Hey
fam and friends! How was your Christmas? I hope it was awesome, like mine was.
Second Christmas in the mish. Man, it was sweet. We spent Christmas Eve at the
familia Aquino`s house (same place I spent New Year`s last year), and Hnas
Nielson and Wiscombe stayed the night with us because a taxi was going to be
too expensive to take back to their area. So, the four of us spent it in the
Figares sweet house because they were out of town and wanted someone to be
there to watch the house. Don`t mind if we do! The fireworks weren`t as crazy
this year because the Figares house is more where all of the stores and
restaurants are and those were all closed at midnight. But, we sat on their
balcony and played Christmas music and listened to the fireworks going off in
the surrounding neighborhoods. It was cool to be in our own little
bubble.
The
days before, we contacted a lot and were able to share He is the Gift with a
lot of different people. Most didn`t actually accept having the missionaries
visit them, but what was important was getting to testify of the love of God
for giving us His Son, and the love of Christ for everything He did for us. He
really is the gift!
On
Christmas Day, 8 of us missionaries didn`t have any lunch appointments, so we
got together in the church and made canelones and invited a couple of jovenes
and Brian and Angela. It was pretty great!
And of
course there was Skype with the fam! My family`s kind of the best. People who
heard parts of our conversation said "wow, you guys are pretty
funny." Yeah, we are ;)
It was
a pretty life changing week, but just in a way that I can`t really describe.
Just being filled with the love of God and Jesus Christ, and sharing it with
others, even if they didn`t want to accept it. The year 2014 is very quickly
coming to an end! It`s been a wild year. 2014 is a year I will always remember
with a smile: the only full year I spent in Uruguay. So much growth, so much
laughter, so many tears, so many lessons learned....so. much. joy! Last
year, I had said that I had chosen a word that was going to be my focus for the
year: LIGHT. I have felt that light in my life, i have seen it turn
on in others as they listen to the message of hope, and I have felt my own
light grow through the examples of these amazing Uruguayos and the experiences
the Lord has thrown my way.
Here`s
to 2014, and a great 2015 to follow!
I love
you, I love you, i love you!
Hermana
Dolan
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