Hermana Y Elder Borup

Wow, what a crazy 2 weeks. It started off with transfers on Monday. Monday? you ask why Monday? The Church has a no-fly period during the holidays. Missionaries are not allowed to travel because if something goes wrong it's too hard to find alternative flights. So the MTC here said our new missionaries have to be out on Monday so their new missionaries can come a day early. Transfers are usually a long few days but adding another day made for an extra long week. On top of that Madison and Weston, two of our children flew in to be with us for Christmas. But wait! that's not all! Hermana Borup and I got really sick starting about an hour after the kids got here. Here we are almost 2 weeks later and Hermana Borup is just starting to feel better. I've been feeling better for several days now. I've always been more healthy than her! Besides spending a LOT of time in the Bano, we were able to get out and enjoy some of the Dominican Republic. The kids helped us with trans...

We hope everyone had a great Christmas. OUr wee leading up to Christmas was full of transfers, a couple of our kids coming to the DR and MANY MANY trips to the bathroom. I will feel you in on the next edition.  On their first day here they got to go back to the airport to take Hermana who was returning home ( well sort of home she left from Brazil but her parents moved to Portugal while she was serving, so she's going home to Portugal) Our Apartment building had a Christmas Party more from the party Elders taking pictures of Hermans La Caleta once again only this time we shared it with Madison and Weston New missionaries on the right Trainers on the left. waiting on the steps of the Temple to hear who their new companion is going to be. We visited Boca Chica with Madison and Weston. That's them out there in the water. Can't you tell? Nothing says Christmas like a tree with a Coka Cola Star A few of the new missionaries at their fir...

The work continues and we continue to enjoy our little part of it. No visits to the beach this week but full. THis week I had another opportunity to go out with the Elders in Nizau. I have to say this is really fun. We taught and invited. Does it get any better than that? To teach people about Christ and his restored Gospel then invite others to act on those teachings. ONe experience was with a less active member (really he's inactive, I'm not sure why we say less active when someone really is inactive). He was someone that they were looking for. When they found him last week, he had been drinking and had a bottle of beer in his hand. The missionaries asked him if he was a member. He said no. Then the missionaries asked him again. This time he put his beer bottle in his pocket and said, "now I am". That's pretty funny. I liked this guy before I even met him. I had a great experience. I wanted to tell him that God loves him and that is why we were there and I wa...