Week 24

wow this week was awesome!

first off shout outs to the fam and there gifts! you guys spoiled me this year!!! all the elders were jealous, but dont worry, i shared the goodies ;) haha this week was awesome, got to skype the fam which was the highlight by far, but we also got to enjoy the christmas spirit down here in the DR in aboput 70 degree weather more or less haha! missed the snow quite a bit, but what can we do right? i guess i did stick my head in the frezzer to feel like winter for 5 seconds ;) haha

christmas eve was a blast meeting with all the missionaries, and later with the families in the ward, we shared 7 layered bars, chocolate covered pretzals, and caramels, in return, we got stufffed by like 5 different families, fed us a bunch of food, super fun! then we finished it off with Jesus and Kateryn (who moved houses this week, closer to the church, way cool! then in the apartment aranged our beds in the living room and had a sleepover party with the other two elders, set up lights and a little tree, which santa put presents under during the night, we must be behaving well or something ;) i got a flute and am learning to play right now, also i made dream cakes and all, super fun! great christmas!

also this week was transfers and we found out I am leaving paraiso oriental, going to LA LLAVE in LAS AMERICAS, which i hear is awesome as well, my comp will be Elder Ramos from my group! he is from mexico and we were pretty tight in the CCM, we both only have 5 months, so it should be way cool ;) i will let you know more next week after i get there! but all is good, gonna miss paraiso oriental, but im ready to serve where ever i am! :)

all is well i hope you all passed the holidays well! love you tons and talk to you next week!

ELDER AUGER

 Christmas Eve

 making pretzals in chocolate

 prosolyting right on christmas eve! haha

Christmas Morning! super fun! the lights and tree really made me feel more at home!

Week 23

Elder Auger:

so really quick, im giving the run down of my week, im in a crappy

crappy internet center with a crappy signal and crappy wifi, so imma

do my best to describe quickly my week! haha

So i hit my 5 month mark this week, super exciting! only 19more months

to  go! haha

had an intercambio with Elder Thacker from Idaho, he is our zone

leader and an absolute stud, we talked highschool football, school

dances, made me a little trunky but super fun!

E. Call and I did some marriage counseling, helped one of our

investigators Pedro talk with his wife,we implied the saviors example

of forgiveness and said that we are commanded to forgive all men, and

because the savior already paid the price we cant be anyone to take

away thatsame forgiveness, really cool emotiional lesson, more to tell

maybe when i call this week!

Did some good work this week, had a day with 10 lessons which is my

new record so far the mission, really cool, we left with a less active

18 year old named antonito whose parents both died when he was young,

he went inactive but now is trying to get on a mission, really cool

kid, makes me really appreciate how easy my life has been!

then we had our baptism this saturday, the white night, we ended up

having 10 as a stake, wasnt as many as we wanted, but paraiso oriental

came through with 3 of the 10, so that wasawesometo se the family

frias get baptized, the dad ignacio and his sons jose miguel and jose

alberto, i got to baptize, super great night!

then we have just been getting ready for the christmas week as well,

the members have been feeding us like crazy,mary santana fed me 3

plates of christmas rice, which has just about anything you can think

of mixed in with it,anything from mushrooms,bacons,to raisens, wierd,

but super delish, im getting kinda fat tho... haha

this morning we went over to Jesus and Katheryns house, i made

pancakes over there,and wetalked about exaltation and eternal

marriage, brought up polygamy, but cleared up any doubts they had,

really good morning, also made the christmas chain with them, its

hangning in thierhouse! haha

also made the 7 layer bars today too, turned out amazing,little burnt

on the edgescuz there is no thermometer on the ovens here, but the

smell in the house made me think of christmas, really trunky this

week, but all is goo, couldnt be happier!

 this is the familia frias, father ignacio, and sons jose alberto, and

jose miguel, su0per cool night, and i got to do the honors, which is

the coolest experience ever! :)

also jesus and katheryn, made pancakes, the christmas chain, and

shared about eternal families and exaltation, awesome morning :)

 some cool DR delacacies, star fruit and coca cola haha,

 also a teey lizard i found in the apartment, these things are like squirrels in the US, everywhere!

here is a pic you can send your crush girls, tell them that i love them and miss them, tell sav and britt to stay out of trouble, im trying to stay in shape as well, running in the mornings lots of crunches and pushups, trying not to get fat haha

then i had to go and lick the left overs of the sweet and condensed milk can, like i know you would have if you were here :) 

christmas is also a time to share delicious food with others, made the 7 layer bars to share, also gonna make the pretzals, but here are some of the members that feed us every time we come over, christmas rice, rice pudding, i ate 3 plates of it, 

hermana mary insisted, and you cant say no to your dominican abuela (grandma;)

katheryn and elder call with the christmas chain

also my pancake stack that i made, elder call can put down the goods! haha

Love you tons! Merry christmas this week, never forget that mas in

spanish means >More, so christmas is to say, More Christ! :) let him

in this year, know that I know he is my savior and redeemer, i love

him with all my heart,i know he was born, livee and died for us, and

lives again so we can conquer the grave fisically and spiritually! I

love you all!

Until next week!

ELDER AUGER