Happy New Year!

Hello world,

The best part of this week was that I got to talk to my family. Christmas was really good. This country is wild so they made us go home early, but it was fun. We have to go home at 4 o'clock today for new years haha. But we went by a few people's houses and gave them candy canes. I don't know if they don't have them here or what, but they all got excited about the candy canes.

This week we focused a lot on commitments and getting people to commit to come to church. I felt like we were really able minister to some people and help them understand how going to church will help them have more peace in their lives. We committed at least 14 people to come. They all said yes. In the morning, we went and passed by people's houses and called to remind them, and... nobody came. The mission is sometimes hard. The people don't understand what they are missing out on. But this week we will work hard and all of those people will be in church this Sunday.

Going on a mission is the best decision I have ever made. I know that Jesus lives and that he knows us and loves us.

No pictures this week sorry.

Elder Eliason

See you next year

Feliz año Nuevo!

I had a pretty good week. Almost everything was closed yesterday because it was the first so that is why Im writing on a tuesday. Everybody just blasted music and drank a lot of beer new year eve but I went to bed which was a lot nicer. New years day was pday and we went to get our hair cut and I think the guy is done then he flips the chair back and starts shaving my face for me and he spoke english and was really cool. We ate at one of the only places that was open and went to the roof of the hermanas apartment building which was super cool.

We have been struggling lately to find people but also we are really lucky. We have to walk to this place at least 5 or 6 miles away to get to this neighborhood but there are good people there. We saw this old investigator in the street yesterday and asked her when she was going to let us baptize her and she said next week or something so we are lucky haha.

Everything is going pretty good and I get a new companion in a week which is nice because we really struggle to get along sometimes.

Elder Eliason