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Monday, December 26, 2016


Hello everyone! How's it going? 

I'm doing much better than I was right before Christmas! For the three days before Christmas I had a nasty stomach virus. I didn't eat very much if at all. But I'm doing much better now! 

A fun experience that I had this week happened on Wednesday. It was my first time shoveling snow! Luckily it was very easy because it was only a few inches. But we ended up shoveling the sidewalks around our whole apartment building! It took us about 45 minutes! I just about froze my butt off. 

Christmas was worse. Well, it was awesome because it was my first white Christmas, but it was crazy! The day before practically all the snow had melted and I didn't think I would get a white  Christmas. My doubts ran away as we got about 8 inches of snow! It even got up to a couple of feet in several places, including by the mission home! Best Christmas ever!!

That trench coat is my new favorite thing here. I also wear the North Face jacket. It can get pretty warm. We went caroling on Christmas Day night. Caroling was awesome! There were about 30 missionaries there including 4 companionships of sisters.

Another awesome experience was when we were able to go make breakfast for about 15 children. The place was called the Christmas Box House. It is where kids go when their parents are sent to jail or prison. It was a very humbling experience to see these kids without parents to currently care for them, and when we fed them breakfast their eyes just lit up with so much joy. I loved it. 

Other than that, everything is going great! I hope y'all had an amazing Christmas! Feliz Navidad! 

-Élder Wilkes 
Matthew 1:21

“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”




Skipping with family on Christmas - our favorite present of all!!


Preparing and serving breakfast to the children of The Christmas Box House.


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