Merry Christmas!
It´s been a pretty crazy week here. I´ve had such a great time!
Wednesday: branch bonfire (the members put on a bonfire, and everyone came! It was so fun to have a good time with all of the members)
Friday: Cena Navidena (our Branch Christmas dinner.) President Buret bought a pig!  The food was so Dominican, but it was delicious! We had 9 investigators there and 8 less-actives)
Sunday: Christmas devotional in the park (we had a zone activity, and we set up the church´s Christmas video for everyone to watch, and we gave out Christmas pass a long cards and sang hymns and gave a              devotional)
Tuesday: Christmas carolling with the elders (last night we visited the members and sang to them. We sure love our elders)
Today: zone brunch (Thanks to the lovely Hermana Fagersten. We had a yummy brunch and then had a white elephant gift exchange.)

It´s been a crazy week! Tonight we have two dinner appointments with the members, and I don´t know if there´s any room left in my stomach from this morning. haha I´m so grateful for the members here and their love. They´re some really special people, and I´m so grateful for the chance to serve them. This Christmas season has really helped me recognize the blessings I have received in my life, and how grateful I am for the life I have been given. I´ve missed my family and friends a lot, but one Christmas away from them is well worth the chance to serve here in this wonderful country.

A Day in the DR:
This week Hermana Clove and I learned all about Dominican caroling, at about 5 in the morning. The people get together in the middle of the night, hop on their motorcycles, and ride around town blasting music and yelling and revving their engines. Every night. Definitely not my favorite Dominican tradition. haha They´re called aguinaldos. Luckily they only last about a week. Then maybe we´ll start getting some good sleep. haha
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Love, Hermana Jorden