April 24, 2012
Famailia, So this week was good.  Caught a cold, drank goat milk and had 38 people in church ha.  Oh 3 things bad.  So now I have to write 9 things good.  1.  Elder Santana is really cool.  I'm really liking traning!  2.  I got to do an interview for baptism and that's one of my new favorite things.  It's great to hear the conversion stories!.  3.  Were working super hard, hardest I've worked or maybe just feels that way.  4.  We get to plan a wedding!  (probably already happened before you read this)  5.  I tried to send presents to you all but it was too expensive for a little box so I'll send a bigger box and it's less expensive ha don't know how but here at transferes I'll send a box of memories.  So nothing new really happened.  We started doing alot more contacts and talking w/everybody literally and I've really seen the blessings not alot yet because were still being tried, but it's good!  The busier & runned ragged I am the happier I seem to be.  But were working and marking dates and activities and all is great.
Mensagem Espitiual!  Mosias 15: 2-3  I wann a know what you think about these verses what do you understand?

April 16, 2012
Family, I don't have much time today but I promised I would write every week so!  I'm doing great.  Super busy w/all the new responsibilities but it's great!  I get to do interviews for all of my district!  Its cool talking w/the people about to be baptised.  I had this young lady of 17 years and I had already taught her 1 time before so I knew her story well and the interview went well and I asked who would you like to baptise you?  She said who can?  I said anyone in the ward with authority.  She said the missionaries or could you.  I said for me its alot harder I have to ask permission from Pres.  She said well ask cuz I want you to ha.  But after she felt a better idea to have her boyfriend do it!  But still felt good to know I helped in her conversion story!  Also we ate tato (armadillo) it was good.  Tasted alot like alligator or turtle, ya know the usual ha!  But this last week was ran ragged but were getting it all done ha.  I'm really starting to love it more and more.  With more stress I feel....happier? more self productive who knows what exactly it is but I'm really starting to love it.  Hope all is well.  Love you all!  Oh Happy moms Day! (Tami Martha Deakin)haha 
                Elder (your son) Deakin
Albert Einstein said "the significant problems we face cannot be solved w/the same level of thinking we were at when we created them?  (my book Leadership for Saints)

March 11, 2012
Family!  So today my letter will be really short because I cut my middle finger holding a fan (plastic) for our bar b que, but I am fine.  It's going to stop bleeding I hope haha.  But I am great.  This area is starting to get better.  The members are starting to get alot friendlier!  Also I have said it before but thank you for the valentines box w/treats/valentines.  Alot made me laugh!  But like I said pretty short because it really is hard to write w/o my middle finger ha.  Oh you guys should watch a test of five its a baptist film about firefighter.  Everyone said its good!  Let me know how it is!  I hope all is well!  Tchau!  Elder Deakin

March 9, 2012
Dear Family Deakin, We would like to inform you that because of his good example and success your son, Elder Britten Campbell Deakin is currently serving as a Senior Companion.  The senior companion is the missionary in charge of the companionship; he dictates the pace of the work of the Lord for his companion, helping the mission as a whole.  In our mission this is a very important position that reflects the confidence that the Mission President deposits in the missionary and more importantly still, it symbolizes the confidence that the Lord has in your son.  We know that support from home is essential to his success.  We hope that you continue to support him throughout his entire mission and in the future callings he will hold.  We greatly trust in your son!  We took the liberty of sending other copies of this letter to your son's Bishop and Stake President so that that they can follow his progress and his labor in the field.  We pray that the Lord will continue to bless you in your sacred calling as parents.
Sincerely,    H. Moroni Klein, Mission President

Grandpa & Grandma Deakin  Thanks again for the letters and the cartoon clippings.  I don't have any other missionary in my house that speaks english and they aren't as funny translated, but I sure do enjoy them.  I heard you guys are getting alot of snow this week!  That's good you'll will need the water here in 2 months.  So you probably heard but I got transfered to an area called Sao Francisco, it's inside the state of Acre.  So I had to take a 3 hour plane to get here ha so I'm a little off the beaten path...but I love it here.  Best top 3 things:  1.  They have CJ5!  Jeeps for real!  Way Cool!  2.  The members/investigators give us food w/each lesson we have so I'm not passing hungry. 3.  My comp/the house we live in is by far the best so far.  Really clean, easy to clean, almost a real house!  The other houses weren't very good ha.  The Councelor in the Stake Pres. has a fish farm so he invited us to go fishing so when we go I'll show you how to catch a big fish!  But I hope everything is good there and hope to hear from ya soon!  Tchau Elder Deakin  Oh also I have some music from pioneers and in there is names of some people.  One was Ann Deakin Mill I was wondering if you know her story.

February, 2012
The Griswalds! Oh Deakins!  Hey how is it going?  This week was good.  We finally got a wedding taken care of just not the baptism yet but she's good so I'm not too worried.  So I got the package w/the photos and clip from Holly.  I sent her a thank you.  Also got a card w/ideas about what to write haha!  Cambrias starting golf.  That's cool just remember swing relaxed.  Girls always try too hard, just relax.  Holly said Annalisa won the photo contest for Grolls that's cool.  Oh also got a really cool Christmas card w/dancing lights!  Way Cool!!!  So hows the presidency?  Everybody tells me Mitt is winning but nobody here knows about government, so I don't trust them ha. But also I wont/didn't send the memory card today because Elder Helama wants to copy some of them.  Also Da Cunha called me saying he got the package and he will write to ya.  He said thank you alot.  But I think that's it for today!  Have a great week.  I love you all!  Tchau!  Elder Deakin