December 20, 2010
Merry Christmas, everyone!
This week was nuts for two reasons: my companion and I barely worked at all, and we baptized. What?!
Yeah. We didn't really work this week. But it's for a good reason! I went to the doctor last Tuesday because of a pesky ingrown toenail that I have been dealing with for a good couple weeks now, and she said that I needed to take the week off. She gave me a signed note and everything -- if I were an employed man in this city, I would be legally obligated to get work off for seven days. Crazy, huh? She also gave me a prescription and forbade me from wearing a closed shoe on my right foot for three months! So for the last few days, I have been walking very little, although I have been working more than the doctor said I should. We have still been visiting our best investigators (luckily, they live really close), and I have done some walking in order to go on divisions with other elders, but that's pretty much it. Elder Harris and I have been staying in the house on the doctor's orders, studying a lot, talking, and singing hymns. We're both going a little crazy.
And somehow, even with us being imprisioned for the week, we managed to baptize! There's an eight-year-old kid named Lucas who has been going to church now for easily six or seven consecutive weeks, and we baptized him yesterday. I usually try to avoid working with kids because they pretty much always believe you, and they have little chance to stay firm in the Church without their parents. But Lucas has been going faithfully for awhile now, and I think his grandparents will support him. t's not really up to me to deny him from being baptized, anyway.
I have kind of discovered over the course of the last few weeks that the area that I'm in has something of a reputation for being difficult. My LZ told me this morning that it's pretty much the hardest area in the mission as far as ward members helping out is concerned, but I don't really believe that. Anyway, it's cool to see the Lord blessing us, because we haven't done anything other than work hard and be obedient, and we have had some real, tangible success here.
So, I am very excited to talk to you guys this Saturday. Christmas doesn't really feel the same on the mission (no holiday does), but it's looking like we'll still manage to have a special Christmas this year. We're having a special Christmas conference tomorrow in Ribeirão Preto, and the entire mission is going to be there. It's going to be nuts, and I'm stoked! And then we'll have the Christmas call on Saturday, and things are going to be aaaallll right. I just found out last night that we are allowed to do Skype video calls for the phone call home, but I don't know if that will be a possibility. It will be hard, if not impossible, to find a LAN house that'll be open on Christmas, and I don't know of any members in our ward that have a webcam, or even a good computer for that matter. Most likely, we'll have to do a normal phone call, but I'll do what I can to try to set up a video call. I'll call some time on Christmas Eve, probably in the late morning or early afternoon for you guys, to set everything up. Dad suggested that we do the call around 4 PM my time (10 AM in California), which works for me. Is that good for everyone?
My mission president hasn't said yet how long the phone call can last, but I'm guessing it will be for an hour. Maybe he'll be generous and let us talk as much as we want, but I doubt it. We'll figure out all the details on Christmas Eve.
Eu amo vocês so flippin' much! Até o sábado! Feliz natal!
abraço
elder wiggins 4 (or 5)
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