IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS!

Hola a todos...

I received the Christmas packages of you and Grandma and Grandpa. Thanks! The Christmas conference was really great and our musical number turned out really well! We are going to have to do skype on Saturday the 24th instead of Christmas itself. The member that was going to let us borrow their computer will be going out of town for Christmas so President Da Silva has given us permission to go to a cyber on Saturday to use skype so we don`t spend money on sunday. We aren`t going to be able to try it out before saturday but we did reserve 2 computers to use Saturday at 6:00 pm Uruguay time so that we can skype our families and with the information that you gave me about your skype account I should be able to find you if you are logged on at that time which I think would be 1:00 pm. But just in case... as a back up plan, if skype doesn`t work for some reason, please call on sunday at 4:00 urugauay time.  I`m excited to be able to see you and talk with you this weekend!

Christmas as a missionary isn`t much of a different day... We work like normal and work to find people to be baptized but the Bishop did invite us over to eat lunch with him and his family, that will be fun! If any plans change, I`ll let you know through another email before Saturday at 6:00 urugauy time. I love you so much.
    
This week has been great and we are looking for a lot of success here in Hospital ward starting with new years eve. We have 3, possibly 4 baptisms planned for the last weekend of 2011 and already 3 baptisms planned for the first week of 2012! We have a goal to find at least 4 people who want to get baptized each week so that for whatever problems or set backs that can ocurr, we will always have at least one baptism planned each week January and February. So far we are on a good track to meet that goal but it won`t be easy to maintain that kind of hard work and find that many miracles each week, but I know that the Lord will provide the way so that we can help at least one soul each week come unto Christ through baptism.

We had a fun Christmas activity this last saturday and we had 7 nonmembers come and participate. I love my new ward here in Durazno and I know that the Lord is blessing His children every day and loves us unconditionally.
   
That is so great that you are looking for service to give for Christmas to others who need it. I know that the Lord appreciates your love and service to His children and that these types of gifts more than any other gift that we can give. Love you. Talk to you this weekend!

Love,
Elder Gardner