I am not going to write you very much because in a few days I will talk to you by Skype. Anyway, I hope by Skype. I will let you know.
Navidad es un poco diferente aquí. Personas no hacen tantas compraras como los Estados. A nadie le gustan mucho chocolates y bastones de caramelos y medias llenas con dulces. Todo lo que es 'tradicional' allí, no se hace aquí. Pero, somos misioneros así que aún si la gente lo hiciera nosotros trabajaríamos como normal! Nuestro Obispo nos invitó a pasar noche buena con él y su familia. Creo que vamos a invitar algunos investigadores que nos acompañen. Christmas is a little different here. People don't buy as much as in the States. No one here likes chocolates very much or carmel canes or socks filled with candy. All that is traditional there, isn't done here. But, we are missionaries so even if the people did do that, we would work like normally. Our Bishop invited us to spend Christmas Eve with him and his family. We are going to invite some investigators to accompany us.
Esta semana fue dura. Tuvimos lecciones muy buenas pero en el fin no sentí que hubo éxito. Visitábamos, enseñábamos, invitábamos, pero nadie vino a la Iglesia. Pensamos que muchos iban a venir pero cuando pasamos domingo por la mañana nadie estaba en su casa. No sé a donde va toda la gente a las ocho de la mañana. Nuestro bautismo no se llevó a cabo porque él no vino a su entrevista y bueno, todo salió mal. This last week was difficult. We had very good lessons but at the end I didn't feel that we had had success. We made visits, we taught, we invited, but no one came to Church. We thought that many were going to come but when we went by Sunday morning no one was at home. I don't know where people go at 8:00 in the morning. Our baptism didn't take place because the person didn't come for his interview and well, everthing turned out bad.
Ya me les quejé pero si vimos milagros tambien. Anoche encontramos 2 personas nuevas. Y una acaba de salir de la carcel hace 20 días. Él ha cambiado tanto en su vida y ahora desea una vida diferente. Está dispueto a buscar, orar, leer, y hacer todo. Lo invitamos a bautizarse y dijo que sí solo no aceptó la fecha que queríamos dejarlo. Vamos a trabajar con él para que pueda hacer convenios con Dios. I was complaining but we did see miracles also. Last night we found two new persons. One had just left prison 20 days ago. He has changed a lot in his life and now wants a different life. He is willing to seek, pray, read and do all. We invited him to be baptized y he said that he would but he just didn't accept the date that we wanted him to. We are going to work with him so he can make his covenants with God.
Aparte de la lección espiritual que tuvimos con él, tambien aprendí mucho de la carel en Bolivia. No es lo que pensarías. Básicamente es un condomino grande. Hay tiendas, casas, parques, iglesias, y todo es normal. La única cosa es que no se puede salir del àrea. Es 10 cuadras por 10 cuadras más o menos. Las personas que viven tienen celulares, computadores, casas normales, y puede comunicarse con personas de afuera solo no se puede salir. Creo que si fuera así en los Estados había muchas problemas. Esta carcel está en nuestra misión. Un día voy a ir para verla. Besides the spiritual lesson that we had with him, I also learned a lot about prisons here in Bolivia. They are not what you would think. Basically they are like a big condiminium. There are stores, houses, parks, churches and all is normal. The only thing is that they cannot leave the area. It is about 10 blocks by 10 blocks. the persons that live there have cell phones, computers, normal house and they can communicate with outside people but they can't leave. I'm afraid if it were like that in the States, there would be many problems. This prison is within our mission.
Les amo mucho. Jesus es el Cristo. Él es la navidad. Él es de quien testifico. Él es la dádiva. I love you all very much. Jesus is the Christ. He is Chrismas. He is the one of which I testify. He is the gift.
Hurrah for Israel!
Elder Gehring
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