Christmas Cookies!

Hello everyone! How is everyone?! Everyone hyped for Christmas?! I hope so! I'm definitely really excited! We have a lot planned with our zone so I'm hyped for that! First Christmas being a zone leader so having to plan a lot of stuff for missionaries is stressful but hopefully it works out and it's the best Christmas fir everyone! 

Alright here's the week! 

On Tuesday I had an entercambio (exchange) con Élder Halftermeyer. It was one of the coolest exchanges I ever been on! In the morning we received 8 referrals for clase de ingles and we called all of them and they all answered! We invited them to the class and all 8 of the people we called showed up! And 8 other friends the Spanish elders had showed up! They had 16 of their friends there! That's crazy! They all wanted to go to church for Christmas too! We also had a lesson with their most progressing friend and he was probably one of the sweetest guys I've ever met. His intent was so sincere and he was like a sponge! I knew he was elect bc when it was my turn to teach in Spanish it flowed out of me! Gift of tongues is real! We also had some fire Mexican food! I prolly gained 20 lbs. Hopefully president puts me in the Spanish program bc it's a party everyday over there! 

Wednesday we had zone conference which was amazing! We got into depth studying about the birth of Jesus Christ! It's really humbling to learn about our saviors birth and the circumstances that he was born in! Very HUMBLING! 

Thursday we went caroling with the Zone! It was amazing! So spirit filled and we were able to help some of the sisters in our zone who were having a hard time finding friends. So it was good to help them and spread some Christmas cheer! 

Friday I forgot what happened...but Saturday I FINALLY had my first exchange In a tongan area! Let's just say I ate enough food to feed a small village!

And we had our Christmas Sacrament meeting yesterday! We sang in the choir too! All the old ladies in the ward were complimenting my singing (they're legally deaf) but very spiritual and lots of beautiful music. I kept laughing during a lady singing opera tho. The Chinese sisters kept laughing then I couldn't stop laughing and it was a mess I felt bad. Haha. Not going to any opera concerts soon! 

I'm so happy to be a missionary again during the Christmas time! Serving Jesus Christ is joy! And I love that I get this opportunity to share the joy that I've felt from my savior! :) 
Sadly this will be my last Christmas as a missionary! But God is Good! 

Love Elder Newman

Prolly too late but here's my address for Christmas cards lol! 

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