I'm (bup bup)... dreaming (ba-dup) ...of a sunny (bup-bup) Christmas and New Years!
Well, everyone, just as fast
as Christmas came, it went. But that doesn't mean I'm not gonna keep rocking the
red ties and having the Christmas spirit!
Talking to the family was
awesome. Aaron, Ethan and Joseph all seem to be older than I am now with the
way they've grown over these last 7 months. It's gonna be scary to see how big they
really are soon.
We had a great week. The
mission put together a Christmas activity with a HILARIOUS slide show from
President Corbitt. Honestly, for how serious and inspired of a man he is, he
also has a golden sense of humor and likes to laugh a lot. We did a skit as a zone
of the "A Savior is Born" and a reenactment of the Nativity Scene. It was not quite as good as the ones we did as a family where we had one of the
cousins tied to a rope in an angel outfit and we lowered him from the balcony, but we did our best. Also, I got to play the guitar for the first time in forever
for a song we did at the end of "Burrito Sabanero". It was such a
good time and something all the missionaries needed.
I'm leaving this area tomorrow, though, with the new transfer - which is the sad thing. I'm leaving for Las Americas, which is near where I started in the mission, to the
area of Los Molinos (or for you gringos, "the windmills") like Cali. I'm going to
be with a mission legend, Elder Guzman. He is a really cool and humble missionary and I'm ready
to get to work. We're gonna be traveling a ton with my new responsibility and I'm gonna get to see more of
the mission than I ever have as a result of what we will be doing during the course of this next transfer block. It might be a bit crazy with the schedule and time and lessons and
everything, but it'll prepare me when I'm in post graduate school with three
kids and a calling in the Church and....ya tu sabes. Really the mission is the MTC
for your life.
Had some of the hardest
goodbyes of my life today and there are more to come tonight. Gonna be carrying
the Kleenex box around for a while. But I know that it's an "until
later" and not a "goodbye", because I will be in contact with many of these great people for the
rest of my life. This is part of my family now and I love being a missionary.
Love you guys. Have a great
new years.
By the way my camera is fixed
so I'm gonna be sending a BUNCH of pictures, hopefully, if the light doesn't go
out.
Elder Graff
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