December 20th, 2010

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Wow Christmas already?! I can't even believe it. Time has already flown by like crazy. We got news of our changes today and the result is.......................................... I am staying here in Trebol for another change which I am stoked about and I am with Elder Bonilla again which should be... fun? I am super glad I will be here for Christmas That will be way fun.

The thing I am way excited about is that we have 2 baptisms set up for Christmas day. One of them is this old guy named Francisco who is like my favorite person ever. He is a professor in San Salvador and whenever we talk to him he always goes off on random topics. Like asking what the churches stance is on music and if we have a choir he could join. But he was the first person I door contacted, so he is special and I am so glad I will be here to watch him be baptized.

The other is this 20 year old girl named Raquel. We are working with her mom and she just started to come to church with us and accepted baptism. It should be a cool week, that is if they both follow through.

Sounds like things though up in SLC are pretty crazy. Sorry Dad and Debbie about your house that sounds way crazy. I hope they find your stuff. Hilary and kelsy, I bet the Christmas concert was way awesome. Joff and Kylie I am super stoked to find out about the gender of your kid. I don´t even know what it will be. I pray for a girl though.

I have been hearing a lot about Christmas hear. A bit different then in the states. I guess everyone celebrates Christmas mainly on Christmas eve with like huge parties and fireworks all night. Not like Utah fireworks where we just use a couple flowers and whistling petes. I mean like huge stuff. Kids have like sticks of dynamite in their hands. It will be a Christmas to remember.

And about "the call". I will call Christmas morning some time. The good thing is that E. Bonilla will call on Christmas eve his family so I will have more an option of when. I was thinking of trying around noon. I think they said the rule is only an hour to talk, but everyone here talks to there families for like 2 or more hours. So we will just see, cause one hour is nothing. And I was wondering if we could just use one giant call, cause at the airport I did a call for mom and the kids, then dad. But just to save time I was wondering if we could just join everyone!

So I decided this week to buy myself a memory stick. Cause what I am going to do is put the pictures you send on it and go and print them out at a nearby picture place.

Crappy stuff has happened this week though. I have been getting sick from the climate hear. It will be freezing in the middle of the night and in the morning, then mid day it is way hot. Then cold again at night. So that has sucked. But I am on the mend and never let it take away from my teaching or take time.

They say the first 2 changes are the longest and that is really hard to believe. Cause this change was crazy fast. I am glad cause the 2 people I really get along with are Elder Stone and Elder Finlinson and they will both be here again next change.

Not much else though to say. Going to work like crazy this week like also. But I love you all so much and thank you for all the letters. I pray for you all and think about you. Gennie a special thanks goes to you, cause this week I started using that little picture book you gave me a lot more and everyone LOVES it. There is two things everyone does when they see it. The pictures of the nephews everyone is like, ¨AWW!! so cute!¨ then the picture with me and my long hair, no one believes that it is me. It is crazy to see that picture now though.

But love you all and thinking about you especially this time of season. I am sending some photos so you can see that I am still having a Christmas. The guy who is santa is HNO Kolindrez, super awesome guy. The other pic is my zone and the last is me and E. Stone making pupusas.
Once again love you all and have a good Christmas. Talk to you Saturday!

Elder Gillette

PS that was awesome hearing from pepe, chance and brian. Not gonna lie thought they forgot about me. haha
PPS Hilz I got your package, but still am not opening them!