If i ever thought the mission was stressful before.... now it´s reached a whole other level! :) But man does it feel good! haha... I am so my mother´s child... the more stressed and hectic the better! It just means you´re getting things done, right? :)
First off.... Christmas in Argentina... man was that a new experience! I felt bad because Christmas Eve was P-Day (and Hermana Taquichiri´s first ever) so we were going to go play with everyone, but there was a huge storm and everything got flooded, so we ended up sitting in the pension. I felt bad cuz for H Taquichiri Christmas Eve is the big celebration day. SO... to make it better we made empanadas and pulled out our matresses to sleep under the Christmas tree (my family always sleeps under the tree the night we put it up. We were a little late doing it this year, but it was still fun!). After talking to my family (which I LOVED) we went to bed, only to be woken up a short while later at 12 AM to BOMBS going off outside! In Argentina, that´s basically what fireworks are! It sounded like we were in the middle of a war or something! It was fun to watch so many fireworks going off though, since we live on the 11th floor and can see everything!
Then Christmas day we spent with the zone in interviews with president and later lunch in the mission home.... not a bad deal :) It was WAY fun, and almost felt like something a normal family would do :)
Oh.... in other news.... Noche de Luz was AWEEEEESOOOOMMEE!!!!! It seriously was phenomenal!!! We had 8 performances over a 3 week period, and traveled all over the mission! Adrogue, Banfield, La Plata, Longchamps, Avellaneda, Montegrande, Florencio Varela, and Quilmes. Every chapel was PACKED, some of them even overflowing into the hallways! It was great! And the best part... they predicted that over half were investigators! There have already been SO many amazing stories that have resulted from this program, with many more to come I´m sure! I´m so grateful I got to participate in it!
Alright.... well... my time is all up and i better get to work! I love you all tons! Challenge of the week.... WATCH President Holland´s talk from the October conference on LDS.org.... it rocks! I promise it´´ll be worth the time!
Love you tons!
Hermana Churchill
Pics - 1) Noche de Luz... instruments! This night, Elder Barton from the north mission came down to see the program and happened to have his cello, so he played prelude with us!. 2) Sleeping under the christmas tree on christmas eve :). 3) Christmas day with hermana taquichiri in the mission home.
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