Feliz Navidad!

Hola Familia!
Well we had a good weekend. It was zone conference so we went to Otavalo for friday and saturday. President Sloan gave some really good advice and i had a good interview with him. I told him Elder Castro and I have a couple of things that we need to work out and that we are making compromises for each other. I am goin to just try to have a talk with him myself rather than going to the president about it just yet. During our interview president let me know that the reason he put me in Tulcán, way way far away from anything, is because he trusts me and he knows i can handle myself and be a n influence on the elders up here. Like i have said before, there are two companionships here and the nearest elders to us are in Ibarra, a 2 1/2 hour busride away. So it really is just us and our 80 active members! haha. But we are doing good.
Christmas is comming up REALLY fast! Time flies by in winter when it is still 65 degrees everyday. Its hard to beleive that it is december! One thing that the missionaries in our mission are doing for christmas is, we are having members right their testimonies in Books of mormon and then giving us a referral of a family to give it to. We then visit the family, sing a couple of hymns and share a 10 minutes message about Christ, his birth, and atonement. Then hope for the opportunity to come back and share more. At the zone conference most of the missionaries said that the program was not working for them and they werent gaining investigators. BUT as for here in Tulcán where the "cold hearted" people live, we are having amazing success with it! Our secret, we meet up at the chappel at about 6 pm, then we split off as companionships with a half a donzen primary children who are wearing "feliz navidad" santa hats and holding candles, and the children sing "i am a child of God" we share the message, then the children again sing a christmas hymn. We have had some GREAT experiences. I know that it is all because of the wonderful spirit that the children bring into the lesson. It just shows why the savior taught we must become meek humble and innocent as little children are in order to enter into the kingdome of God. In the last week and a half we have had the opportunity to give 5 different blessings. One was just last night with some new investigators that came from the christmas program. We shared the message of the restoration with a man, his wife and their daughter. The man had cancer a few years ago, survived some kind of treatments that got rid of the cancer, but he lost the ability to talk. He cannot even mumble. It is a very sad situation, but we gave him a blessing and shared a few additional scriptures on faith. The spirit was so so very strong and i am so excited to be able to visit them again, i think tomorrow! The mother and daughter have so much faith in Christ already. i would bet within a month and a half they can be baptised. The people here really are amazing! They are all willing to help at anytime and they are just so nice.
For christmas.... well i dont know what we are goin to do. We have to be back at the house by 4 in the afternoon. If we have a dinner appointment with a family we are aloud to leave for that but then have to return back to the house when its done. (They drink ALOT on holidays here) We have the same rule for new years, but we dont have any dinner plans for christmas because all of the members are going to the temple in Guyaquil for the 25th and 26th. So we will just have to see how it works out. The work is great, dont worry about me. I do miss the snow quite a bit, but i am trying to enjoy paradise as much as i can for all of you! Love you all. Thank you always for the letters pictures and support!
¡Feliz Navidad!
Elder Morris