I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and that everyone was able to stay safe and enjoy time together as a family! It was so great to be able to skype home and talk to my family on christmas morning! Isn't christmas the best?!
Christmas here in Panama is mainly celebrated on Christmas Eve with lots of parties and loud music! At 12 in the morning Christmas they shoot of so many Fireworks and everyone goes from neighbor to neighbor sharing food and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and then open their presents and eat there big meal as a family! It was really neat to be able to celebrate christmas here and to see such a difference in cultures! I loved it even if it wasn't exactly like home :)
We were able to find these 3 little Old ladies this past week! Carmen and Theodora are the daughters of Publia and they are just the sweetest! We left them a restoration paphlet and the read it and then we had an awesome discussion with them on Prophets and the Book of Mormon! It was so great! They are always to welcoming and want to talk with us and always pray for us and out families! Hna Publia sends her hellos to all the family! She is just so cute!
Gissi decided to push her baptismal date back to the 16 of January so we are here praying that she continues to come and become strengthened enough to be self sufficient on how not to rely on going to church with her aunt!
Familia Vargas have their papers and are going to get their medical exams this week! Hopefully they will be baptized within the next week or so!! We also talked to their oldest son and he said that he wanted to be baptized with his family as well!! It is just going to be so beautiful!
Thank you all for your love and support! I love you all so much and hope each and everyone of you have a wonderful New years!!
Les Quiero Mucho!
Hermana Garcia
Picture of me in a huge hole :) We started helping the Elders with this service project of digging two 10ft holes for a member. Thats me 7ft down picking aways at the dirt! So much fun! In the to Corner Elder Hernandez from Honduras.
The other picture is me saying goodbye to Patrick at the airport :)
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