Feliz Navidad y Año Nuevo!!!! :) I hope everybody had an amazing Christmas and received the Christmas spirit as we did down here. Everything was so amazing, so I'll just dive into our Christmas and our week and everything sweet! HAHAHA :)
So on Christmas Eve,
Elder Kern and I went out to teach some lessons and we met with the
family A. The mom is a less active member and the dad and their
three sons are non-members. Anyways, the mom said hi to us in the
street the other day and said "Hola Elder." We stopped and asked her if
she was a member and she told us her story. Anyways, we met with the
whole family on Christmas Eve
and talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and how families can be
together forever. It was a fantastic lesson and their three sons love us. We always see them in the street and
they'll come running up to us just to say hi. It's really, really
awesome!!! :D We then had some other lessons and went to the stake
president's home for Christmas
dinner. They made turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, salad, pie, and had
sparkling cider :) IT was SOOOOO good. Their daughter is about to go to
BYU and is going to live right by Wyview. Haha, anyways, it was fun to
talk about BYU with her and Elder Cottrell. :) They gave us ties as a
gift and we headed home.
On Christmas
we woke up, opened presents, and then got ready for our district class.
The class was half way just the districts and the other half was as a
whole zone. As a whole zone we all had a Christmas program and it was so very neat. We all went and had a ton of treats and a little pot luck Christmas
dessert bar :) Haha, super fun! Next, we went over to the V.
family's home and Skyped our families. It was so fun. I felt
really weird as I was talking, especially while talking in Spanish, but
it was fun to see and talk to everyone! :D After that we headed to the
C. family's house for a big barbeque. Anyways, after that we just
hung out for a bit and then took around Christmas
cards and candy canes to lots of the members and investigators in our
area. It was suppppper fun and we had an enjoyable time :D WHOOT for CHRISTMAS!
Bad news: J's baptism didn't go through because of some work conflicts that came up. We are shooting for this Sunday
coming up but we're not sure about that either. Basically her work is
causing some problems... She is ready and some of her schooling problems
are being taken care of so that is an answer to prayers :) Hopefully we
can get everything sorted out :) She's READY!!!!
Here are some answers to questions:
I
usually write the mission president about the district we are in, my
companion, and then about me. I try and tell him about what's up in our
sector and some of my personal spiritual experiences. It all depends on
the zone how many districts are in a zone but in ours there are three
districts. There is only one district leader, so Elder Kern isn't a
co-district leader with me but there are two zone leaders and they do
share the load of that calling. The white Christmas
didn't turn out as well as we wanted. J. wasn't able to get
baptized and neither were some other people. But, there were quite a few
baptisms in the zone and we are looking at a lot for January. :) I
believe that we will start being Facebook missionaries at the start of
the new year....I think! Some of my goals are to study Spanish EVERY DAY
so that when I get home I can test out of the Spanish classes at BYU
and get all 16 credits in one test. Also, I want to read the Book of
Mormon all the way through in Spanish, study preach my gospel all the
way through, and to read Jesus the Christ and read all of the scriptures
that he notes. Those are basically my goals :D I will for sure be in my
sector up until the end of January and Elder Cottrell thinks that I
will stay here one more change with Elder Kern before getting changed.
That would put me at almost 10 months in my sector and almost a year
into the mission. :S Elder Kern and I are
continually becoming better and better friends ... LOVE IT :D
Anyways, that's my peace for this week!
Love you all and take care!
Elder Bushman
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| Epic photo of my thumb and new tie!!!! |
"This is a great labor; one of incalculable
worth and benefit in Zion. In order to succeed, you must be on the
Lord's side; you must have the co-operation of the Spirit of God. You
must feel the importance of your mission, and that mission is
to vitalize those who are charged with the responsibility and care of
the young men of Israel. Your duty to teach them how to do their work
effectively, and how best to accomplish the salvation of the young.
Therefore, you must possess the spirit of the mission in your hearts;
and, in order to do that, you must be prayerful and humble. Be genial
and kind so that you may cope with all difficulties. Be not discouraged,
but press on until all obstacles yield to your efforts." - Joseph F.
Smith
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