Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas! 

Well, by the time you read this it'll be almost Christmas even though I write these on the Monday before. I'm just chilling here with Elder Plaster and life's good. Christmas is coming up and I'm super excited. Not about the presents because I know I got some slacks and socks (and there is nothing wrong with that) but because our president told us we could SLEEP IN! Plus, it's just a great time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. 

Anyways, this past week was awesome, and it was in preparation for Christmas which is also awesome. We had a Christmas zone conference which was cool. We basically hung out for 6 hours. We watched the Fighting Preacher and had doughnuts. We also did some skits. The Fighting Preacher is a super good movie and I recommend it. The acting was kinda wack sometimes, but I also haven't watched a movie in over a year, so I don't care. 

Christmas Zone Conference

We're teaching this guy named Jake and I really hope he can get baptized soon. He is such a cool guy. It might not happen this transfer because he has been reading some anti lately which is lame. If he keeps reading that stuff, I'm going to roast him. I love my area and my companion right now. Life is great being a district leader and making councils. My perspective has changed, and it is actually so fun. I guess I needed to learn that lesson haha. I asked president to put me in a Spanish area soon and he hasn't said anything to me about it so I think I might ask again. I don't know. All of the Spanish speaking reassigned missionaries are leaving to go to their original missions, so this could be my chance. 

There were some other cool things that happened this week. Like on P-Day we are doing a white elephant gift exchange and some other fun activities. Also, I learned how to solve a Rubics cube so that's fun. Elder Plaster taught me. Another fun thing that happened is that I caught a cold and now my throat hurts a lot. I also have a stuffed nose and it's kinda the buns. I remember I got sick with Elder Mcgee and had to quarantine but I'm planning on not doing that because quarantining is a miserable experience as a missionary. Every day here we don't get any member meals or lessons, so we just find all day every day, so I've been eating really unhealthily. This is probably why I got sick. Yeah, but life's good though. 

The mission really is such an interesting experience and it's weird to think that in 11 months I'll be home. It's so cliche to say but it is going fast. The mission has changed me for the better. It's awesome.

Grabbing a pigeon

Elder Plaster holding a pigeon

Thank you all for everything you do for me and all your prayers. I need as much prayers as you can give. 

Sincerely,

Elder Pack