Hey Family que tal???

This was a good week. It was not so productive because from like the 23rd to today (the 2nd is a holiday too) most people were either gone or just way drunk and so we had a couple days where we were told to stay in the apartment. But this week will be great. We have a several people that we are going to finish teaching and get ready for baptism and confirmation for the 14th of January. One of them is this girl named Narylla (I think that's how it's spelled...) And she is great. She is excited but just getting a ton of pressure from her Aunt. I guess the Evangelical churches here have a book that just talks about how evil every church is and the aunt gave her this book and she just has tons of questions about every little thing. I just told her, listen Nara, none of this really matters if you don´t believe that the Book of Mormon is true or Jose Smith is a prophet so... any question you have, is answered by whether or not you believe that Jose was a prophet and if the Book of Mormon is true. We haven´t seen her in a couple days because of the fiestas... But we have an appointment with her and her wonderful aunt today at 6. Wish us luck? I am thankful for all your prayers in my behalf and on the behalf of the people I am working with. It just feels good to be working here, and with a companion who wants to work. Also, We are teaching this lady named Ayde (I-day) and she came to church and said she felt really peaceful and a warm feeling in her heart. She has a date for the 14th as well. We are also teaching some awesome families! We set a goal of 7 baptisms this transfer and I hope we accomplish it. There are so many people here and the elders that were here earlier... lets just say, its been a while since the people of Villa del Parque have seen missionaries outside ;)

Yesterday was like a regular Sunday in the sense that there wasn´t a testimony meeting and so Hermano Perez came before the meeting started and asked me to go up and present myself, and if I wanted to impart any council or advice or anything to animate the members, I have about 15 minutes haha. So in about 3 minutes before the Santa Cena, I wrote a few notes and said a little prayer. The first speaker got up and she was great, talked about how we can do service. She really wants to go on a mission and so she talked a ton about mission work. After that it was my turn. As soon as I approach the stand, the microphone starts making that noise like ´´woooooooooooooooooooo´´ and so I back away and it stops and so I come closer and it starts again... So after just standing there smiling at the congregation for a couple seconds, looking like an idiot, I just took the microphone out of the socket and gave a very loud talk haha. I felt like an old school preacher...

This area is way different though. I sit on couches DAILY. So the people are a lot better off here than in Cordón, but they are all just as nice and generous as others. You really can´t get a Mendocino to say yes to letting you help them, and they don´t take no for an answer when they want to sirve you... Really great people here.

Hope you liked those. The elder who got my gift was just like.. ROCKS?? WHO WOULD GIVE A BOX OF ROCKS? hahaha It was way funny because Elder Leany did the same thing. I thought they looked great... At least it was creative. I got a lighter. And then another elder wanted to trade my lighter for his yarn. But I really did not want yarn. So I just gave him the lighter. It was a good party. I ate cow tongue...

I GOT THE PACKAGE! that was awesome. I loved the chocolate and peanut butter. I just ate them together and made reese´s pieces..(sp?)
I can floss again! That was very welcomed. Thank you for the memory stick too! I also got a bunch of letters from Sophie, Brother and Sister Kuta, the Johnson family, an awesome card from the Giler´s and a couple DearElders. Christmas was great :) Thank you all :)

I hope you guys had a great new year. All our neighbors had like military grade fireworks and so that was exciting. I love you all and am praying for you all the time.
Elder Daybell