Christmas was awesome! It was super hot, but it rained
a ton so it felt a lot better. On Christmas day we had a district
meeting in San Jose (1 hour away). Because it rained so much in the
morning the bridge back to our city was flooded and the buses couldn´t
pass. So, we ended up doing a lot of contacting in San Jose and also helped the
missionaries there with their lessons that they had to do. Finally, the flood
passed and we were able to catch a bus back to Canelones. From there we went
straight to a member's house (Hermana Amparo) to use her computer to talk to you
guys by Skype! That was my Christmas day! It was crazy and definitely a Christmas I won't forget.
Monday, December 24, 2012
¡Feliz Navidad! I´m super excited to talk to you guys tomorrow! It's going to be
awesome. This evening Elder Aguirre and I are going to an
investigator's house for a little dinner and to share a
message. After that, there are two member families that have invited us to their
houses for Christmas Eve, so we´re going to visit them and then head back home
for bed! I'm excited to spend some
time with the members. It won´t be the same without you guys, but I know what
I´m doing is right and that Heavenly Father will look after you. Tomorrow
you will have to let me know how Outback Steakhouse was!
This last Friday we had a Christmas
Devotional for all the missionaries here in my mission. It was AWESOME! Each
zone sang a Christmas song and then we got to hear from President Armstrong.
Monday, December 17, 2012
I love
hearing about all the things that are going on with you guys and, of course,
hearing about the sports. It sounds like all is well back at home with a
lot of laughs. It sounds like all is the same! It was also interesting to hear
about all the mission dates getting moved back. I know that the missionaries
here in Uruguay that go home in January leave a week or two earlier than
planned because of all the new missionaries that are coming in.
Anyway, this week was a good week! I gave a talk yesterday in
church about setting goals for the next year. It was awesome and I had people
laughing! I don't think I've really explained much about the people of Uruguay to you guys. I honestly think they are the laziest people I've ever met! They are awesome and I love them to death, but I think if Dad was here he would
go crazy! People don't
Monday, December 10, 2012
Well we found out a little bit more about Christmas this
year. Christmas is on a Tuesday, so we´ll have our normal P-Day on
Monday and I'll be able to write you that you day. Then the next day (Christmas), I'll be able to use Skype and talk to you! I'm super excited to talk to you
guys (talking in English is going to be really weird) and see you! As of
right now we're not really sure what time we will have access to Skype. We
need to plan it with the family in the ward who has a computer. I'll let you know this next P-Day what's going to happen.
We received change calls yesterday and found out that Elder Aguirre and I are going to stay here in Canelones together for another change.
We´re super excited and can´t wait to keep working here in Canelones. The
ward here is AWESOME and the members are always helping us with the work.
Monday, December 3, 2012
I received the photo of Perry [good friend serving a mission in Tallahasse, Florida]
and thought it was awesome. I think it would be cool if you sent him my emails. I would love to hear from
him. I sent him a letter a couple of weeks ago. I hope he got it. It's also good
to hear Tanner [good friend at the MTC and serving a mission to Korea] is doing great. I sent him a letter, too. I can´t believe Michael
[Zach's cousin] got his mission call [Roseville, California]! I´m pumped for him. Tell him he´s going to be a great
missionary. We´re offically going to have 2 Elder Gardaniers in the mission
field. Vamo Arriba Gardanier family!
Well, the ward is awesome. The branch president is now the bishop with the same
couselors and all the other callings are basically the same. The ward had its
first ward baptism this last Thursday with