Congrats
to the Allen Eagles for pulling off the repeat! Thats really great I
bet Allen will start getting some big time fame now, back to back in 5A Texas football is a big deal!
It also warmed my heart to see the family all
reunited fixing up the Christmas tree and what not, I remember those
being some good times! Thanks dad for alll the great pictures you have
sent me in my mission.
Okay this will be brief but I have got to get
something in before our chat on Thursday! Here in Popayan things have
been getting very festive... I mean really festive. Colombians love to
party. This week there was just a ton of what are called novenas, and
that is basically a Catholic tradition where they celebrate nine days
leading up to Christmas. A lot of appointments fell through this past
week due to this lovely tradition... but we are still keeping on!
As for our investigators, it has been
a tough week. A lot of our appointments have fallen due to the parties
but we did the best we could with what we were able to do. Finding ways
to take advantage of all the free time we had was a fun experience. I
have learned a ton of how to use time wisely in the mission, although
the time in the mission passes by so fast, we have a ton of time during
the day and you can get so much done if you are just diligent in how
you work.
We did teach a lesson to Andres who has just let his
girlfriend move in again. We felt really bad because he was progressing
so well and he is just so ready to be a great member of the church. Well
you could just see that he had lost a little bit of the light of the
Gospel. We did have a great lesson though and taught him about how
keeping the commandments are the only way we will gain the faith
necessary to withstand the trials that await us in life.
However our convert Mabel and her sister are
still going great. Progressing super fast, remind me to share an
experience we had with them in the Skype call this Thursday!
We are also working with a ton of others that were basically put on hold
due to vacations and what not, but cant wait for things to normal out a
little bit after this week!
This Christmas has
been something really special because I feel so much different than I
did last Christmas. Last Chrsitmas was a little harder to keep the
thoughts about home out of my head and focus on what I was here to do. I
feel like knowing that I will never experience a Christmas like this
one ever again has helped me realize that the Spirit of Christmas can
only be felt if the Spirit of Christ is also felt.
As like so many other
things I have realized in the mission, I feel that sacrificing
everything has made me realize everything I had to gain in life. The
Gospel of Jesus Christ gives us the opportunity to become a little bit
better every day, as we give a little bit more of ourselves every day. I
now realize that the joy of this life is found in the hope of what and
who we can become. That is why it was important that the Savior was born
and so this Christmas I am focusing as best I can in this Work!
Thanks for everything and talk to you on Thursday at 2 o clock my time!!!
Have your questions ready and please please have patience with my English :)
Elder Eliason
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