Dec. 23, 2009

Hello again!Yesterday Elder Anderson spoke to us. It was really cool. he talked to us about how if we would be patient and pray about it and be humble we would eventually better know the condecension of God. So basically we would better know the savior and that's something that i really needed to hear. I can't hardly wait until the day when i can say that i really know who Christ is. But i guess i'll just have to be patient.I have met a few famous people. I've held the door for Sister Smart ...twice. And i eat lunch with Harvey Unga's little bro. Ya know the running back from BYU? And Donny Osmond's son is coming in next week and he's speaking Dutch so I'll get to know him pretty well.My travel plans probably won't come until a couple of weeks bofore i leave so i hope you'll have time for to change your schedules around to talk to me:) Hopefully that flight will be taking me to Trinidad and my visa works out. Also they don't let us call home on Christmas but they do let us write a letter so you'll probably be getting that on Monday.One of the sweaters you sent me is a bit too flashy so i will send that home but probably not til i send evrtything else home is that ok?I was able to see Tyler the day he got here but our schedules are really different so that's the only time i've seen him so far. sad:(I'll mail you some pictures next week. They're not very exciting though. Just pictures of how much better i make my bed than Elder Bastian.Those were some sweet nail clippers! it cleans up the mess for me.The ring Jase made is the most awesome thing i've ever seen! it's kinda sharp though but that will be good for self defense in Suriname. Thanks Jase!I feel bad because people have sent me so much stuff and i've hardly written anybody back. So tell Brenda Sherrie Shellie Mika Corinne thank you for me! It's so awesome that i have all this support.We can't listen to music here so i can't listen to the CD the Shellie sent me from tanner so that's a bit of a bummer. But hopefully when i take to with me after i get out of here i can find something to listen to it with there.Dad, Thanks for the advice with trying to make the teaching sims real. That makes me more motivated to do them. Also we were able to teach a real Dutch guy and his son so that was a good experience. I actually understood a little bit of what he said.Christmas here isn't bad. I think i'd rather be here for Christmas than in a foreign place. It's not way different and i get to heart the apostles speak! It's knida funny what the apostles say. You would think they would be really compassionate toward us because we're away from home, but they usually just say suck it up. But then they always say how blessed we will be if we do suck it up and go to work. So that is still a big comfort to me. Elder Anderson gave the congregation a blessing that if our focus would be on Christ then we would come to know him better. And what more comfort could I ask for than that?I'm so grateful to have a family like you. And for my little cousins that draw me pictures and the aunts that send me food and money.( stop sending both of those things by they way, I have way too much but thanks:)) It's going to be sad to not talk to you on Christmas but in only 3 and 1/2 weeks i'll be able to talk to you so fear not.So yeah i'm definitely hanging in there. tell the ward thanks too. and sue too. Plain City is just a great place.Love you Mom Dad Jase and other readers!