December 22, 2014

Christmas Time!

so i was super bored waiting at the train station, and my comp got on the escalator the wrong way to use as a treadmill to keep warm (cuz its fricken cold here haha), so i thought well hey i could take a selfie haha....

Hey Momma!!

haha, i feel the exact same way!! sometimes i feel like i've been out here forever and i cant even remember what life was like before the mission, and then other times i look back at like Tomar or Beja, were i was for almost 6 months in each and how all of a sudden those are just gone haha, or especially Montijo haha, those were probably the fastest 4 weeks of my mission, i can barely remember them now haha. its just weird to think that now im on the "older half" of them mission haha, cuz i remember showing up here and thinking that all the guys with over a year were super old haha. 

probably my favorite day last week was thursday the 18th, because we had our Christmas Party for the mission. it wasnt the whole mission, but about half of us were all together and it was way fun. we had a big story thing that the mission did about the birth of Jesus that was super cool and had a strong spirit, we sang a ton of christmas hymns and had some sweet testimonies too. then we had an awesome lunch and all went outside the chapel to the parking lot and did a huge white elephant gift exchange which was really fun haha. I got to see my son Elder Roberts, and in the white elephant he got a freakin melon!!! hahaha, that was super funny(: but that was an awesome day, its always so sick to hang out with a ton of missionaries and old friends, and at the same time get blasted with the spirit, its soo cool(: and then yesterday in church, Hélio (the 22 year old from Angola) got the Aaronic priesthood! gosh dang i love participating in priesthood ordinances! the priesthood is seriously sooooo cool!!! 

and about my journal.... haha, every now and then i write in it when i have a really cool thing happen, but i should write in it more haha. but yea when awesome stuff happens or a really spiritually building expirience, i write it down(: 

and i got the package with the 4 bags of cheetos, and then the package with the 2 ties and socks!! aaaannndddd, sooooo um, we all know how good i am at waiting to open gifts...... but hey, those ties are super sick!! haha, sorry i couldnt wait to open them(: but thank you so much, there super sweet!! i didnt have time to go through the whole package cuz i just picked it up this morning, but gosh dang i love you guys so much(: haha and i probably wont get the box  thats in the office until next monday, so no worries ill wait(;

haha well dont be too sad about Christmas, its the last one like this haha(; just please please please take a ton of pictures!!! and i will do my best to take a ton here also(: and later in the day here we will be going to the house of the Markhams (missionary couple) to skype, so i dont know what time exactly, but for you guys probably sometime between 9 and 12am, but we always will be able to use email that day to better coordinate(: 

HOORAY FOR MAX!!!!!!!! HOLY CRAP THAT'S SICK!!!! hahahaha he's gonna need a heck of a warm coat hahaha! when does he report to the MTC?!?! 

i love you all so much, and i'll see all your faces in 3 days!!!(: love you guys!!

Zach is Zach and I LOVE it and miss my FUNNY BOY!!

oh you know, just me and my super sick rock climbing skills 

check this out!! there's a super market that has blacklights in its bathrooms!! hahahahahahahahahahaha(; i couldnt help but take another selfie, my shirt was glowing!! hahaha

hooray for p-day fun day(:

this member's name is Maria Silvia, and she is just basically super dope. i have never left her house once without eating like a fullblown meal haha, she just wont let us leave without eating. well the other day we passed by and it turned out that no one else was home, so we couldnt go in the house, so she just busts out some chairs and two trays, and we just sat down and ate in her doorway hahaha, she cooks soooo freakin good!! and i was messing around with the spoon and she just thought it was the funniest thing in the whole world haha