December 24th

¡¡¡FELIZ NAVIDAD TO ALL!!!  I am so freakishly excited that I get to talk to you all tomorrow!  Since no one e-mailed me this week,  I also get to open my exciting packages tomorrow, which is another something that I am excited about!  Well the 'end of the world' was this week.  Nothing happened in our area that we know of, we felt that we needed to stay in the main city where we live that day, so we had to change some appointments, but it ended out working pretty good.  I don´t know what you all have heard this week in the news, but yes two sisters were missing in our mission for just over a day I believe.  We really don´t know anything and probably won´t know anything, but all week long members have been calling to make sure we are okay, and people have been stopping us in the street and so forth.  It has been weird to see that even though Satan is trying to work so hard, he seems to be opening windows for us to share a message.  Wednesday night I felt super weird like something was wrong, then we received the call first thing the next morning to pray for the sisters that were missing.  We didn't even know they were in our mission, we were just told they were in Central America.  That entire day I kept thinking I know it is my last companion, I just know it is her.  The next day first thing in the morning we got a call saying that they had been found and were with President.  Then a couple of hours later our Cocinera and her two girls came over to make sure that we were okay, and just sat there hugging me and they told me they were positive it was my companion.  We have goals as a mission that we need to accomplish, because they are the goals that our Heavenly Father knows we can accomplish.  Because of that Satan is working extremely hard, that happened, there have been a lot of missionaries sick, assistance to church has been hard, and so many other things.  We just know that we need more faith than ever right now as companionship, districts, zones, mission, and from our families at home.  I  can see why the families grow and have blessings now while they have a missionary or missionaries out.  They have to exercise their faith just as much, families are a huge part of the work, and our first or one of the first messages to people is that We have a loving Heavenly Father who has given us all, especially families.  At times it may be difficult in the family, but I am so EXTREMELY grateful for the family that my Heavenly Father has blessed me with!  I honestly couldn't have asked for a better family!  I have learned to much about family here on the mission so far, among many other things, but so much centers around the family in this gospel.  I pray that I will become the best missionary, daughter, sister, granddaughter, neice, cousin, and friend that I can be.  It is going to be a rough journey because I have a lot to learn and change, but I need and want to do it.  Grandma and Grandpa, Gram and Papa, I am so extremely lucky to have you all close around me as well, to hear and see your testimonies.  I want you all to take the time and read in the scriptures, go to the temple, read talks from the leaders in the church, and read in Preach my Gospel.  So many people here don´t have a family like I have been blessed with, but I know I am here to help them realize that they do have a family, that we all have a loving Heavenly Father, and older brother Jesus Christ.  I am so grateful that we were raised in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and I truely hope that one day I will be a fantastic Mom, just like Mom and Dad have shown me. Know that I love you all, and I am SO excited to talk to you all tomorrow!  Have a WONDERFUL time with Karm and the rest of the family for me, and play a bit it the snow for me to, and eat!  LOVE YOU!  Tell everyone hello and hugs!
SLY,
Hermana Wilcox