I've now experienced the "little kisses" of the Latin people. We were at the temple and all the workers came into the dressing room. They were hugging each other, then went cheek to cheeck and made the kissing noise. Two of them did this to us. At first I was nervous, but they don't actually kiss you on the cheek, so it was okay. It made me feel kind of special actually.Just before coming to e mail, we listened to a devo from Elder Holland, given on January 13, 2009. It was amazing. I'd encourage you all to look it up. It makes me want to work so much harder and be the best missionary I can.

It feels like we're pretending that it's Christmas. It's hard to imagine Christmas at 84 degrees away from my family. They're trying to make it really special for us here. Sunday they had a small choir come give us a concert. My two favorite songs were Carol of the Bells and Do You he...ar what I hear (both en espanol). Then one night this week, all the senior missionaries came caroling to us and brought us brownies. The senior couple that lives down the hall from us brought us several goodies. Tonight we're having a special program. The different districts are going to be singing songs and someone is going to read the Christmas story. We're having our big Christmas dinner tonight. We are singing the Primary song "Stars were gleaming" I think that's what it's called. Tomorrow they have fun stuff planned for us, but they want it to be a surprise I guess.

Sister Laurie Summers
Puerto Rico San Juan West MissionUrb. Jardines de Caparra500 Calle Marginal NorteBayamon PR 00959 Please send me letters :)
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