Well this week was busy But it turned out pretty good. This week we had our Christmas activity for the entire mission which was split into two groups on two different days. So what ended up happening was that 5 zones showed up in front of the temple and we headed to the restaurant right in front of the temple to have lunch. We ended up eating a ton of chicken (because its Peru) and we started doing an activity. We put all of the districts up against each other and we built gingerbread houses. And then afterwards President Amato gave us all a gift which was a Peru jersey with Peru Lima Este on the back.
After all of that we went
down to an orphanage and every couple of missionaries got assigned an orphan to play and spend time with for the rest of the afternoon. And
then after that president shared a message with everyone and we sang
some hymns and left.
Now this activity was really great. The
food was good, the kids were great, we even rented a bouncy house for
them to play on for two hours. But I really think that the last activity
was the best. We all got to go see these orphans and bring some light
to their lives. Being an office elder there was a chance that I could
have needed to leave early for something so I didn't get assigned to a
child but as we were leaving we had some of the children asking if we
could come back again. When you think about it they never really have
much interaction with people like that very often. We brought so much joy
and happiness that they will probably never forget.
After
both days were done and all of the fiasco was finished, all of us headed
back to the office to change back into our missionary attire. While I
was waiting for my companions I decided to go searching on the church
website for something interesting to read. But I decided to go on the
light the world campaign the church is doing and I found something
interesting. These two activities passed on day 13 and 14 this month and
on each one we, as a mission, were able to complete both days´
challenge just by going and visiting and playing with the orphans. What a
great way to bring in the holiday spirit. I just want to close with
this question:
This Christmas season how will you
#LightTheWorld?
love you tons,
Elder Garbett
