Yooo Merry Christmas!!! I was thinking about it and I realized that Christmas came up insanely fast. All these holidays come and go and I'm still trying to determine what month it is bro. Christmas was fire tho, the eve was something. We had church, we actually sung in church. All of the 10 missionaries in the ward not just my companionship so it sounded better that way. After church we hit up a couple studies and stuff, made some peanut blossoms, and then went over to our recent converts' house to give them cookies. We went not expecting to get fed but they ended up feeding us which was rad...but we also had a dinner right after them. so we munched there, ran over to our next appointment, cleaned the mountain of food they had over there...and then we had to get to ANOTHER dinner. this one was later cause our other one ended at 9. but we got perms from pres to stay out later for this one which was rad. But unfotunately our members didn't get back home till 9:45 at night...and we live 30 minutes away from these members. So they got home, we were already exploding from food but we ate a bunch anyways cause we're missionaries, we ball. We ended up getting home at 11 that night...curfew's at 9:30, with perms from pres we could push it. Needless to say mistakes were made, repentance was enacted, and it was so much fun.
December 26, 2023
Christmas day itself was pretty calm tho. Lots of calling fam, presents, more cookies. We had anothr bomb dinner with members, and we made sugar cookes as well. Macario's the goat.
I love the Christmas season so much. Being able to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ really puts a lot of things into focus for me. I love studying his birth, reading about him and all his goodness. Comparing the different aspects of the nativity to different gospel principles. Just such an amazing time of the year. To bring and spread that Joy, the joy that I commited two years of my life to spread. Christmas reaffirms the fact that I know how crucial and important Jesus Christ is in our lives and I know hat his impact will always be present, not only during the Christmas season. I will always be wanting to focus on him.
Big REI downtown
Peanut blossoms
Me and the other elders at our 1030 dinner
The fog
More pictures to come if my members ever send us the pictures
December 11, 2023
Since last week a LOT has happened! I'm now training two people at the same time which is wild, but they seem to do a good job at handling themselves responsibly which is fantastic. The work has been amazing, lessons have been picking up instead of always cancelling on us!! Big big plus. One of my new guys, Elder Weaver, is being shipped off to Perú at some point soon so I only get him for this transfer! He's chill.
We got in a crash with a car, which sucks cause it was the other driver's fault, but as I was taking a picture of the damage on our car after getting her insurance she kinda dipped...not great and not according to plan.
We had an amazing miracle to counteract the car fiasco tho. We had a friend who we haven't seen in a good 2 transfers randomly hit us up to tell us he's back in Washington after living in New York and being deported from Canadá. He came to our group meeting super early which turned out to be a miracle cause unknown to us was the Seattle stake's Christmas program! Which was amazing, I heard one of the most amazing renditions of O Holy Night, felt the spirit so strong it brought me to tears. I have such a strong testimony of music amd how strongly it brings that spirit into our hearts. And then after I translated the whole hour and a half program, he wanted more!! So we had a separate lesson after and we read El Cristo Viviente, talking about the life of Christ and how we can rely on him. He thanked us and told us that he wants so badly to grow closer to Christ in his life! Miracles. So please keep Jesus David in your prayers!
Love you all,
Elder Blankenbiller
1. Pizza from Chris
2. Tienda studies with the kids
3. Service at the YMCA
4. Cool art
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