Family and friends,
Thank
you all who sent your holiday wishes! I really appreciate it a lot.
Also, happy anniversary to my dear parents and to Shirley and Forrest!
¡Felicidades!
This week, a couple of funny
things happened which are worthy of mention. Firstly, I made the stupid
mistake of making a smoothie with loads of fruit and two entire lemons
in it, including the rind. It was terrible. But hey, at least it fixed
any bad breath I may have had. There was also a moment when Elder
Ericksen somehow used children as a measurement of time, referring to
duration of marriage, which was really funny because it doesn't make
sense. His parents are about the same age as mine, but they only have
four children, and the way he said it made it logically sound to say
that my parents are more than twice as married as his. That was
extremely funny to me.
The last funny thing
I'll mention is what the title references: Mosaically obedient dyslexic
woman evades leprous gringo. We have been complaining too much as a
companionship about how illogical and rude everyone is, so we made it a
goal to give everyone a stupid excuse to lighten the mood. One day this
week, an older woman completely rejected even the card that I offered as
a free gift, just waving me off and passing by. I was a bit bummed,
because it bothers me when people do that, for obvious reasons. But then
we developed one of the silliest possible arguments for her behavior:
she obeys the law of Moses and therefore avoids lepers, they being
unclean; she obviously misread my intention, so she's obviously dyslexic
because she didn't read correctly, and thought I was a leper, so she
completely passed me by without a second glance, because she misread my
actions and thought me unclean. Hence, the newspaper heading: Mosaically
Obedient Dyslexic Woman Evades Leprous Gringo. I'm really happy with
it. Good for you, Jewish lady.
I had the
opportunity to work in a hospital this Friday with Zona San Rafael,
singing hymns for the people in the morning and then returning in the
afternoon to play with little kids to help them pass the time enjoyably.
The second half of that was honestly one of the best times I've had in
my mission, because I love children so much. See pictures. We also sang
hymns in the morning in Kilómetro 0, the center of the city, and it
seemed a lot of people appreciated it. It was a good day, and I was very
happy.
I have also been thinking of a
children's song recently called "I'll Give Him My Heart", and I think it
describes well what I want to give for Christmas. With all my heart, I
want to give everything to Christ, but you all already know how
exceedingly difficult that is. But just know that I know that Christ was
born for us to be a perfect sacrifice, by His own choice. I really know
it. I am so immensely grateful for Him, and I testify of Him to you
all. Have a very merry Christmas, all, and know that God and His Son
love you all infinitely. A good shepherd cares for his sheep; would not
The Good Shepherd care for His sheep even better? and would He not care
even more perfectly for His children? I know He would, and He does.
Love,
Elder Hill
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