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| Christmas Soccer with President Ayre and his family! |
Well to
start things off today was transfers.... And I'm staying!!! I will be
finishing my mission in Virreyes! I'm very excited and looking forward
to this upcoming transfer here. Elder Molina is staying as well as my
companion. So yeah that's what going on at the moment.
The week
was full of great things and wonderful experiences. This week was our
Christmas Activity as a mission where we all got together and had a
lunch with an awesome devotional! It was held in a giant international
school where President's kids go. It was great and we enjoyed our time, all of the missionaries together singing hymns of Christmas and just
having a good time.
One of the greatest parts of the week
was the chance to chat with my family through skype! It feels like
yesterday that I talked with them last mothers day. But it was just
great to be able to talk with them, to see them, and enjoy the
opportunity. It blessing to have a Senior couple of missionaries in our
ward so that we could use their computer. Haha, expensive wifi.
Here in Argentina it can pretty dangerous in the streets during this
time of year with the parties and such. So we now have to be in our
apartments before 8:30 each night. But until now nothing bad has
happened. But better safe than sorry.
Christmas morning I opened up the package that I got, which was full of American goodies! Thanks mom! And then we get a call from the assistants to see if we want
to play soccer with them and the secretaries. We said yes and went to
the field behind our ward building. When the assistants got there they
told us that President Ayre and his family are coming to play with us!
It was awesome to play soccer with our mission president and his sons
and daughter for Christmas. He made 2 goals on us..... but to tell you
the truth I don't think that anybody wanted to play tough with him
haha. Still, he plays pretty good for an American.
Today was
a crazy day. We got a call from the office elders last night asking if
we could do divisions with them for the day (p-day) because it was
transfers and one of the office elders had to stay in the offices to
coordinate the transfers, and the other had to look at some new pensions
for some other elders in Capital (downtown). So me and My comp went with
Elder Gonzales all over the place looking for new apartments in the
mission car. We didn't really have a pday today but that's what you get
when you are the Zone leaders of the office Elders, haha, the whole day
running all over the mission!
As a mission we are pretty
excited because this year we were able to help 1878 people be baptized
and make covenants with our Heavenly Father. It was a major growth
because last year we helped around 1450 people the last year. So we are
seeing some great blessings as a mission!
And well it all
comes down to the sad fact that this is my last transfer in the mission.
I will be finishing my mission here in Virreyes in about 6 weeks. I'm
not really sure how I feel about this fact, but all I know is that all I need to worry about is the work. I don't have much time, which only
means I need to work even harder while I can. I love the people of
Argentina and I'm stoked to keep on working here. I know that time flies
when you are having fun. I testify that this is true. THE MISSION IS A
BLAST! love it while you can!
I'm a witness of Christ, that
he is our Savior, that when we let him enter into our lives, everything
can change. If we follow him nothing is impossible. Not always easier,
But easier. I am his missionary and I love It!
With a ton of Love this new year
Elder Taylor Chriss
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| Christmas Eve with the mission |
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| All of his planners |
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| Looking for Pensions with Elder Gonzalez |
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| Yum, Burger King! |
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