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christmas is soo so so so so soooooo soooon!!!!! our plans for christmas thus far is to do a little bit of house hopping because a lot of people are inviting us over!!! yayyy!!!! the more busy the better, so that i dont cry my little heart our. *i must admit that  yesterday i was feeling a bit on the sad side because one guy gave a talk about christmas traditons, and it made me think a lot of ouuuuurrrr christmas tradtions, and i cried a little. oopsies. but im fiiiiiine! if i wasnt sad a little bit, that would mean that i dont have a heart. but i do!! 

so, one of the things that we are going to do on christmas is we are going to the house of our converts, Susi and Carlos and we are going to bake christmas dinner together and be with them, and another one of our converst, Jorge as well. i am actually super super excited!!!

im not sure yet of the time when i will be calling you guys, but this next week or so we will plan for that, so dont worry your little heads. 

so, we had the baptism of Renato!! he is super solid. the president of the quorum of elders who was there whispered to us, "theres the future bishop." and it is sooo true! this guy is solid. it is the power of references for the ward. that is why you guys are soooooo important to the missionary work, okayyyyy? you have to invite the missionaries to teach your friends. 

anyway. also, last night we had our first visit with a little old man, Antonio, with 85 years old and he is my fave!!!!! he reminds me of uncle winston because he is still super sharp and super healthy. and last night during the FIRST lesson, we invited him to baptism and put a date, too! we were both feeling super strong about it, and the moment presented itself perfectly, and we HAD to do it. and so he is going to prepare himself for this 5 of January. 

also, Malena and Luis....they are still soooooooooo great! but it is more complicated with them. this week we are devoting to winning the confidence the parents. so if you could still praying for them, that would be grand!!

okay, well, this is all for now little ones! i love and miss you all soooooo much!!! i hope you are all enjoying this wonderful time of year!! 

love, 

sister jill frances

also, i passed my 1 year mark with my fave family, Susi and Carlos, and i attached a couple of fotos from that night. yay! and they egged my head(this tradition...), so that is why my hair is wet.