Always Love

Hi precious people,

It was a beautiful thing talking to you last week. Thanks for updating me on everything and making me feel loved! Thank you for the presents and for the notes and Christmas cards--oh my goodness, I never thought I'd love looking at Christmas cards so much. I love seeing how everyone looks and how the little ones have grown.

We had another baptism on Friday night! Ra from Peru was baptized and then confirmed yesterday during sacrament meeting by his son who's waiting for his mission call. It was so neat sitting on the stand (piano) and watching Ra's face as he returned to his seat after receiving the Holy Ghost. He was trying to suppress the grin on his face, but I can always tell what that smirk means. He is so neat, and I feel like he's one of the people I am here for. He was a nurse for 25 years, as I learned during his baptism, which sparked my interest even more. :) The families in this ward are so amazing--they are so strong and are excellent fellowshippers. There's a focused effort on the Ca family and the ward has come together and are always asking about them and inviting them to do things and wanting to come to lessons. We feel that the Ca family is really close--we could have at least 7 baptisms in January. That would be a miracle.

Oh dear, I wish I could remember all the questions I was supposed to answer. I started reading the Book of Mormon over again--I don't know how I missed everything last time I read, but I'm learning so much more. Missionary work is interesting like that--once you hear all the questions and have a desire to answer everything having to do with the restoration and the Book of Mormon, you start to read with those investigators in mind. I'm grateful that the book is like that--that you can learn bit by bit each time and I can feel my testimony take root even more.

This week was a lot better, being the holidays and everything. :) Transfers are next week, so we'll so how that goes. Don't worry about me--I'm doing great! I have a wonderful mission president who always shows so much charity and love and actually reads our weekly letters and my zone is great, the sisters I live with are angels, and our investigators are a blessing. 

I don't think I've mentioned the wicked fog that's here in the mornings. It's the coolest thing. I can't believe how thick it gets.

Love you all,

kates