This week, being our last here in the Utah Salt Lake City Headquarters Mission, has been both happy and sad. Although we feel like it is time to move on to our original assignment in India we are leaving behind so many new friends and the comforts and familiarity of being here. We had a nice dinner party with about 200 of our fellow missionaries, treats galore, ate out one last time and spent Christmas Eve with Rick’s family and will have Christmas dinner in a couple of hours. No it’s not all about food, but who knows when we will have American food again!
This week has been interesting in other ways as well. While many places across the country experienced extreme cold, India too issued a cold weather warning because it was supposed to get down to 44 that night! Meanwhile our high was about 24 and I know other places were colder than that.
Needless to say this has been a very different Christmas. It has been fun though with all the musical performances that we attended and that we sang in, being with family here in Utah and having very few Christmas preparations. We spent yesterday (Christmas Eve) doing laundry, sorting–what stays here, what goes home, what goes to India–and cleaning our apartment. (It sure was hard to pack those large bags again.)
Mostly I just want to wish you all well and hope that you can find peace and joy as you navigate life in the upcoming year.
Merry Christmas!
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