Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

This was a busy week filled with many emotions. 

First.. It was Christmas! On Christmas Eve we had an activity as a mission and it was awesome. I love being with all the missionaries. We sang, watched some talks, ate, had a gift exhange, and watched the videos each zone made for christmas. 

Then on Christmas day I got to skype my family! It was awesome. And so so so hard. I told myself I wasnt going to cry but as soon as I saw their faces I lost it. But it was good to talk to them. 

Then we went back to work! Noelia was confirmed this week, so that was awesome. 

Pablo. Man he is awesome. We decided we should teaching him the word of wisdom, and we kinda knew we would have a problem with it. As expected, he told us he smokes. Which would be fine, except he told us he doesnt really have a desire to stop. Well. Dang. But we´re going to keep working with him, hopefully he´ll start feeling the desire. But the lesson we had with him was awesome. In the beginning I wasnt understanding anything. So I said a little prayer for help to understand and help him. And immidiately after I started understanding and we had a 30 minute conversations back and forth. The spirit was so strong. It was awesome.

We also found a woman named Isabel who has had the HARDEST life. Seriously. Shes literally never been happy. And shes going to be baptzied on the 10th :)

But I was thinking the other day. I feel like Ive been kind of a downer in my emails, always talking about how hard it is. So first Im sorry for that,

But hey, this has been the hardest thing ive ever down spiritually and emotionally. But its so so so so worth it. I cannot imagine my testimony without the mission. Of course I would still have it, but my testimony has grown more in these 4 months that it could ever have in my whole life if I was home. Ive gotten to see the atonement and love of Christ work and change people. Ive been put in situations where everything depends on my faith. Ive been given the opportunity to grow in ways I couldnt have without the mission. Im so thankful for this opportunity. 

I love you all and I hope you had a great Chistmas and have a Happy New Year!!

Love,

Hermana Prestwich

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