Merry Christmas everyone!
"Je suis à Paris" is a running joke among those
missionaries who have taught Africans in France. If you haven't had someone
tell you they're in Paris when you call to ask if they're still coming to your
appointment, you didn't serve in the France Paris mission. It's just the way it
goes.
Right then. This week...everyone was in Paris. It's as if
there were a huge party being thrown there and everyone was invited but me. A
big African party (by that I mean a big party for Africans, not necessarily a
party for big Africans) where they play "C Bon Le Mariage" on big
speakers and dance around in boubous and eat spicy semoule and talk to each
other in that language that all Africans seem to understand regardless of
nationality. That's what I'm imagining, because why else would everybody be
there at the same time??
Christmas was good though. I wanted to give a HUGE
thank-you to everyone who sent me stuff for Christmas. I really got too much.
(Seriously though. Either I'm going to die from all the
candy I got, or I'm going to have to throw a party similar to the one in Paris
in order to give some away.) We also ate at the Raherimandimby family's house
for over 2 hours straight. Not that you care about whose house it was, but I
just like saying Raherimandimby. Try it. But yeah, thank you everyone who send
me cards and packages! I now know I haven't yet been forgotten.
Last spiritual thought of 2015:
Right now, we're in a special moment where we still have
the feeling of Christmas and we remember the Saviour more strongly, but the new
year hasn't yet begun. I think we should all profit from this occasion to begin
setting goals, using that special spirit of Jesus Christ that hasn't made its
leave, for how we can be closer to Him in this new year than ever before.
I love you all! Be good.
Elder Stanford
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