December 5

Well things are going good here in the DR. It is starting to be a
chilly 73 in the mornings which doesnt sound cold but it is. I am cold
throughout the night and morning. I wear pants to bed and in the
mornings, but the days are just about perfect weather. I went to
another area a couple of days ago on an activity and saw the ocean and
that was pretty cool it had been a long time and it was beautifull. I
am hoping if I get transfered I go to a place by the ocean. We have
transfers the 20 of December so it seems like we will be transferred
right before christmas I will probably go and Elder stay but kyou
never know. We still have a lot of people to teach and are finding
more so it is kind of hard to keep them all straight and have time for
all of them. We have 4 people prepared for the 17 and 1 for the 24 so
we are hoping they all go through. 2 on the 17 are firm dates and 2
are not too firm mainly cause the wife may give or has given birth at
any moment which makes it hard. We have Emilio and Nicauris a couple
and she is the pregnant lady, and also 2 young men that have been
visiting the church for almost a year named francisco and valentin for
the 17 and kirovelys for the 24. It is great to see the spirit working
within the people and watching them change their lives. Today for pday
we went to mega centro, a big mall, and ate and talked to other
missionaries. I caught up with Elder Jones which was nice to talk to
him and to see a friend, and also to eat taco bell was nice. Not much
happened this week, we had a good week with good lessons and had 11
people at church the ward is working better and we have activated
quite a few people too which is nice, mostly priesthood holders. I
left with the steak president a couple of days ago to meet some
members and we had a great spiritual experience, he is a great guy
with a great spirit. He works for the us ambassy and the guy who
checks on all the americans in prison here to make sure that they are
treated well. i thought it was interesting to know that they have a
job like that.

Well, that is about all that happened this week, we will continue to
work hard and help people change their lives through the atonement of
Jesus Christ. I hope all is well with all of you and that we all think
of God and Jesus during this holiday season.

Con Amor,

Elder Holmes