Hi mom! Well chirstmas was pretty good actually. I just hung out with all my mission buddies so it was fun. I've really become super close with a group of the missionaries here. We are pretty much brothers ha ha! Elder Peterson, Spaulding, Depew, and Featherstone. They are all champs and I love hanging out with them! That was what made Christmas good for me ha ha! We did a service project at a rest home at a hospital. It was alright. I was out workin in the little mashamba (vegetable garden) they have so I didn't spend a ton of time with the old people. But when we were getting ready to leave they started singing to us which was really cool and super funny!!!!!! These little old ladies were standing up and pounding the table, dancing and stuff ha ha! It was pretty funny. I got some film of it that I'll show you guys when I get back! We watched "It's a Wonderful Life" again. It was really good again! I like that movie a lot! We'll have to watch that every Christmas as a family too! It really was a great movie! Caroling actually wasn't that bad when it came to being on the streets. I thought we were going to do it until that night but we only did it till 7 so there wasn't tons of drunks out yet ha ha!

Well with transfers, i found out that for my last transfer I will be training again!!!! I wasn't expecting that! But I'm pretty excited. His name is Elder Burton from UT I can't remember where. But it should be good. He gets here on Thursday so i'll let you know next week how things are going. I'm excited though. Also Elder Brower is coming back to Maputo which was another surprise but it will be good to see him again!

We went with President to teach one of our inactive families yesterday. It was really good! We've been working with them for more than 6 months and they wouldn't budge. But yesterday they said that they would come to church that next sunday! It was super great! So now we are going to use them more offen ha ha! But ya other than that we couldn't really get a whole lot of teaching in because of christmas and this week's New Years so it will probably by about the same story.

Anyways, I better get going. Thanks again for everything! I love you and i'm super grateful for you. Everything is going good!!! Have a good week!! Love you!!!!

Love Brady

Questions:
1. How did the Christmas Caroling go?
We just walked around with santa hats on and sang to some members. It was alright. No drunks gave us any problems. I can't say that I enjoyed it ha ha sorry, you guys no how big of a fan I am of singing!

2. What did you eat for the Christmas party?
A bunch of breakfast stuff, kinda weird. but we had waffles, eggs and some other stuff. It was good though.


3. What did you give as a gift for the secret Santa thing? What did you get? What was the best gift of the event?
I bought a little wooden cup with Maputo written and some stuff carved on it and filled it with some candy. I got a little wooden elephant thing. I'm not sure what the best gift was. There was some soccer jerseys that everyone wanted there. So I guess it would be those.

4. Who is your new comp? Where is he from? What do you know about him? When is he coming?
Elder Burton is his name. He's from UT of I remember right but I don't remember where. He's at the MTC still but he will be here on Thursday I think.

5. What are you going to remember most from this Christmas?
Just hanging out with my missionary brothers. I love these guys to death! It was awesome to be able to just sit, relax, and hang out again.

Thanks fam!!!