It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

Hello Family,

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...probably because E. Anderson and I have decorated our house with Christmas decorations that he received from his mom. We now have a big Christmas banner, a feliz navidad sign, and a paper Christmas tree! It is pretty awesome. We lack some lights and snow or else we would be good to go!

We visited A__so during the week to see if we could help him on his decision of being baptized. We showed up to his house unannounced and the family welcomed us in. Before I could finish uttering the question about baptism to A__so after the prayer he told us he wanted to be baptized. It was so thrilling. We had prepared ourselves doctrinally and mentally for a lesson to help him realize the need for baptism but, and I believe it was due to the example of his sister, he had already made up his mind. We made the final arrangements for the service and he was baptized on Saturday and confirmed with his sister yesterday.

A__ra and A__so have changed. A___ra is energetic and hyper with happiness. She speaks really, really, really fast and is excited for our visits. A____so is one of those young men with a smile permanently set on his face. Their baptisms had a positive impact on the ward and also on their mom. She wants to be baptized, she just needs to stop working Sundays and get married. Yes, A___so has decided not to work on Sundays anymore, and is now praying for work during the week. Go A___so!

We watched the First Presidency Christmas devotional last night in Spanish. The familiarity of Temple Square brought back memories of life before the mission. It was a nice service and we all enjoyed seeing the prophet and his counselors. I am really looking forward to Navidad this year. I plan on reading the account of the birth of the Savior before Christmastime.

On to the other emails! I hope all is going well in snowy Utah and all throughout the world.

Love,

Elder Bosque