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December 27, 2011
Hey Family!
I´m so glad to hear everything went good for Christmas! Things here were awesome! It was like a 2 day break from everything... On saturday, we got to sleep in till 8. We got ready, in street clothes but no shorts, and went to breakfast. It was weird to see everybody in t-shirts and jeans... After breakfast they let us play in the gym from 9-12!!! It was a blast. My district faced other districts in Basketball and volleyball. My team of 3 only lost one game in basketball, but i tweaked my ankle so that sucked, oh well though. The one game we lost was close but in the end we lost cause one of the guys played for byu hawaii, but we beat that team later, but it was way fun (other than the ankle...) After that we had lunch and went to the gym after for activities. They had board games and tons of other stuff to do and then we watched A Very Muppet Christmas all in portuguese, so after like 20 most of the elders had given up and left. After dinner we had a devotional and watched the REALLY old Christmas Carol from like the fiftys. A couple of the elders and I stayed in one of the dorms with all the rest of our district, the only ones that didn´t come were the ones that had to be in bed by 10:30, so they missed all the fun. Christmas eve is totally different here! They had fireworks and people in the streets all night. It was super fun.
On Christmas, we woke up around 8ish and went to Sacrament meeting. After that we had free day all day. I opened my gifts, which were awesome. Thanks for the sweet p j´s and t shirt! I love the pictures too. My companion really appreciated the candy cause i dont think he got anything from home... After that, we had set up a time to play yankee swap with gifts we went out and bought, but things in our district are sorta weird right now. One half are like robots and wake up early to be early everywhere and study ALL day! Then the other half are like me cause we know how to be fun while studying and throughout the day. Its like high school without the girls ha ha. So before yankee swap, we had to have a huge lecture by one of the elders saying how some of us are not being serious enough because we like to have fun, so that was kinda awkward... After that though, we tried to put that behind and went on with the game. Then with some of the gifts we played baseball with a mini ball and coke bottle, and bowled in the halls. It was a great chill weekend. After dinner, we went to a devotional where we watched the christmas message from the first presidency. Yesterday during class, our teacher had us talk out all of the problems in our district, so hopefully we can all stay close... Also earlier this week, Elder Costa from the 70 came to talk to us so that was cool!
Once again i´m so glad to hear that you guys had a good christmas. I got cards from Grandma and Grandpa Pascoe, Deni and Gary, the Gissemans, and the Baileys, so thank them for those. Let everybody know i love them and miss them and hope that they had a great christmas! I love you guys so much! Tell the boys that i hope they enjoy their gifts and I hope you all have a great new years!!! GO UTES! love you guys
Love,
Elder Halpin
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