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ola familia!
> can you believe it? the year is coming to an end... and christmas is 6
> DAYS away! i磎 so excited to talk to you guys! pte peterson set a rule
> that we can磘 skype on sunday, but maybe on monday... i think that i
> will just call on sunday and i need to coordinate with the other
> missionaries because there are four of us and only one phone in the
> church. i don磘 know if we can go anywhere else but we will see. i磎
> thinking that i will be calling some time around 4-7 (in my time
> zone). i磎 going to buy a calling card right now and you guys can
> call me at the number i call from? it should go well. we are going to
> be eating very well that weekend because we were invited to eat some
> 创asadasos创 with some families. that is like a huge meat barbeque
> and i磎 pretty pumped.
> leandro is doing awesome. he磗 good friends with some of the youth in
> the ward and his mom is pretty excited because he is spending time
> with other members. he blessed the sacrament again on sunday and he磗
> pretty involved. we just talked to his mom today in the street and
> she said that her family just attacked her (verbally) last night for
> being a member of the church and said a bunch of ugly things about the
> church but they don磘 understand anything about it... but his mom is
> really strong in the church too but it made her feel pretty bad. we
> are going to visit them tomorrow.
> we talked with silvia about her marriage status and she is going to
> start the divorce process so she can marry the guy she is living with.
> we are trying to get some of the hermanas in our ward to start
> visiting her when we aren磘 there so we are inviting them to come with
> us to the lessons. silvia really enjoys coming to church and she is
> feeling good about things. the members are calling her a 创mormon
> seco创 because she is only lacking her baptism to be a member.
> pte peterson did come this week to interview all of us and it was
> really awesome. i was able to talk to him about all of my concerns
> with the area and our investigators and he gave me some good
> direction. we talked a lot about prayer and i ended up studying more
> about it this week and i learned a lot of interesting things that
> changed the way that i think about it.
> one thing that i read in the bible dictionary is that we end our
> prayers 创in the name of Jesus Christ创 because we are praying for the
> things that He would pray for, and we should pray for things that
> agree with the will of God. i never thought about prayer in that way,
> that i磎 praying for things that Jesus would be praying for. i know
> that our prayers are answered when we ask for things that God wants
> for us.
> a few days ago, we went to clap some doors in the morning, but it was
> really hot and everybody either went to the beach or was eating lunch
> so we couldn磘 get into any doors. we didn磘 have lunch until 2 so we
> didn磘 have much to do at that time and it was kind of tough. i was
> getting really thirsty and for some reason, i started thinking that a
> nice glass of orange juice would be perfect at the moment. one guy
> answered the door, 创freddy创, and said he didn磘 have time to talk to
> us but he gave us 2 oranges. i was asking my companion how could it
> be possible that we got some oranges when i was thinking of orange
> juice, but we can磘 be directed to some good people to teach. we went
> to a corner under the shade to start eating our oranges. we ate half
> of our oranges when a gypsy couple with their young son showed up and
> started asking us questions about the church. they were out selling
> table cloths and other stuff and they weren磘 having any success
> either so we just started talking and we ended up teaching them right
> there on the corner. i thought that was really cool how all of that
> was planned out to meet those guys right there at that moment. the
> bad thing is that they aren磘 from rawson and they are moving to a
> different city on tuesday but we at least had the opportunity to talk
> to them and plant that seed for later. we were praying for people to
> teach and they presented themselves in a different way that we were
> expecting but we were able to teach. i think that i need to be a
> little more specific with my prayers but they need to be what God
> wants for us too.
> Alma 35:5 Yea, O God, and thou wast merciful unto me when I did cry
> unto thee in my field; when I did cry unto thee in my prayer, and thou
> didst hear me.
> i felt like i was answered in that moment and i am very grateful for
> this experience.
> it磗 getting a lot warmer now and when it is a really hot day, the
> town shuts off the electricity and water. our freezer is full of ice,
> so full that we couldn磘 put our hands in to take stuff out, and when
> the electricity was turned off all of that ice melted and flooded the
> apartment. that was a fun surprise when we got up in the morning but
> now everything is good and our freezer is clear of ice. it was a
> blessing in disguise.
> on friday, the ward had an activity to celebrate the end of the year
> and it was on my comps birthday so he was able to have a semi-party to
> celebrate too. it went very well and there was a talent show and a
> dance afterward. we didn磘 stay for the dance, but we ate some good
> food and some of our investigators showed up too. nacho came with his
> friend and the familia dorrey came. it was a success. on sunday, the
> four of us missionaries sang a part of 创we磍l bring the world his
> truth创, for the primary presentation. it went very well. things are
> going a lot better here in rawson and we are starting to progress a
> lot more.
> i know that this is God磗 work and i know that i am supposed to be
> here in rawson with elder escobar. i am grateful for the opportunity
> that was given to me to be here and help with all that i can. it磗 a
> great feeling to know that my Heavenly Father can trust me to follow
> through with His plans and help those in need, and i磎 having an
> awesome time serving right now. even though christmas is coming up in
> less than a week, i磎 glad that i磎 here. i love you guys a lot and i
> really am looking forward to hearing your voices on sunday! i attached
> a short clip of my christmas song because i know my momma likes it ;D
> FELICES FIESTAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS! I LOVE YOU! HASTA DOMINGO! CHAU!
> elder summers