Dear America,
This Christmas week has been full of free meals for me. Here's the problem: all of the members choose to feed us on the same day. We'll go for weeks without anything, then have three huge dinners within a few hours' time. But I'm glad that they care.
I'm happy that after quite a bit of trial and error, I was finally able to call. It wasn't working on the 25th, but I got it to work by the evening of the 26th. It was nice to be able to talk. I guess it was inspired that I couldn't make it work until later so that everyone in Utah could also be present.
This week we went to sing Christmas carols to children in the hospital in Kiejetia. Our zone had fun. At first, the children weren't very happy that a bunch of strangers barged in on them. But when we started singing, all the fussing stopped and a peace settled over the hospital. It was sweet. We sang for a while and you could tell that it brought light into these kids' lives. We went around and greeted them individually. I'm really glad that I was able to go. I almost didn't get to go because I was sick in bed for that morning and the evening before. And I had to sit down when we started singing or else I would've passed out. But anyways, after we got done with that, Elder Antwi and I went with some other missionaries to Rattray Park, a nice....well......park. It's just like a city park you would find in the US, but a little more classy. It's the closest thing to America that I've seen here yet. Grass is kind of sacred, though, so you're not supposed to be on it. And it isn't even nice grass. But it's very scarce, so I'm glad I got to see any at all. It was pretty uneventful, though we did get to teach. This is the first time I've missed (just a little) the festivity of Christmas in the States. There was none at all. It was like nobody even noticed that it was Christmas. So I'm beginning to appreciate Christmas cheer. Just a little.
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