Say hi to everyone.

Yes, the barranca is pretty cool...actually it`s really cold. It`s much colder over here than in Belenes, even though it`s not that far away physically, thanks to the giant cliff. There are also soccer games every weekend, although I think the season just ended. Atlas plays there, one of the 3 first division teams from GDL. Our house is pretty nice, actually. It`s even got a couch.

My favorite Christmas traditionas have always included the calendars, the many different types of christmas ornaments, the pickle, reading a Christmas story every night, "Twas the night before Christmas"...pretty much everything. I plan on passing it all down to my children (assuming my wife lets me!!!!). I want to make sure every Christmas is a fantastic, special, and spiritual experience for my family.

I`ll let you know what I`m thinking about BYU in the next week. I need some time to process it all, because there is a lot to decide and these decisions will have a very big impact on the future.

Oh, apparently I started talking in my sleep. I have no idea what I said or why, but I did. The problem is that my companion doesn`t speak English. I`ll keep you posted on further developments...

Well everything is all set for our service activity this weekend. We`ll be bringing a huge bag of toys to a nursery with 46 poor children on Friday. We`ll sing to them (I`m directing the chorus), play some games with them (there will be clowns!) give gifts, and have a good time with them. Saturday we`ll be going to an old folks home and giving them things for the cold like gloves, hats, scarves, and whatnot. We`ll also sing to them and with them and try to share some Christmas spirit. The whole zone is in on it, and it should be lots of fun. We`re also preparing our skit for the Mission Christmas Dinner, which is the 14th. I play a rag-doll missionary, with a pull-string and ridiculous phrases. It should be lots of fun.

The Christmas Devotional was great as well. I really enjoy these devotionals...although they`re way better in the original English. The only complication was that they told us it was at 6:00, but it ended up being at 7:00, so we had to wait an hour. There was an investigator there though and he enjoyed his first chance to hear the prophet speak. We`ll see how that develops in the future.

Well, time to run! Say hi to everyone. I`m running around very busy all day every day organizing activities, doing divisions (I went to Paraìso this week, and got to meet some really great investigators of theirs and help the young Elder Jensen improve his studies), and all sorts of stuff.

Love,
Elder Lund