Listen up y'all, we got 6 days till Christmas! (There's some Texan for ya) :-)
And I'm so pumped! I've been listening to the same few MCO Christmas songs that I own for weeks now. I miss my Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Andy Williams (and maybe even a little Michael Buble), but it's all good. Just making the best of it, and excited to call the family!
We had a funny problem this week. We were contacting people by knocking on doors, and for a few families, discovered that neither me or E. Bailon could communicate with them, cause they only spoke Quichua (the indigenous language). Now I want to learn a 3rd language just to be able to be able to communicate with them too! :-)
We also appearently had another earthquake last night, but we all slept through it, so all is well.
Me & my companion are still getting along pretty well. If we have a disagreement it resolves a lot faster, and we've been laughing/joking around a lot. The other night we were in bed but ended up laying there talking till midnight! It was fun. :) I hope this keeps up and that we're in good spirits on Christmas.
This week I just want to touch on how grateful I am for our Savior, for his suffering and love for us. And what a fitting week too, being Christmas. I have felt the Spirit strongly whenever I think about his atoning sacrifice and endless love for us. If you want to feel the Spirit here's an idea: Think of each one of your sins, unkind words, disobedience, etc. from this past week, and of him suffering for each one of those, and the pain it brought him, but still doing it because of the incredible love he has for you. This has really helped me to feel a sense of gratitude and focus on him, especially during Sacrament meeting. I just want to give him a great big hug for everything he's done for me, and each and every one of us. What a wonderful time of year to remember him.
I challenge you all to do (or keep doing) the 25 days of service the Church has been promoting! What a great way to give back to the Savior by serving our fellow men.
Have an incredible very Merry Christmas! Don't forget the reason of the season!
Love,
Elder Stolle
P.S. Here (attached) is the video we made as a Zone for the Mission President's Bday a few weeks ago. No, my part was not my idea (it was the Zone Leaders), but it sure was funny, and the other Elder was a good sport about it. :)
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