December 8-15, 2008

Hola This week is just the week we are trying to brace for the week of Christmas. We are going to be pounded with different things for the next two weeks. Super P-day, zone conference...etc. Your Christmas present is on the way, and I want you to know that I chose out everything personally. I started getting you things that I thought you would love and could use(some for nursery...hehe), and I got carried away. I kind of new it was coming this month though, so I bought enough food to last until the 30th, when I have my allowance to be used again. This week had some ups, and some definite downs. We lost a few investigators, and found a few more. But we found some very good people this week, and we had some members really express their love for us. They are recent converts and were talking about how we truly are little angels that bring the true happiness in life. It was so freaking sweet I can´t even explain. It was a sweet joy to hear that somebody here does appreciate our existence. It gets kind of tough sometimes, people chasing you away from their house cursing at you and threatening to call the police. I am not complaining though. I love the people here, they are so relaxed, and kind of go with the flow people. I am really in love with the mission already. The people that I helped are now in the Young Women's and Young men's. Its so happy to hear that they are doing so well. Fortunately for me, I get to see it. They are so neat. A girl in my ward here just got her mission call to temple square. I was so stoked for her. She keeps doing these things called mini missions(they don't do them in the states, otherwise I would highly recommend them). You see, sometimes the mission faults a missionary, and they need someone to fill that spot. So instead of closing an area, they ask the different stakes in the area if they have anyone around that age that can fill in for a few weeks. They go and live with the missionaries and do missionary work. It is good for them, and definitely good for the mission. I am doing really well, Elder Simmons is another that lives in my house, and he is one of my best friends in the mission. He is so fun and funny. We are always playing pranks on each other and on the other missionaries. We found little fire crackers and we throw them into peoples rooms to wake them up. Or, we made one of the other elders cut his face shaving because we threw one into the bathroom while he was shaving. Not bad, but it was hilarious. I don't know, I really am enjoying myself, and having some fun. Honestly it really doesn't seem much like Christmas here. Its 100 degrees and everyone puts out their statues of Mary to celebrate. So funny, I got a booklet of prayers to the virgin, because the lady we were talking to thinks we are far lost, and need to find our way back. Catholics don't pray to God, I don't know if you knew this or not, but yeah, they pray to Mary, and curse us for not worshiping her.I have more pictures to send, but I will be sending them next week, or the next. Its crazy busy.Thanks everyone. I love you all.