Remember Him

Dear family and friends,

What an amazing time of year it has been! Christmas will always have a
special place in my heart! That really sums up the week! We did a lot
of preparations for the Christmas conference we had as a multi-zone.
My companion and I hosted the talent show this year; it went pretty
well, all we really had to do was announce the upcoming talents and say
jokes while people were getting ready. Unfortunately this was a
struggle for us... jokes in Spanish are not really that common, let
alone jokes that a bunch of greengos can understand. But we ended up
making it work! We also did a skit with some other missionaries that
got a few laughs; we acted out certain parts of a missionary day,
like, comp. study, transfer calls, weekly planning, contacting, etc.
But as if famous characters were one of the missionaries. For example,
we did one with Batman getting transfer calls, the Hulk calling a fake
number, Gandalf contacting and the Grinch doing daily planning. They
were pretty funny!

Also, during the week a less active member took us out to a brand new
KFC here in Seville, also he got us some key chains with the first
letter of our first name. He is a pretty cool guy! We also were
invited to go to another church by one of our investigators this week!
It was really different and quite funny at the start! As the service
went on the activities changed quite rapidly and my companion and I
were not used to it... Let's just say we snuck out because I was
getting scared.

I am thankful for this great Christmas time and the great experiences
that went with it. Now as this time comes to a close let's make it a
special effort to keep the focus of Christ at the same level. I
promise as we do exactly that, the love of Christ will fill our lives
and we will be happy no matter our circumstances!

I love you all! And I hope you had a great Christmas!

Love
Elder Owen