Dec 21, 2009

Merry Christmas!!!

Santa Claus is rolling in a little late to Pedro Juan this year for Elder Dennis hahaha, no packages made it here on time. But I got a card from Grandma and Grandpa Dennis this past week. But to me it doesn’t really matter, I didn’t want anything anyway, because I’ll be getting home in less than two months now. You should have the flight itinerary already and everything. Elder Reid’s mom was nice enough coughcough to forward him the information already, but he goes out west, so once we land in the states I don’t know how long it will take for me to get home. The only thing I’m looking forward to is the last phone call. Its so hard to believe its actually coming this week, because I’ve always thought of that as the start to the end. But while we’re talking about the phone call, I’ll finalize the details with you...

So Elder Adamson’s family wants to do it a little later, because more of his family will be there, so if you guys could call at 3.30 pm my time, that way he’ll talk to his parents starting at 5.00 our time, leaving that little space for the common errors and bugs and whatnot that always happens. We’ll probably be there like 10-15 mins early too, so if you get scared its not gonna work you can start trying just a little early. So be there, or be square.

We’re planning a Christmas dinner for the branch for tomorrow, and right now we have to go finalize on a house in our area... well, not really a house, just a little one room apartment like in Saltos, because it is soooo expensive here. Well not really to us Americans, but for the Paraguayans, its like trying to live in downtown Manhattan. But the mission didn’t get us money on time to buy stuff to move in there with, so we’ll still live with the ZL’s in Rama 1 for another week or so until that gets to us.

It doesn’t feel like Christmas, but we’re doing our best here to set the mood, listening to Christmas music and always singing one of like the 6 holiday hymns that are in Spanish when we visit people. We usually start off singing a hymn to invite the spirit when we teach. The work is really tough right now mom, it’s really pushing me, but I'm trying to find new people that are excited about what we have to offer. Elder Adamson is great though, he really wants to do his best, and is really excited to be here. But we don’t have like any progressing investigators, and we only had 11 people in the church on Sunday, including an investigator and two little girls younger than 8. It is so sad here, and we’re trying so hard to fix all the petty little problems that the less active members have about “so and so” or “what’s his name” and solve their little excuses for why they don’t go to church. I love this work, I love this season to remember our Savior, and I’m trying to give him it all this last little bit that I still have. I’m almost done with the Book of Mormon again, we started October 1st as a mission, with the goal to finish on Christmas. I’m passing through Ether right now, and I absolutely love that book. I know it is the word of God, and that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. Thanks for your love and support always, I can’t wait to talk to yins on Friday.

Love,

Elder Dennis