12/30/14-Enjoy Ben's letter from today!
Hola Familia,
How are all of you? It was so wonderful to be able to talk to
you on Skype on Christmas. I hope everything is going well back home. Christmas
here was wonderful in it's own special way. We had an "Asado" with
our friends, the Familia Torrez, then made our way over to the Rocha
Elders house to watch the fireworks. It wasn't as big as in Montevideo as last
year.
Well... tomorrow are the transfers. I got the news yesterday that
I am leaving La Paloma, and returning to Maroñas (the zone where I started the
mission) in the area called Belloni (Bay-shone-ee). I will be there as Zone
Leader, and my companion will be Élder Gutiérrez. He was the Zone Leader here
in Rocha when I first arrived here. My companion is going to be staying
here in La Paloma with Elder Galeano (Ex financier, his first change out of the
offices) my ex companion in the offices. This is going to be an awesome change,
I'm very excited to get to know my new companion, learn how to be Zone Leader,
and get to know my new ward. I've heard it's one of the strongest functioning
wards the whole mission.
I'm going to miss La Paloma a lot!
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| I am really going to miss the weird fairy tale houses here |
It was such a special
experience to be a missionary here in this branch. The people are so special.
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Yanina
and Gladys with their copies of the Book of Mormon in my last Lesson with them
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When you are one of so few people going to church, it becomes a very intimate
experience, as if everyone were your family.
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Me
and Hermana Alidema an amazing sister from this branch who always helped
us out with references, food, and just plain loving us.
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I can honestly say I've never felt
so close to another ward or branch in my life (other than Plainfield Ward, of course).
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Me
with Yanina and Gladys
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Well I've got a day full of packing ahead of me, so Goodbye!!
Love you guys so much!!
Chao!
Élder
Benjamin Taylor
