hey there mom,
yeah it was great to talk to you all too. it's so much easier to communicate and share more things when we can talk to each other! i DID wear my santa hat! i'm not sure if we have any pictures of it though so i'll have to pretend like you suggested :) and i'm glad that you liked the CD and are enjoying the pictures.
mom don't worry! you can get back in the routine of working and working out. i believe in you :) it always feels good, even if you are wanting a break, to be in a routine and feel purpose oriented.
so i'm glad that all went well with everything Christmas! we had fun here. after i got off the phone with you all, we went downtown! we sang Christmas hymns and passed out cards from the church. it was so much fun! even though we aren't the best singers... haha some people didn't like us, some people loved us! after that we ate with a family Christmas eve and then came home and drank some eggnogg. then Christmas morning my companion and i listened to Christmas music while opening our presents and taking pictures. then we got ready to head to another member families house. they have 4 little kids. the two youngest boys are less than a year apart and they are a little trouble making team! but they are so much fun and it was great spending brunch with them. they are a little more americanized and the Sister speaks a lot of english. she mad us a typical american breakfast (for all the missionaries in the ward) with pancakes, bacon, cinnamon rolls, and orange juice. then i danced around with the kids. it was funny. later on my companion called his family and i played with Christmas stuff. then we were able to take a glorious nap before heading over to another members house for dinner. so mainly Christmas consisted of us eating a lot. i enjoyed it.
yeah i'm excited about this calling to be zone leader too. i really hope to make a difference. my companion and i are going to work hard and so far we are getting along fine. he is such a humble guy. he's a great missionary and really knows what's right. he is a little shy and on the conservative side, but we have been having much fun together. we have some ideas that we think will help the missionaries in our zone progress and move the work forward. hopefully we can stand strong and stand up for what we know is best.
i love my mission and i'm learning to love my mission president. i do respect him! i just want to point out a difference between him and my first that will hopefully get you to understand where i'm coming from better... so with president Roach, we heavily focused on "becoming baptizing missionaries"! which was GREAT because that is our ultimate purpose as full-time missionaries. we even had a member of the 70 come and tell us that. (of course it's not about numbers! baptizing still includes making sure everyone is ready and hopefully going to be strong faithful members til the end). but now with president Doll, we are more focused on "becoming contacting missionaries". and that is NOT our purpose. that is just what we obviously do as missionaries. SO, elder john and i, being original southside missionaries, want to help the other missionaries remember their purpose is to baptize.
don't worry about me though, we are really loving what we do. i don't know if you could see it in our conversation, but i feel like i've grown a lot. there's so much i've learned. i love the gospel. i know that there is a TRUE mental, physical, emotional, spiritual difference in your life when you are doing all that is possible to live the gospel of Jesus Christ and when you are not. the gospel is happiness. God loves us and wants to bless us. that's why the gospel is here. so that through our obedience, we will obtain everything that our Father has for us. it's so exciting to bring that to others!!!!
i love you all and miss you much. i hope all is going well. i hope you have a great new years! i think we'll celebrate by going to bed early since we can't be out late! haha
much love,
elder munoz
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