Hey hey! It was awesome talking to the fam on the phone on Christmas! I was so thankful that I didn't break the rules and talk any longer because I'm seeing blessings from it. I've noticed that the missionaries who talked on the phone longer ended up really home sick and I'm not at all (I keep praying that I won't).
I'm sure that most of you have heard about my Christmas from the family but if not, here is what we did. Christmas Eve we spent teaching and visiting people. We had 2 dinners, one with Hermana Ughetto and the other with our new friends Liz and Fotu. We went back to our apt at 9 and took a quick nap and then went to St Peter's Cathedral for Midnight Mass. It was quite the experience. We got there like an hour early and they had a choir performing. It was really pretty. Also, it was packed so Sister Rodrigues, Liz, Fotu, and I had to sit on the front row. We were right up there where all of the action was. It was really a cultural experience. It was good to see what everyone here believes in. I think that it is more of a traditional/cultural thing than a belief. It really strengthened my testimony in the apostasy. So many pure, simple, and precious truths were lost after the deaths of Christ and his apostles. It was a beautiful production but that was it. It was like a play in a way. I thought that it was great that there were so many people with faith in Christ but I also felt like they were missing something integral, they were missing the Spirit. Like I said, my testimony of the apostasy really grew. After that we went home and went to sleep.
(Christmas Day with Mary's daughter Celeste)
Christmas day was spent studying, opening up gifts (thanks everyone for the wonderful gifts and cards), and visiting people. We ate tamales (it's the Christmas dish here) for dinner. We were able to go Christmas caroling to investigators with our District. It was really fun! I loved being able to spend Christmas by serving the Lord. As much as I love Christmas I'm a bit glad that it is over because maybe people will talk to us now.
So we've started teaching Eddy again. He has given up drugs and now we're working on smoking. This week he has made some huge improvements. He decided to fast for strength to overcome this addiction. I'm really excited about the changes that he is making and we have reset (for the hundredth time) his baptismal date for the 23rd. I really think that this is going to be the one that he keeps!
Well, thanks for everything that you all do for me! I hope that you had a Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year! I love you all!
Bye!
Love, Hermana Anderson
(On Exchanges with Hermana Aquino & Hermana Mackay)
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