Alright well i have to say, Cali Colombia beats most parts of the states with christmas lights, HOLY COW the whole city GLOWS like a space ship at night, i think Budd the Elf himself must have decorated the whole city, I LOVE IT!!! k sorry my pictures are lame this week but i promise tons of good christmas pictures next week!!
K to answer your questions mom, yes i got my package!!! AHHHH ive NEVER been so happy to get new socks, thanks a ton!! The ties and pants are SWEEEET too!!! with all that i should be set for the whole next year, im good on shirts and everything else... My comp comes from a really nice family yes, he has a twin sister whos on the mission in mexico, he came on teh mission at age 18 right after highschool but is really smart yes and will do really well in college after the mission! He didnt speak hardly any english at all at the beginning of the mission but hes learning pretty well now, he says a killer prayer in english with ´´thee´´ and ´´thy´´ and ´´thou´´ and all...!! And ya even here in a decent part of Cali, most people are educated but theres still a handful who dont even know how to read, pretty sad, but its incredible to see how they still recognize tons of blessings from The Lord even when they have so little, its taught me a lot
K well today is actually my comps birthday, so i had secretly been talking with the district leaders all week last week (english comes in handy in Colombia) a surprise party for him today, and it was A BLAST!!! The whole zone (16 missionaries) was in the chapel at noon and ordered pizza and decorated the chapel and then hid on the stage behind the curtain and then when he and i got there they all jumped out and yelled happy birthday and we hung out and ate dominoes pizza (yup, Cali has dominoes, its a bit expensive but it actually is just like the dominoes in the states, at least to me it is, and it was awesome). So that was fun!!
This weeks been interesting, a lot of really really good investigators have fallen a bit and after learning soooo much, and after having sooooo many spiritual experiences with them, theyve all hit a wall with one thing or another and no matter how hard we try we just cant quite help them learn to trust in The Lord a bit more and depend more on the gospel, so weve had to stop visiting them... but i love the part of Preach My Gospel that says that not a single effort is lost, and i know that true... I know other missionaries will get there some day and that then they will be ready to progress, even though i wish i could see it in my time, i know The Lord will send the missionaries when the times right, and for now we are looking for new investigators.
La busqueda, sin embargo, es REEE edificante!! Weve had a lot of neat experiences talking to all the families we see in the street and taking advantage of the christmas season to talk about Christ!!! i know that the more we show people that christmas is all about Him, the more we will find people who eally are prepared to accept the gospel!!!
Testifico de Cristo como nuestro Salvador y Redentor. Sé que Él murió por nosotros, me encanta reflejar en eso durante los momentos en que se reparte la santa cena, porque cada vez me doy cuenta de algo diferente acerca de la expiación de Cristo y su importancia. Lo comparto en el nombre de Jesucristo, amen.
les amo
nos vemos
Élder Tenney
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