Week 77 - We Are Gettin' Jolly

Hey peeps, TIRING week, but the Christmas spirits got me moving along! At this time of Christmas, the stores have started selling cartons of eggnog, (nonalcoholic kinda :) ) instead of Chocolate milk. If you know me, I pretty much always drink Chocolate milk, and this was a disappointment. Most of the gringo missionaries love this eggnog stuff, and the thought came to me that even though I remember having tried it before, I don't remember why I never loved it like everyone else. WELP, I have come to the conclusion its because it tastes like throw-up milk, so if anyone is curious, just trust me on this one before you get yourself hurt.

Here's a quote from Napoleon dynamite when the time machine does work:
"Tell uncle Rico that this things a piece of Garbage, it doesn't work"
*Walks in uncle Rico with an ice pack on his crotch

Hope y'all got a kick out of this one, I sure did

There is a Sister in our ward that gives us Lunch every Sunday after Church, and we just love her. One of the funniest little old ladies I've known in my mission, and loves to talk to us about whats she is studying in the scriptures. One of the first times going to visit her at her house about 4 months ago, I saw a picture of her Photoshopped with another Elder in front of the Temple and a small little frame, and out of jealousy and wanting to be "that" missionary that everyone would remember, I told her, " Sister Mesa, One day I'm going to take a picture with you and print it out even BIGGER so that I can be in your house forever." She told me that every Elder that comes says the same thing but they never come through. WELL, me and my comp actually did it and it was so exciting!! Low quality Photoshop, but her whole family who we love and her loved it so much!

We celebrated Christmas yesterday eating pancakes at the same families house, and we gifted them some really cool glass cups to replace the ones that her son broke a month ago during a dinner that we were at, that's another funny story for another time, and they got us stockings with little candies. Thought it would be a puppy, but candy was a good 2nd choice! ;)

President Russell M. Nelson and Counselors Dallin H. Oaks & Henry B. Eyring of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

During this time of year we have been really focusing on Light the World, one by one, trying to share the light of Christ with everyone. Christmas time is a great time to be with family and celebrate, but it's a perfect opportunity to remember how lucky we are to have a Heavenly Father who loves us, and a Savior who was given to us by the Father, so that through all the pain, suffering, and regret that we pass through in life can be redeemed. I want to share with each and every one of you guys my testimony and faith in Jesus Christ. I know he lives. He is the light in the darkness, the hand extended to help us back up, and the key to happiness in this life, and I am honored and privileged to be a representative of Christ, and a follower of his Restored Gospel. I wanna invite everyone to find a way to share the light of Christ by helping someone else in need. Serving others is the pure love of Christ, and a perfect way to bring happiness into the lives of others, and to bring our lives more in line with Christs life. Its the key to our happiness in this life, and the next.

Love you guys so much!!

Elder Butler