So since I didn't get to e-mail last week because of Christmas and
everything I'll just give a quick recap of pretty much the highlights of
these last couple weeks. I got my first baptism! Ha well kindof. Me and
my comp got to organize the Camacho's baptism and get them ready with
the interview and everything while the missionaries who found them got
to baptize them. It's kindof sad that I won't be able to see through all
the new investigators me and Elder Adam's are getting right now.
In other news me and my comp caught a bunny! Haha we were actually
going to eat it ourselves (since Elder Adams wants to kill and eat
everything he sees), but we ended up giving it to an awesome member
family who already has a TON of animals.
My Christmas was AWESOME. Thank you so much everyone who sent
stuff! You're TOO KIND. I got tons of food and candy so I'll be gaining
some weight pretty soon probably ha. It was so much fun to be able to
Skype my family and Sarah too! My mission president is awesome and left
it up to us and our judgement for who we can talk to and for how long
for our special Christmas call instead of the normal 45 minutes to one
house. I am sooooo grateful for that.
Thanks to our awesome ward we had some marvilloso dinners for
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinners. On Christmas Day we actually
had like 12 other missionaries come over to our apartment to open
presents and stuff so it really did feel like Christmas with tons of
people and wrapping paper 3 ft. deep on the floor. Ha the other day
Elder Adams dressed up in a Santa suit and I put on a elf hat and we
went over to a investigator's house to surprise them and their family.
It was pretty funny.
We also got to have a Christmas party at the mission home. We
swapped ties and ate lots of hot chili. YUM. President Fenn also gave us
an awesome message about overcoming trials and know that Christ went
through it all so He could help us through everything we will face.
Thank you so much everyone for all of your love and support! SPECIAL
SHOUTOUT to the one and only Sarah Henretty because I finally got her
letters that she sent a while ago all around the same time. I also got
to talk to her and some of her family on Christmas and she's
just awesome with all the motivation she gives me. YOU DA BEST
That's all for now! If you're sad, read the Book of Mormon. If you're happy...READ THE BOOK OF MORMON! Trust me on this one.
Love,
Elder Adam Shurtliff
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