Welp heres my weekly letter! First off Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Birthday dad! Im so greatful to have a dad with such a great testimony and who loves me so much. I hope that you have a wonderful birthday this week! Well last week I skyped with my fam and that was bascially the best, I miss them and love them, but hey...only 9 months left! On Friday I will complete 9 months in the mission which is super crazy because I remember being in the good old CCM like it was yesterday. Its weird to say that I go home this year, but I cant wait to see what adventures lie ahead of me. On Monday we had a super pday with the whole mission, we ate, played games, talked about Christmas, had a talent show, and wathced a presentation of all of photos of all of the missionaries when they were younger. For Christmas we went carloring and shared a short message about the savior, ate at MacDonalds with the zone, and watched the bazillion fireworks that went off at midnight, oh and painted a house. Oh we also acted out the Nativity because well its a tradition in Hermana Pattersons family to do that so we acted it out, she was Mary, Hermana Smith was the shepherd, Hermana Pena was the angel, and I was the wiseman. It was goofy, but we had a great time acting it out. This week I got to go on splits with Hermana Gutierez(my granddaughter) and her and I had a good time. We have an hermana who is really progressing and she brought her granddaughter to church which was great so were hoping that all will go well and that she and her granddaughter can be baptized this month. Well were closing one year and heading into another. Who knows what 2014 will bring, but I cant wait to see. I hope that you all enjoy your 2014 and remember that with every blessing, trial, and experience that you have this upcoming year, the Lord will always be there to support and help you. Have a great week, yeah 2014!

Love,

Hermana Ontiveros