An African Christmas

Hola!!

I hope all of you enjoyed your Christmas! It was a nice and warm Christmas here off of Africa. Not complaining though. My favorite part of Christmas had to be skyping my beautiful family. Wow what a treat that was. 6 months down, and there just as beautiful as they were when I left them at the airport. 

A Fofana Christmas

The islands have been good to me, my trio is now dissolved. My cute companion Hermana Thunborg went home yesterday. Its crazy to me that the mission actually ends! What?! But she was a great example to me of finishing strong, what a beast that girl is. I miss here but its nice to be back in a duo otra vez. Now its just me and my cute columbian Hermana Rojas. Its a lot more quieter in the house though because I still dont know alot of spanish, and her not a lot of english. But we get along just fine!

Feels good doesn't it?

My favorite part of the holidays was seeing a beautiful Christmas miracle. There is a family we are teaching called Fofana. They are very poor, and they have two cute kids Mossa and Duoa. They are so precious! The members just love them, as much as we do. Knowing that they didnt have much a few members brought toys for the kids, and we wrapped them up to give to Fofana for Christmas. One member even gave them a tree and ornaments to have in there home! The look on those two kids face was priceless. OH SERVICE! Warms my heart. There is no pricetag for helping good people. I love the mission. Its been good to me. 

Look at that smile :)

I hope you all enjoy your new year! New year to grow closer to the Lord. Thats the great thing about this gospel, that we always know through the Atonement of Christ we have a new start. Just like the new year, NEW BEGINNINGS! I dont know if any of this makes any sense. I hope it does. I miss you all and Ill see your lovely faces real soon. Got to go catch the Guagua (bus). Adios!!

Con Amor,

Hermana Shurtz