Well it is officially Christmas season, December 8th is the day everyone puts up Christmas stuff (December 8th is the day of the virgin) I haven't noticed people here being all crazy about Christmas like they are in the states, but maybe that's because they don´t have Santa Claus as a tradition really.. this is how Christmas is, they stay up all night partying on Christmas eve and then Christmas day is like nothing for them, they get all their presents Christmas eve or something like that, I have no idea!!

OK so nothing really too terribly exciting happened this last week, just work as usual, and while you all are enjoying the beautiful snow please remember me here in the hottest place EVER!! OK well not ever, but hottest place I've ever been too! So Antuane has agreed to be baptized... all she needs is the interview, she has it tonight with President Agryle... she is sorta nervous but she is so ready, we only get to see her on the weekends because of her work schedule so we worry about her all week, because Satan's power can be strong. But you know what, with her we don't really need to worry... this past week she realized she was having a hard time believing Joseph Smith was a prophet, so she spent the whole week studying the Book of Mormon and one of the brochures we gave her to be able to understand more, and she told us now I know he was a prophet, when we asked her about Thomas S. Monson we showed her his picture and when she saw his face her whole face just lit up and she smiled really big and said yup that's our prophet today... wow I can´t even describe it... she is freaking amazing!! She also bore her testimony in Relief Society and it was beautiful... I love being a missionary!! José is still smoking, in fact we went and taught him the other day and he walked up smoking realized he was smoking and felt bad, put the cigarette down shook our hands then picked it up and walked away to finish smoking it!! I´m starting to lose a bit of faith in him, its hard... he doesn't try to give it up... but I still pray for him everyday!!

So church went OK, no drama there, and let's see funny story of the week:
We go to this bank all the time to get change for the bus, and somehow we always get the same bank teller this guy, well I always say please and thank you... mom raised me good :) well my comp, lets just say you can tell she is from Buenos Aires (they don´t have very good manners) well she never says please or thank you, well the last time we went he stopped her and said hey I don´t mind giving you monedas (coins), but at least be polite... haha I thought it was so funny because my comp always says she never says that stuff because its just silly... I'm like oh I always do cause if I don´t I feel weird, she was like really that is so weird... so a bank teller taught my comp manners.. haha

Welp that is all for this week I think, I can´t wait to talk to you all next week, I hope everything works out, I hope you all have a great Christmas!! And I'm hoping to get a box in the mail today to you all!! Love ya!!

Hermana Gosnell

Me at Puerto de Frutos on the river

View from my kitchen balcony

View from my kitchen window

Doing my laundry
A pic that my comp and I are giving to all the members and our investigators for Christmas!

This is me and my tennis shoes, yes I'm still wearing them!!