Feliz Navidad

 

Hey everyone!!  I hope everyone had a great Christmas!  My first Christmas here in Mexico was pretty fun!  I talked to my family in the morning and then we went to go eat  lunch with a family but they live super far.  We look for a taxi for about an hour and a half and couldn't find one.  Luckily our Bishop found us and helped us out so it was a Christmas miracle!  And then I helped the family paint their house so that was fun!

Something interesting I learned that here in Mexico the big Christmas party is on Christmas eve.  They don't do much Christmas day because they're recovering from the night before hahaha.

We had our ward Christmas party this week and it was a lot of fun!  There was a lot of piñatas but I didn't hit it once because I was blindfolded.  Shameful I know 

We hiked up a mountain again this morning so that was a ton of fun!  The member we went with brought his dogs and they were chasing one another and ran into me and swept my feet out from under me and I fell hahaha.  It was pretty funny 

Something I have been thinking about a lot this week is how grateful I am for the Lords help with Spanish.  I remember when I first got here and couldn't speak and I couldn't be myself and it was hard.  It felt like I would never learn Spanish.  But now I can be myself in Spanish and I love it!!  I think it is always so important to have hope!  If we're doing the things we should be doing things will always work out for the best!

In this Christmas season I've been thinking a lot about Jesus Christ and the need of a Savior.  Without him we would be completely lost and without hope.  But because of him we will live again and can find complete joy in this live!  I love him!

Elder Lacey