week applying all those things you learned in conference.
Con amor,
Elder Charlie Flint