Great but weird week!!
Talking home was awesome!! Even if it did take 4 hours to
find a computer to call home with. haha
Our Christmas party was awesome and we had mashed potatoes
with our lunch so what else could I really ask for?!
Christmas night was interesting.
We ended up having tortillas with salt sprinkled on them for dinner because
Pizza Hut was closed so there was no delivery and it was too late to leave the
house for food. haha It wasn't your traditional Christmas dinner, but it was
chill hanging out with some other missionaries and just relaxing a little.
Saturday we passed by everyone,
inviting them to go to church. Sadly the tradition here is get drunk
Christmas eve and then stay drunk until New Years, so we didn't have much
success this week. haha
One super cool experience was
when we showed up at Hermana Yolanda's house. She is a convert of about a year
now and is probably 45 years old. About 5 months ago her mom died, and this was
going to be her first Christmas without her. She felt so sad and alone and
scared for a bunch of problems that were going on in her family that in the end
she decided it would be better just to drink away the holidays like everybody
else. She had just sent a kid to buy her some alcohol when we turned the corner
walking towards her house. She quickly told the kid to come back and without
telling us what had happened invited us in. We are teaching a son of hers and
without even knowing the situation had planned to teach the Word of Wisdom.
About halfway through the lesson we asked her what blessings she had received
for obeying this commandment. At which point she broke into tears and explained
to us that she had almost broke for the first time since her baptism. She cried
as she told us she had been praying for God's help and when she had finally
given up he sent his 2 little "white angels" to her house to protect
her from falling into temptation.
It's hard to describe the feeling you get when God sends you
to answer someone's prayer. It's something hard to compare with any other
feeling, something unforgettable.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and had the chance to
be the answer to someone's prayer this week, through an act of service.
Love you all and thanks for your constant support!
Elder Davis
Pics: Christmas punch we made, at an activity, tortilla Christmas
dinner, and me passed out at the church after a super long night
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