Christmas in the Pines

Dear Family,

Yesterday we had CAMBIOS. I was sooo nervous because I didn't want to change and not celebrate Christmas with the people I love here in Pinos.

Guess what? 

I am staying here in the Pines (Pinos) for Christmas!!!!!!!!

Oh hey, guess what mom? I got your package!!!! Thank you to kolob and back for everything and my compa wants me to tell you a million more thanks for her gift. She can't stop telling me that my mom is the best. Good thing I already knew that :) I will tell you more details in my package I am going to send this week.

We had our activity/comida with President Mejorada this week. It was sooo beautiful and I LOVE celebrating Christmas in the mission. We got flu shots as our first gift of christmas. We did a christmas gift exchange with the hermanas with the whole left right story thing to pass the gifts around. 

It was fun to see old companions (my trainer who goes home tomorrow- Hna Miguez!!) and elderes y hermanas from my generation!!

We have been working really hard with B so that she keeps progressing towards baptism and well you know her salvation. She accepted to be baptized on 24 of December but she got scared when we went to visit her the next day and she backed out on her goal. I know that she will get baptized but it is going to be a lot of work to help her not get scared and back out again.

Her granddaughter K is excited to leave school for vacation and start to work with us! She said she wants to go one ENTIRE DAY to work with us! What a good way to prepare for a future mission :)

I am not exactly sure when I will be skyping you but I am sure it will be Christmas Day. We just recieved instructions and we are going to find a member this week that we can go to skype. Next Monday I will tell you more details.

Now is the time to study about the life of Jesus Christ and remember all that he has done for you- the greatest gift of all times is His Atonement. I invite ALL to search the scriptures for the greatest gift and pray to know that God loves you.

SEE YA LATER!!!

Hermana Beardall

PICS:

1. Hey. That's my companion's name. (Street in our area)

2 y 3. A house in the Fuentes Ward  puts on a Christmas production. It's a house of a member and she had the institute here in Celaya sing for the program. It was sooo pretty and soo cool to hear Mexican Christmas songs- I don't remember what it is called but some song about the perspective of the fish in the river on the night christ was born. My companion says it is called Peces en el Río. Look it up and what it means. Jaja I like it :)