On
christmas this year I got three things, A loaf of bread, sick, and
hundreds of ants in my bed! What a christmas! But as we all know,
christmas isn't about receiving it's about giving. As for our
investigators this week, no one progressed or went to church, Pretty
much everyone was out of town or super busy last week so we did a lot
of walking. I guess it was pretty cool though if you like walking a
lot. Christmas eve was the best day, a family invited us over for
lunch and we ate potato salad and ham so it was sweet! Then I got to
Skype my family! So it was super weird because I was trying to
introduce my companion to my family, and I got super mixed up on what
language I was speaking. I started speaking spanish to my family,
then I was like oh they don't speak spanish, so I turned to my
companion to talk to him but I started speaking english, and I just
kept going back and forth like that, with no one understanding me
until I stopped and recovered. Then I did it again. It was super
weird.
So
it was so cool to see everyone, first Skype of the mission, how
adorable. I was looking through everyone like, oh cool, there's my
sister, oh cool, there's my brother, and then I saw my main homie,
Big J, and I realized how much I missed him. And then after the call,
I wasn't even that homesick or sad, I was just like "wow I wish
I could have talked more with Jordan". But Mom, it was great to
talk to you too!
So
about my christmas gifts, In the morning I got sick (I'm still sick)
but it's just a nasty cold so it's not too bad. I'm still out here
baptizing. In the afternoon, a guy gave us a loaf of christmas bread.
He's a baker. He's a nice man. And at night, I got a visit from
hundreds of ants! About a week ago, they invaded Elder Valladares'
bed, but I didn't think they'd invade mine too. But they did! They
attacked on christmas, the same tactic that George Washington used to
turn the tide of the revolutionary war. These ants seem to know their
war tactics. So yeah I slept with hundreds of ants crawling all over
me and my bed and biting me. Merry Christmas. Christmas was rad
though because I bought a big bottle over pony malta. I tried to
share with Elder Bartlome but he said it tastes like horse pee. I was
like "yeah that's what pony malta means in english"
I
hope you guys have a great new year. I'm setting some big plans and
gearing up to baptize all of Colombia in 2015. It's happening. nah,
but really I'm trying to be the be more like the savior each day, I
hope that makes it on all of our lists of new years resolutions. My
other resolution is gain 35 lbs. Stay tuned. By the way that's a joke
(kind of). Love you guys
Love
Elder Downing
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