Tis the Season

(Sorry this is late, I had family in town for the holidays. Elder Dial sent this Dec. 18th)

Hello, everyone!

Hope you all are having a great day, week, and Christmas season! 

Picture 1)  Check out this Christmas stocking I got from one of the members in the ward! 

Picture 2)  We had the Sage ward Christmas party on Saturday, and the decorations were made by the members!  The members had to draw themselves as snowmen- so Elder Schraedel and I joined in!  We kinda forgot about it until 1 hour before, so that's about 45 minutes of speedy artisticness! (No, artisticness is not a word, but it doesn't bother me.)

This week has been great!  I've been freezing in this 50 degree weather down here. ;) 

Anyways, there was a nonmember sister, Marissa, who went to church last week, but also wanted to yesterday.  So we found her a ride, and before sacrament meeting started, Bishop came up to us and asked us if we knew how it all came about with Marissa attending church.  When we said no, he responded with, "When she was in Georgia, she was walking down the street when someone picked her up and took her to one of our churches.  Then she moved here, and the same thing happened.  There's no coincidence in that."  We have an appointment with her for later on in this coming week. Woot!

As I said earlier, we had the Sage ward Christmas party this last week, and just know that there will be pictures of Elder Schraedel and I with Santa coming soon. XD

Love you all, talk to some of you when I skype next week (the rest of you might get a weekly letter on Tuesday, but no promises)!

Te whanaunga mo ake tonu

Elder Eli James Dial

PS. I do not recommend pig heart or pig kidneys for a snack.  You're welcome.