12/20/16 Letter

We had some stuff happen this week! Saturday was our ward Christmas party. And boy, do they know how to party. The loudest music I've ever heard in a church, the most dancing (puts youth dances to shame), great food, and lots of less-actives. Both Jaime and Fernando came to the party, Jaime participated as Herod in the nativity. Sunday was just a little different from most, the high councilor who spoke didn't know Spanish, so he had a member of the bishopric translate. We made candy trains for Christmas too! we've been working really intensively with Fernando and he has enough questions that we're postponing his baptism. But Jaime is still a go for Friday. (we decided that Christmas Eve was too hectic for the ward members) We took our ward mission leader's son out to find some previous investigators and he loved it. He really felt invested in the work we did, and wants to stay in the loop about the people we talked to. It's clear to see how much of an impact missionary work has on members. And members move the work along much more than they realize. Monday p-days will be nice, Sundays are often stressful out here. We had snow on Saturday morning, about 4-5 inches but it's mostly gone now. On our way to morning sports our roommate almost killed us about 5 times, he's from St. George and has had no experience driving in snow. Oh, something weird here, they just cancel stuff when it snows. They cancelled the ward temple trip and part of the Christmas party because all these transplants from Central America are unwilling to drive in the white stuff. We finally cleaned our apartment top to bottom too. If you haven't had a chance yet, check out the church video, Light the World and think about ways to serve individuals. I also see more and more how important daily study of the scriptures is, along with meaningful prayer. Just do it! Make time. There's always time. Merry Christmas everyone!
Love,
Elder Hunt