Some AMAZING news!!

 Holy cow what a week. By far the best week on the mission so far. I will say despite the length, this one is a must read.

Not even gonna do HL's, just read the whole thing.

Lunes- Very nice Zone P-day Lots of basketball, including greenies versus Veterans, unfortunately we lost but we got close and we were missing Elder Draughon. We also played football and that was very fun. Then we got home kinda late but did what we could with the night. We went to a little donation thing and talked to the guy who decided to sell his property so they could use it for the Syracuse Temple, and that was an awesome story. We got to meet a lot of cool members there + Hot Chocolate and Donuts so what else can you really ask for?

Martes- We left the mission! Don't worry, we got permission. Because I had to get Finger Prints and there isn't one in our mission we got to go to north Ogden, so that was cool. But getting finger prints was so annoying, they need a new machine or something. That night we had a Christmas lesson with the Whitesides, which was awesome and they are such a nice family. They told us that their sister in law who we were teaching before she moved back to Equator is getting baptized! So that's cool to know we played a part in that.

Miércoles- Woke up at 5 so we could zoom to the Temple! Holy cow was that an awesome experience. I don't know exactly what it was but it was amazing I love the temple so much and hope everyone can go inside one day. Then we went to a nice little place called Smoke and Bones and got a Heat burger. Then we had District Council and it was quite good indeed Elder Draughon said his goodbyes. We talked about how to find better (which clearly helped, just wait and see) and how we can help the Torres family. When we got home I finally felt like I had time to stop and think about the day without being surrounded by 100 Elders haha. But that night was great, we met a really Cool guy named Cip we had an awesome chat and gave him a BoM. Then we had a good lesson with the Diaz family and it was also super nice.

Jueves- Very sad day we had to say good bye to our beloved Elder Draughon. But don't worry cause I'll see him in a month! But we said bye to him in the morning IN THE SNOW!!! Finally it snowed, I've been waiting months for it to snow. We met some cool new people, we met Steve who was very nice and talked to us for like 20 minutes in the cold, it was very nice to get meet and talk to him. Then we had soccer night, and me and Elder Zulick had a KILLA play it was insane I gave him an INSANE pass, and then he booted it right in through like 5 different guys. It was extraordinary. 

Viernes- The start of the weekend, the start of a very good weekend. We got to make an amazing district Christmas card it's very heat and I don't care who says we didn't win cause we definitely did. But that was tons of fun, we were laughing the entire time. Then we met Fernando who is very cool, and set up a lesson with him. Then we taught the Mendoza family which was super awesome.

Sabado- Crazy day, so cool. We went to our mission Christmas conference and got hear from Elder Quentin L. Cook. It was awesome. We were taking a massive group photo and this one elder fainted, I guess he was locking his knees and holding his breath or something. But it was an awesome devotional, so spiritual. Then after President toldme some BIG news:

I'm headed to Argentina on January 6, 2022. 

I never thought this day would come but I'm so excited to go to Mendoza! We had a super awesome night though. We went and visited Alondra who we've been trying to see since like week 2 of last transfer, and she told us she wants to come to church next week and we set up a lesson with her for Tues. Then we went and met Juan! He said that we could come back and teach him and his family on Saturday! We then met with the Alvarez family and the other Elders happened to be there haha, it was pretty funny, but we had an awesome time, they are so cool. It was an awesome night.

Domingo- I didn't think we'd actually find any more people but indeed I was wrong. We went to church and then had a meeting and then watched the setting apart of our new Elders Quorum. So we left the house at 12:30 and didn't get home until 5. Kinda felt like my dad haha. Then we went and had a great lesson with Daniel and he's so ready to get baptized but I think his wife might be holding him back unfortunately. Then we met with Giovani and he said he would try to read the BoM and he knows that he needs to take initiative and actually do it, and we scheduled to meet next week. Then we met another guy but forgot to get his name haha oops. Then we met Carlos! Such an awesome day we got to talk with so many people and hopefully help them grow and come unto Christ.

I haven't made my letters as spiritual as they should be so I'll tell you my favorite parts of the conference with Elder Cook. One thing in the devotional was that people can sense our light we have. It's not just missionaries, everyone who has been baptized in the restored gospel. Our light and our countenance is enough to help people learn of Christ.

I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be a missionary right now, I know that this is the greatest work on earth and I'm so thankful to participate in it right now. I hope everyone is doing good, and staying safe.

Merry Christmas, Elder Ditto.