Dec 30 at 3:30 PM
Dear Family:
Well this has
been a bitter sweet week. Christmas was awesome! But then back to normal life
isn't near as fun. Elder Hammond got super sick so we didn't even get a chance
to try and catch up from Christmas festivities that took the first part of the
week. We only had two full days of proselyting.
Monday we only
got a half a P-day. Even with that everybody was busy for the holiday, so it
really wasn't that productive.
Tuesday we
drove to Moreno Valley. There is a large stake center there. That is where we
went when we had the meeting when the mission split as well because we can fit
the whole mission there. We had a talent show at the first in the gym. Elder
Feist and I were going to play the guitar and sing but we didn't get what we
wanted to do down fast enough. Parts of it were super good. There were a few
other ones that weren't as good. After that we went into the chapel for the
people who did talents that were reverent. Some of the Elders and Sisters did a
really good job doing different things. Mostly singing or piano. After that
Sister Smart talked for a minute and then President Smart. We watched the short
nativity from the bible videos and then Pres talked a little more about it. It
ended up being a really long meeting, but I enjoyed it. It started at 10:00 and
I don't think we got out of there until like 4. After that they sent us back in
the gym where all our presents were sorted out by what zone we are in. Elder
Wood and I handed them to everyone in our zone. We had 5 people in our car so
it was like playing Tettris to get the packages all in the trunk with our
backpacks and suits and everything. It was a good day. That night we ate dinner
with the Hoyts. It is always fun for us to get to eat with them. Earlier that
week their son TJ and his girlfriend Mary had gotten there. After dinner they
included us in their Christmas eve festivities. We watched a little Nativity
thing put out by the church and talked about it a little bit and what Christmas
is really about. After that everybody got pajamas. Including us!! Then we went
to bed so Santa could come. The Hoyts even got us stockings to put out for
Santa.
Christmas was
pretty bomb. We got up and opened presents and ate with the Hoyts. I got a
bunch of good stuff. Mostly money which is the best stuff haha. I have lots of
thank you letters I am working on. I Skyped right after I opened my stuff. Elder
Hammond wasn't able to Skype until a little bit later. After that we went to
the Walters for dinner and to play some games and stuff. I will have to hurry I
am already almost out of time!!
Thursday was
weird going back to being a missionary. We went and helped somebody move out of
our ward. It is a good thing we showed up, because nobody else did.
Friday we had
DLC in the morning. After that we met with Veronica and Melissa. They are doing
a lot better now. We will see if they are willing to progress. We met with
Jacob as well. Sadly we had to drop him. Friday night Elder Hammond got super
sick. I guess he was throwing up all night. I didn't hear it. He said I didn't
move all night. I felt bad.
Saturday he slept in to help him get feeling better. He was
still sick when he got up so we didn't get a lot done. I am out of time! Sorry!
Sunday was normal. Today we went to Riverside to get Elder Hammond a new license,
no visa yet bye!
Love Elder Wood
