Hi Family,
This week was a really good week. We had a lot of fun. Things are crazy around here. The first crazy thing is the weather. Who thought it
actually would get cold in California in the winter? It has been super
cold down here. I didn't think it got cold down here. We have been in
the mid 40s with rain and cold, strong winds all week long. We even
hit the 30s for a bit. Cars actually get frost on them and people have
to scrap them. Crazy huh? Who knew? Definitely not me or I would have
brought warmer clothes.
But this week has been fun. This week we bought a little
Christmas tree, decorated a gingerbread house, made a paper chain count
down til Christmas, got stockings, and a family got us a real 5 foot
Christmas tree. (We were SO excited). We also went and saw some lights
(a street where every house goes all out for Christmas. It has been in
the news because it is so cool. It is called Thoroughbred) for family
home evening (members are great!!!). We went to the Crèche (I think
that is how it is spelt) Festival. They had over 1,000 different
Nativities set up all over the gym in a church as well as different
groups from the community singing Christmas songs. We also went to a
Live Nativity. They recreated a street in Bethlehem and had actors
dressed up as towns people. You could walk down the street and talk
with them. And then every 45 minutes they had a 15 minute presentation
that was them acting out the birth of Christ. It was so good. They
also had a shepherds field, which was just a petting zoo with lots of
different animals. So we did a lot of fun Christmas things this week.
We helped a few people decorate their trees, and we will do some more of
that this week. So we have been having a lot of fun. Christmas is fun
:)
That was the fun stuff for this week. On to the
missionary stuff. So we had a baptism for Saturday the 14th right?
Well we went to ward council on Sunday to find out that there was a girl
in the stake, who was walking home from school and got hit by a car.
Her funeral got set up for the exact same time as our baptism. So we
got booted. Richard had family coming into town for the baptism and
they were already scheduled so we couldn't move it too much. So we
asked around and have re scheduled it for Friday evening at 7:00. So it
is still going to happen this week. We got worried because we both
wanted to be here for it and with transfers next week, we weren't really
sure. So that was good.
We were supposed to start teaching the Baro girls this
week, but Sister Baro text us one morning to inform us that the girls
dad requested to speak with the girls before we could meet with them.
We don't know how that meeting went. The girls are scared of their dad,
so if he told them no, then they are not going to go against that. It
is kinda sad. We were really bummed.
Other then that, not much happened. The work is not
the quickest here in Rancho. We do have our Mission Christmas
Devotional on Friday for a few hours. And we have our Ward Christmas
party on Saturday evening. So that should be fun. I am excited.
And on Saturday we get transfer calls. We both really
want to stay together and in this area. So hopefully we won't get
moved. That would be a bummer. I would cry. I love this area. It is
definitely my favorite ward. So hopefully we will stay. Especially
after how decorated our apartment is. That would be sad if we couldn't
stay. So I will let you know next week what happened with transfers.
Have a good week. Drive safe. Oh and if we stay in
this area I will be able to Skype you guys. We will be doing it from
the bishops house and it will probably be around early afternoon or so.
I will let you know for sure when I figure out if I am staying or not.
Love you all!
Sister Woodward
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