Ok, so this will be my overview from the holidays. wow! I have never had
such a roller-coaster then these past 2 weeks. I guess I will start form Christmas. So we skyped and that was so sweet and awesome to see you
all. Christmas here sure is not like back home. It is a day off of
work, it is not a holiday to celebrate for its true meaning. So that was
super sad, but something Vonda said, that it's better to be in a place
were you're not thinking of home. I could not believe it was Christmas,
because it was to hot, I could not believe that it was Christ's birth
because of all the drunks. That night at midnight, I have never seen so
many fireworks. They are very very legal here, and at midnight, the
whole city just blew up. It was totally cool to see, our neighbor was
blowing them off, and they were like legit 4th of July fireworks. All
over the city, it was seriously like daylight it was so bright. So that
was all really very nice, they tried cooking a type of cut from the
pig, but it was the nastiest I have ever tasted. I could not believe
it, so we did not eat Christmas dinner. I took tons of pictures with
Draper. Friday we got the call for changes and I did not like them.
Draper was to leave for Artigas, the highest place north in Uruguay. I
really do love Draper, we were together for two changes, 3 months or 12
weeks. Sunday we had a good day in church, he gave his testimony, and
it was super sad, he left at midnight Sunday night, last week. I was
crying so hard like the baby I am. It was so hard to let him go but it
has to be. My new Comp is Elder Contreas, he is from Chile. He is definitely Latino, and I don't know how I feel about that. ;) He is cool
enough but he is not Draper, so that's sad. But I will be ok. We had a
good week, we did a lot of showing around, where everything is, who
everyone is, so that was fun. We are in week two of this change, only
have 4 more to go, I can make it. We speak only Spanish, so that's super
fun. I speak it just to have fun. All my stories are in Spanish, and
all my jokes and everything. My vocabulary is spreading rapidly from
things just not of the church, but how to have conversations with
people, when I am shopping, what every little thing is, that is what I am learning now. I can service pretty nicely down here, but I will not stop learning Spanish, it's a beautiful language. For New Years we did the same
thing as Christmas. It was more like Christmas part 2 and again at
midnight, it was the biggest firework scene I have seen the whole
county lit up. I am sure all of South America had a festival to celebrate.
Iam doing well. Thank you for all the strength you are giving me, and
for all the good that you're doing. I need it and feel it, keep sending me
cards, letters and photos. I love you all and they mean so very much. Thanks for everything.
Vayan Con Dios
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