Buon giorno a tutti! :)
Wow, it was great to be able to Skype home and see so many bright, shiny faces for Christmas! :) I am so glad that everyone is doing well! This week has been pretty crazy, since our schedule was all switched up because of Christmas, but it has been good anyway! We spent Chrismas eve in the home of a huge Peruvian family with like 7 kids (reminded me of home!) and apparently their Christmas is at 12:00 midnight rather than in the morning...but we had to be home much earlier than that anyway). But yeah, it was a little...interesting for me, since my companion and all of them mostly spoke Spanish and talked about Christmas in Peru...but it was still an experience! :) haha
Christmas day was wonderful; we got to watch Monster's University since one of our roommates had bought it (hilarious!). And then we went to the Gerachi family's house for Christmas lunch. It was delicious! They are from Sicily, so we had a typical Southern Italian dish: Some delicious lasagna, and buttered brea with raw salmon and fish eggs. It was...interesting, but actually not all that bad! The lasagna was phenomenal though. And then after we had gorged ourselves almost sick we were invited over to the Tromeur familys' home for skype and Christmas dinner! (oh mannn!) haha. We were SO full by the end of the night it wasn't even funny! They are so nice though. The mom was like "We know that Christmas is a little hard on the missionaries, so don't worry, you don't have to eat everything that we have here (which was a TON). You should have seen the relief on our faces!
Well, as far as investigators go, it is going pretty well! A lot of them are still in their home countries until after the new year, but we have been able to meet with a few families who live here. The Michaels are still doing well, they continue to struggle a little because they are out of work, but their faith is so inspiring. They told us that all their friends are so amazed that they have been able to continue to live in their apartment for a few months, even without working. They Always express so much gratitude for the Lord and His goodness in their lives.
Martha is still preparing for her baptism, which we are still thinking will be a week from Sunday. But there have been a few things come up (like they Always do when an investigator is close to their baptism), but we are working through them together, and I know that her faith will pull her through.
We had a wonderful miracle this week! We had a HUGE success of a Christmas party for the ward (even though it was quite the struggle to fit everyone in the chapel--you'll see the video!), right after the block, and we had 7 investigators and 5 less active members that we were contacting and teaching, show up to sacarament meeting, and then stay for the party! It was Amazing! They just kept coming in, we were so happy to see them! We then watched the First Presidency Christmas Devotional together. It was really a special time.
We also watched the video "O come Emmanuel" by the pianoguys as a prelude to the devotional...I would definitely reccommend that! Wow. It brought the spirit so strongly into the room! (Although I must be allergic to it because my eyes were welling up a little) hehe.
Everything else is going well, it finally stopped raining after 4 days of non-stop pouring rain! The lake is practically over-flowing! It's a good time.
Well, sorry this email is a little short, our email time got cut this week since it's nt technically P-day today. But I love you all tons, and am so thankful for your prayers. I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and wish you a Happy New Year!
Love,
Anziano Wilson
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