Milagro de la Navidad (Gracias Familia:))

Hola Familia! 

Where do I begin? Well to start with the small talk...there is no snow! IT ALL MELTED!! So i am not complaining about putting away the clunker boots and huge chamara. (coat)
Hermana Anahi Castro and Willy are doing wonderfully!! They attended church with us again yesterday and are really feeling the spirit of the Lord enter into their lives. As we taught Willy we found out the change that has been happening in him. Just from going to church and reading in the Book of Mormon his desires to do good are over powering the natural man! We love that! Anahi is still a little worried about being baptized and falling after the baptism but that's the beautiful thing about the atonement is that we can fall and aren't expected to be perfect but we are just expected to keep trying. :)

One miracle this week was teaching and finding a woman named Maricarmen. We contacted her as we were both waiting to get into an apartment building. We didn't have anyone to let us in so luckily she let us in! We were able to teach the Restoration and share he is the gift with her!! She is a mother who wants to be able to answer her children's questions. We were able to explain to her that this is her answer and with the gospel of Jesus Christ in her home, all their questions can be answered.

We had our Christmas Conference and it was so great! We had an awesome lunch and got to watch it's a wonderful life! It was so weird watching a movie but I enjoyed it! We have the best Mission President and Wife. They are very comical haha and loving. I felt the spirit of Christmas! This week we are preparing for an event called "Venid a Belen" We are expecting at least 500 people. We get to be the tour guides and take them through to see the life of Christ acted out by the members along with some other stuff. Everyone dresses from that era. I am so excited, it is a great missionary tool too!

Hermano Edgar is doing good. He's having a tough fight without smoking. He's been really sick and has fallen a couple of times but still going strong!

One of the high lights this week was receiving a letter from my mom. She said that the fam sacrificed most of their Christmas so that we could use the money to give Vicky and her kids a Christmas. I was speechless. Thank you sooooooooooo much I know they will never forget it. Also there is an awesome family in our ward who decided they wanted to get them a tree and decorate and suprise them. So we got their keys and went in and decorated the house for them while they were gone. The manager came up to us and was like what are you doing? We said setting up a tree bringing some christmas joy and he's all like...that doesn't make any sense. HAHAHA we just left and then laughed. It doesn't make sense to be bringing Christmas joy this time of year. 

Well I love you all and hope you can receive the spirit of Christ in your heart. The spirit of service and of giving. He is the reason and we will be filled with that one and most important gift as we share and give it to others. 

Make it a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xoxo 
hermana pentelute

Pictures: Last week we went shopping in the city. It was so fun :) and huge!!!!!!!