Hola, Familia! Feliz Navidad!
This letter will be kinda short since I'm speaking with a lot of y'all tomorrow, but I'll tell you about my week:
First off, thanks for the packages and the cards and such! I hope
everyone has gotten their Christmas card by now lol! I sent them a week
or so ago...
Tuesday was District Meeting as well as interviews with the
President; good news: I passed! Yay! Bad news: some other elders had to
go home because they did something, and another set had to confess
publicly what they did (they're staying, though). It is very sad to see
Elders (especially ones you know) go home for anything, but especially
disobedience; I mean, they ruin the rest of their lives, not to mention
their salvation, because they don't like following the rules; right
before Christmas too! I couldn't face you guys if I was sent home
dishonorably, I can't even imagine around this time of year! The reason
we have rules is not only to keep us and others safe, but we can't do
this work without the Holy Ghost, and the Spirit will only come to our
aid if we are worthy and obedient. I'm not saying I've been perfect in
obedience, but I know I need to be, and try my hardest to be. I need
those blessings if I am to get by.
Anyway, we also had dinner with Susan, a lady Elder Rogers knew in
Colin's Hill, which is close to us, a few times this week; she covers us
when we don't have a dinner, and we usually have dinners here, but we
had a few cancel, which is fine. She is a super funny lady, and just got
back from Utah, where she saw Elder Rogers family. How cool is that?
Wednesday we had the Mission Christmas party, which you'll see
plenty of pictures of in this e-mail lol. It was such a blast! We had a
wonderful turkey dinner, some musical numbers, Elder McAllister's
chin-balancing trick (he had a table on his face, it was nuts!), and a slide show of 2012; I was in a lot of those pics, so I felt pretty
awesome (I'm kind of a big deal lol). The best part was getting to see
everyone I haven't seen since the last Christmas party almost! What a
good time!
The next few days we tried without success to see gators,
potentials, referrals, and less-actives... everyone is out of town or
busy or just straight up doesn't want us around... a bit of a
disappointing week, but what do ya do?
Saturday was Elder Grant's birthday (20), so we went to Zaxby's, a
fast food place everyone goes to. I don't know what I'll do when I get
home and there is no Zaxby's or Waffle House or Chick-fil-A or ABDub (Atlanta's Best Wings); I practically live off these places!
Sunday was nice; some nice musical number, a
less-active family and their 9 year old who we are trying to teach came,
and had a pretty good lesson in Priest's quorum about the Atonement and
the Plan of Salvation. Read 2 Nephi 9 to see what life would be like
without an Atonement. It's no fun.
We also had an awesome dinner with the Stake
President and his family; his grown-up kids were visiting for Christmas,
and they were very funny! Had some sweet garlic breadsticks! Pizza
Factory, anyone?
It's raining pretty good today, so we might
just be playing board games and restlessly waiting for what tomorrow
will bring lol. I'm so excited to see y'all and talk to y'all! We've got
plenty to talk about (Christmas festivites, movies, moving back,
starting to talk about schools and such, etc.)! I love you all so much,
and I love this holiday season where we reflect on God's gift to us, as
well as Christ's gift of the Atonement. Take Luck! See ya tomorrow!
Love,
Elder Casey Guy Dickson a.k.a The Dicksonian (like the Smithsonian... get it?)
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