Dear Family! It was wonderful to be able to see and talk to you all using Skype this week. As first it was a little strange because there was a sudden connection between my two worlds, but it was a nice change to our routine. All seems to be going well back home for you guys, didn´t look like too much has changed. I must admit that I was a bit jealous to see you all eating mom´s cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate while I was handed a large plate of rice, ham, and potato salad, but I got over it haha ;) After talking to all of you we all headed to our house to eat dinner with Hna Sugasti, the member that I live with. She lived in the United States for a little while and was very excited to make an ´´American´´ Christmas dinner for us. I wasn´t quite sure what to expect when she first told me that, but it actually didn´t end up being too bad. She made some turkey with cranberry, mashed potatoes and gravy, and stuffing. I think my favorite part of the dinner was when she put the plate of cranberry jelly on the table and the three latinos sitting next to me looked at me with very concerned expressions. Elder Villanueva, the elder from Peru that you guys met, promptly asked me what in the world it was. Even after explaining it to them they were rather hesitant (except for Elder Giron, the Honduranian, who eats anything you put in front of him) When I explained that it´s even better if you eat it with the turkey they looked at me like I was crazy. They tried it and ended up loving it, even asking for more. I love seeing the difference in cultures here. The things that I find normal can seem so strange to somebody else. It´s a fun learning experience :)
As I already told you guys, on Christmas Eve I didn´t sleep at all because Central and South America celebrate ´´Noche Buena´´ with lots of fireworks and things called ´´bombas´´ which are basically super duper loud firecrackers. We woke up the next morning to see lots of garbage and firework cases in the street (it´s all still there) We still here fireworks during each day and throughout the night and they bring in the new year.
It´s apalling to me that we´re already finishing December and beginning 2014! I´m excited to set goals for the new year. President Carmack shared a thought about setting goals in his email to us this week. He said that we can make big changes by keeping small but effective goals. He shared one of my favorite scriptures, Alma 37:6, that by small and simple means are great things brought to pass. I know that as we make small, meaningful efforts, we can see grand miracles!
I love you all dearly and send lots of good wishes your way!!!
Go Forward With Faith!
Hermana Falslev :)
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