As fun as Christmas is in tropical paradise, I do find myself missing snow ever so slightly. Just a teeny tiny bit though, and only for Christmas. Otherwise, the weather here has been particularly gorgeous recently.
My son arrived on Friday as well! ("Son" is the mission term for a missionary you train, so I'm his father, and so on. Genealogy is very important after all.) He's the first missionary to be "born" in the bureau here in New Caledonia. Life here is pretty crazy, but he's catching on pretty well and learning about all his fun duties. His French is pretty darn good too for someone who just came from the MTC. He's a good missionary, and I hope I can help him to grow and learn and become better.
In recent news, we had zone conference over the past couple days, and it's been really good. President Granger is truly inspired to lead this mission. His love for each of his missionaries is astounding.
Our investigator Tony is really progressing well. He has such a desire to change, but 40 years of habits is a lot to break. Pray for him please. The mission is also super close to our goal to baptize 1000 people in 2016, we're about 50 short by the last count. So stinking close, and I think we will see miracles as we offer up the fruits of our missionary efforts to our Father in Heaven as our Christmas gift to Him.
Merry Christmas and Joyeux Noel everyone!
Elder Miner
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| LETCHI SEASON! Letchi is soooo good... |
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| My son, Elder Kennedy! |
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| Our shower is being re-done... |
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| The Zone and the Mission, respectively. |
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| The New Caledonia mission region. |
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