No Snow Here

Hey there Family! Thanks for the e-mails! Just letting you guys know that NO, there is no snow here, at least in my part of the mish. Up in the other mission area in Porto there is some but not a whole lot. Here there isn’t any, so I’m sad. It’s going to be weird having a Christmas with NO snow. I just got an e-mail from my friend Alan, he is in Russia and he said it just snowed over 4 feet!! WOW!! Then they plowed it and all the snow around him was taller than him! He is short, but still! Pretty awesome I think. But yeah, it’s not way cold yet. It’s just perfect right now for a light sweater or a little coat. But hit January and it will get way more cold, then in February, I don’t look forward to that, BBRRRR!!

Just so you know, I get my new comp tomorrow. We will be in a triple, cuz my actual companion goes home right before Christmas, but transfers are tomorrow. Our new Mission President does it kind of different, where we don’t even know about transfers until the middle of p-day which is the day right before. What if I’m enjoying my p-day cuz we had something planned and he calls and is like Elder, you are being transferred. That would suck cuz then we only have the rest of that day to pack. It’s pretty lame cuz we need TIME to pack and what not. Oh well, its okay. So yeah, I’m sure I’m staying here. I will prob be transferred next transfer which is about 6 weeks from today. Sometime in January, just so you know. :)

We had a really good lesson with our investigator Iris and it went really well. I asked her a couple of weeks ago to write down any of her questions or doubts on a piece of paper and bring it to church and I told her she would get an answer. She (I found out yesterday) had written down 5 questions like 3 weeks ago, last week she didn’t come to church cuz she was a little sick, but then yesterday she came, and we went and taught her after church, and she told us she has received answers to 3 of her 5 questions, which is awesome. I was way happy to hear that it is working and she is getting her answers without us having to do anything. She just comes to church and is getting her answers from the speakers and the lessons.

On Tuesday we had the baptism of a member, it was actually Bishops daughter and it was way fun, it was also her Birthday so there was a huge party and stuff with tons of food and we had some dancing and music and everything. It was really fun. Anyway I hope ya´ll have a great week! I miss you and love you all. HAPPY HOLLIDAYS! Feliz Natal!!
LOVE YOU!
Love Elder Gray