Well, tomorrow marks the first 6 months of my mission! There have been many ups & downs, I have had much sadness & experienced great joy, I have felt lonely & I have felt the love of a people whom I do not even know. If you were to ask me if it has gone by fast or slow, I would say that it started off extremely slow but is progressively getting faster. As much as I am enjoying my mission, hopefully it will only continue to go by faster so that I can return to you all soon!
I hope everyone's Thanksgiving went well. Since there is no Thanksgiving here, we didn't celebrate. In fact, I forgot all about it & didn't realize it had past untilyesterday. But up next is Christmas! I have told you all before, but Christmas is an incredibly big holiday over here. It's pretty much what everyone lives for. You start hearing Christmas music around September & it goes until Christmas. In my area right now, there is a large field in the middle of town & they set up this HUGE tree in the middle. Last Friday, they had a huge ceremony that the entire town went to & they had entertainment & lit up the tree. It was quite the experience.
Not much has happened this week. We are still mostly tracting & trying to find more people to teach since we have a very small teaching pool at the moment. We are finding many new potential investigator's & hopefully they turn into baptisms. One thing about the people here is that they are so nice. They are the nicest people I have ever met. Me & Elder Andus, in an attempt to find more people to teach, wave at every single car, motor, or person that we see. Literally every single one. Since the town is small enough, we are gaining the reputation as "the happy, smiling Americans." Unbelievably, we are finding that so many more people are willing to listen to us because they can sense that we are friendly people. Every single person we wave to waves back, accompanied by a huge, sometimes toothless smile! It's the best.
That's about it for this week. Our Christmas party is coming up on the 16th of December. I'm so excited! I hear that for Christmas, we are allowed to watch 2 Disney movies as a Christmas gift! Man, I can't wait.
Well, keep going strong! I love you & miss you!
-Elder Staheli
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