Merry Christmas everyone!
We got to attend the Temple this week as well. Great
experience as usual.
We spent a good part of our Saturday this previous week
doing community service. We helped give out presents to kids who were
probably not going to have the best Christmas. It was an amazing
opportunity to serve. We helped keep the kids entertained while they
waited as well. Lots of singing - lots of voice used up. After the
service project, I was not able to speak very loudly! There was one girl
in a wheelchair, with progeria, the disease that makes you age
prematurely. The average life expectancy is something like 14 years if
what I remember from before my mission is correct (can't work the Google on my
phone here). I usually wouldn't say I'm an incredibly sentimental guy,
but seeing her smiling so happily just melted my heart. I almost wanted
to cry (almost... but I didn't) knowing that this one Christmas season meant so
much to her because she wouldn't have that many in her life. You could
just see the joy in her eyes.
Following that service project, we were able to go with all
the missionaries in our stake and carol in a wagon with bales of hay.
First thing's first, I'm glad I grew up in the city and not on a farm. I
don't know how people lift hay bales so easily. They're just so big and
awkward, and the twine just cuts into your hands. They had us put the hay
bales in the wagon/trailer to sit on as we caroled house to house (so we
wouldn't have to walk, high tech I know). At first I thought I could just
carry a bale with another missionary - make it easy, but no, our good ol’
missionary farm boys decided to start lifting them alone. So, obviously
because I did not want to turn in my man card, I had to do it too. Not
very fun! First and last time. The caroling was fun though, just
riding in our "sleigh" pulled by this special breed of horse called
the Toyota Tacoma. There were something like 200 horses pulling the
trailer! Talk about power! It was a very fun experience.
I got some church clothes for one of our 10 year old
investigators because that was what stopped him last week, not having clothes
to wear! He looked like a million bucks and he knew it. White shirt
and tie, black pants, black belt. It was so funny running to him in the
hallway between the 2nd and 3rd hour as we were walking to class, seeing him
carry these scriptures that he had borrowed. He really loves church, it's
amazing to see the faith of the kids.
Transfer meetings are this week, hence the late email.
Always fun meetings to decide what's happening to everyone in the
mission. One thing is for sure, the meetings show just how much our
mission president cares for each and every individual missionary.
Pictures coming tomorrow, the internet is terribly slow
right now, so I can't send any.
It was cold
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