I admit it. I play with Barbie dolls.

What a beautiful month we have here as we get ready for Christmas and

remember our Savior more. Winter here in Georgia has been less than a

'winter wonderland' as the temperature is still in the 60-70 range and

it seems to rain most days. I'm grateful to have a car and feel

compassion for all of the wet missionaries on bikes.

Right now we have five people with a date for baptism. One is an 18

year old girl going to UGA here and the other is a lovely family of

four. The family was found and taught a few lessons by our Zone

leaders. One of our Zone leaders is from Guatemala so he's pretty good

with his Spanish. (Though he wishes he could be as good as me :p) We

have been working hard and were able to talk to a lot of people this

week. It's so awesome just stepping back and seeing all of the amazing

and different people we meet every day.

Two people I want to highlight this week: 3 year old Naya; and 54 year

old Billy;

Naya is a little black girl with a whole lot of attitude! So funny to

talk with! She enjoys inviting us to come into her house and showing

us the picture of Dora she has in her room. One time we said to her,

'Here, we want to give you a picture of Jesus.' and she responded

quickly with 'Where he at??' Elder Dudley and I just laugh and laugh

at how quick and full of energy she is.

Billy is a nice old-looking man with a white beard on his face and a

beanie on his head. Everyone in his neighborhood knows him and he is

full of interesting things to say! We believe he has some sort of

mental disability but he is nice and fun to talk with. We saw him

walking one day looking kind of bummed out so we asked him what was

wrong. He simply replied, 'I don't want to talk about it, homes.' He

has lots of friends from the 'hood' and derives much of his language

from them. He brings a smile to our face when we think of him. :)

Other than that our week has been great, we ate awesome Latino foods,

I played dolls with a ten year old, and gave a five minute talk in

Sacrament meeting. We're pressing forward here and wishing all a very

Merry Christmas! :D

No cae mucho nieve aqui,

Elder Vance