Feliz Navidad

¡Hola familia y amigos!

This week has been crazy and great. I have been richly blessed by the Lord in the process of changing and learning new things. I just hope I learn it all!

This week were transfers. We got our assignments in district meeting on Tuesday, written on little papers by our district leader. Mine said "Se queda" ("you stay") and that of my compañero, "se va" ("you go"). We spent some time that day saying goodbye to certain people for Elder Jetsel. Then, right before we go to bed we get a call from the assistants with a new assignment - I had to go as well! It was crazy! I didn´t want to go. We had a recent baptism and several special investigators. But the Lord knows what He´s doing, so we both went.

Transfer meeting was awesome. This one was special because all the mission was there to have a huge Navidad celebration. We sung popular American Christmas carols, and then some hymns of worship. There was prepared a fantastic music and spoken word program in the chapel after that, and we even watched that church film, "Ephraim´s Rescue" (so good - go watch it again when you can). And then we had our official transfer meeting.

I was assigned to the area of Haedo A, which is nearer to the capital Buenos Aires, in a trio with an outgoing elder and the other trainee of Elder Jetsel! Elder Lee, from Kaysville, Utah, and Elder Maragaño, from Santiago, Chile. Great elders.

And THEN (yeah, I know. There´s another "and then") Friday morning I get another call. An elder in the city of Aldo Bonzi had to go home and I was going to take his place. So here I am in Aldo Bonzi, with my 8th companion since the MTC, Elder Morgan. He´s a stud, and although I hated to leave Marcos Paz 1 (that area was closed, by the way), I am truly excited to be here in Aldo Bonzi. I think it is where I need to be for myself, my companion, and the people. I know that if I do all that is required of me as a servant of the Lord, this area will receive the blessings that wait for it at this time.

Well, there´s my crazy chronology of this week. I love you all, and I´m stoked to talk with you on Christmas day. God bless each and every one of you. Take some time to sit in a quite place for 15 minutes or so with the scriptural Christmas story and a small piece of paper to write down the impressions you receive about our Brother, the First and Greatest Gift that was given to us. Will you do that? I will.

Until la Navidad!

Con amor,

Elder Blake