Well, this week has been pretty great--

Well, this week has been pretty great--

On Christmas Eve, we went downtown and caroled as a Zone. It was the best. Seriously. I loved it. People's hearts are a lot softer this time of year. And singing of our savior and his birth really brought the spirit- there we're some people there that really needed that. It was really beautiful to just see some of them melt when they felt the love and the spirit :) it was a really amazing experience that's probably a highlight of my mission :) I wish I could put it more into words, but just know it was so sweet.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Hermana Buys and I ran around dropping Christmas gifts off to investigators and less actives that we had gotten. It was another rally good and fun experience. While we were doing that, I met a white guy from Africa who was a Muslim. Thought that was cool! 

It felt really good to just focus on giving this year. I really liked that :) and it helped others feel of their heavenly fathers love for them which is really  beautiful

Awkward language moment of the week: we got lunch at a Chinese restaurant, and I was ordering from the lady, and didn't hear what she had said, so I was just like, "¿cómo?"... I didn't notice for a minute or two until I saw hermana Whitney laughing at me. Language identity crisis at its finest.

Last PDay, I spent two hours cleaning our shower- that poor thing hadn't been cleaned in a really long time, and I finally had the time to just boss it out with some good ol elbow grease and bleach. It looks like a shower from Kolob now :) and today, hermana buys and I cleaned the refrigerator. We are confident it won't smell funny anymore :)  It feels good to just do a good long hard cleaning job like that :)

Our area is a little slow right now- we've been really trying to spend a lot of time on our Area book this week. The area book for this area is really big. So we have been spending time in the past week to work on inputting all the data from our actual Area book and putting it onto the iPad. It's boring. But it needs to happen with the iPad switchover. :P so we have been working on that. We listen to talks and stuff while we do it so that's cool :) 

We got a lot of goodies and candy and snacks for Christmas :) yay! And hermana buys and I lost all self control this week... Well, for like 3 days. Then we decided to stop being fat. So that's been good, we're eating more healthy after pigging out this week :)  Good news- I can do 3 sets of 12 regular man push ups without too much difficulty :) I've been working on that...

I have been pretty tired this week...

We had a cool lesson with a less active about the atonement! Man the atonement is so cool. It is amazing how perfectly and intimately it applies to everyone. Every single time. I love it :) and I learn more about it every single time!

This week reading the book of mormon was awesome! I learned way more from the first 91 pages than I ever have before, I ate it up. :) there's so much mind-blowing stuff in there! Explanations, doctrine, commentary on Isaiah, prophecies that have been fulfilled, prophecies that will be revealed, and prophecies that are currently being revealed. It's really neat :) The Book of Mormon is so stinking true... And anyone that uses the comeback that the Book of Mormon is of the devil? That's the lamest excuse ever. Seriously. All it does is talk about Christ and ask us to follow his commandments and stuff. That's the purpose of the whole book!  It's the best :) 

Yeah, I can't believe this year is already over.. So crazy. I love it :) the mission has been flying by! New year, nine months left, and I'm still not in Brazil! But as long as I'm Spanish speaking, I'm happy with not getting my visa :) I actually have my fingers crossed that I won't get it for another few weeks at least, so I can get a more solid Spanish foundation. I love it :) 

I wish I had a more spiritual email for y. I wish I could explain more about my Book of Mormon reading and experiences this week, and   caroling.. But there's only so much I can try to explain and it just doesn't work :P but I love being here. I know the church is true. I know for a fact that the Book of Mormon is true. It is so true. It's great. I love being a part of this work. I love being here. I love meeting all sorts of interesting people and learning Spanish and wearing my purple sleeping bag coat :) 

Love you all!! :)

Hermana walton