Elder Eli Christensen in Uruguay: Hi

Opa,

Well it has been quite a long time since the last pday we had and everybody in the offices was getting pretty stressed out and desperate, and we also ran out of food in the house because it has been a while since we last went shopping, but I have still managed to gain a lot of wait. Speaking of that I have been able to go running for like the first time in my mission, which is really great. I switch off every morning with Manzanares and Newman, and we get to run down to the Rambla and see the Ocean which is nice. It has been a Year and a half since I last went running and my body is pretty much basura, but my lungs are still in better condition than either of thiers, so thank you cross country coaches.

So Yeah we had thanks giving dinner at the Eddy home and it was super great because their was pie but it had nada que ver with Greg Christensen pie, although I am still greatfull so don't worry.

And yeah we have had a ton of success in our area the last weekishness and we found a family who was taught by the missionaries over six months ago and are now prepared and dead set ont getting themselves baptized so we are really excited for them, and Our Investigator Carolina is making a lot of progress and really seeing the effects of the spirit in he life, although her boyfreinds, husband we're not sure whats veiwing days have been on sundays the last couple of weeks so she hasn't been able to come to church.

Also one of my investigators back in ferrocarril named Yanaina got baptized last sunday so we got to go becuase she was actually one of Elder Manzanres investigators too because he was trained their many months ago. Anyway she this sweet girl who was finally able to get baptized because she moved in full time with her dad and his wife. So her dad is this cool guy who is a convert of a couple years and he baptized her, and it was definitley the most spiritual baptism I have ever been to. Afterwards she bore her testimony about how after being baptized she felt super light like all of her sins had been lifted away. I saw Elder Helske. He is doing great. He is with Elder Souza who Elder Newman actually trained and they are taking great care of the area.

So Fun story. I don't know if you guys have heard about this Christmas service program called Ilumina el Mundo where you do something serviceable every day of the month, but the mission is getting all of the missionaries to do big multiperson service activities, and they had T shirts made for it. So the T shirt people were slow and didn't get them done until yesterday morning which was the same day we needed them, so Yesterday we spent the whole day with the assistants driving out to the zones close to Montevideo to deliver them. So we had gone out to the city of Las Piedras (The Stones!) And we were driving back and were in the middle of nowhere going pretty fast when all of a sudden Elder Mecham drives the front right wheel over an enourmous pothole. And then It started making funny noises so we stopped and discovered that we had a flat and were out in the wilderness alone. So we decided we needed to find some help and started pulling away when (and I am really proud of this) I said "Wait! before we destroy the rim lets see if there is a spare in the trunk." So we looked and lo and behold a spare with all of the tools to change it. So we jacked up the car and changed the tire, and Elder Manzanares almost got his arm broken off because Elder Mecham forgot to turn on the parking brake, and it was a lot of fun. So I don't remember if it was Brother Gosnell, Brother Brady, Brother Taylor-Jones, or Brother Haus or who that taught me how to change a tire in that one youth activity, but whoever it was thank you.

See y'all next week,

Elder Christensen