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| Yapese Christmas Tree |
Hello Everyone
I am trying to go fast, so we get the times for us to
talk to each other on Christmas squared away. Next week, I am not sure what is
going on, so I am trying to figure it out now.
Dad
Sounds like mom's party was a success. Sounds like you
had a lot to do with it. $940 in fast food. That would kill me. When I went to
go pick up Elder Mott from Guam, I had some fast food, and my stomach was
killing me. I could not imagine eating $940 worth. [Explanation
from Dad: I had an unathorized $940 charge on my personal credit card from a
fast food restaurant. Card has been cancelled J ]
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| We sent drawing books to the island for the kids to use |
Mom
Congrats again on the Master’s degree. That is really
awesome. Sounds like you had some delicious food at the party. I am sad I
missed it all. Did you save any for me? ha ha.
Question 1: Did you get any
packages this week? What was in them?
Answer: Nope.
I am a little worried about the ones you sent. I have not gotten mail today, so
maybe they will be here today. I am really hoping the scriptures will be here
so I can give them to the people.
Question 2: What are you doing on Christmas Eve?
Answer: Well, we need to clean the
property around the church this year on Christmas eve, but after that, we will
have some family home evenings
with some people.
Question 3: What are you doing on
Christmas Day?
Answer: Maybe a baptism from Colonia's branch, maybe not, and the
Strothers are having a Christmas party for us. So we are going to do that.
Question 4: Are there any recommendations on how long we
talk or when you talk on Christmas?
Answer: Nope. I
like what we have done in the past. You guys ask questions, and I will think of
some questions for you guys. Besides that you guys can choose it all.
Question 5: Share one Yapese
Christmas tradition that you have observed?
Answer:
Christmas lights go up at all the catholic churches, and there is always a Christmas
light cross. It would be nice to see a star.
What else… I guess this one is in the states. Everyone is really nice.
People from other churches are really nice to us this time of year. By Yapese law, all the villages have to clean
their property before Christmas. Not sure if that is a tradition though. Yapese
people are clean people.
Question 6: Do people carol (sing Christmas songs going
house to house) in Yap?
Answer: Nope. We did last
year as missionaries, I am not sure if we are going to do it this year.
Question 7: Have you found any interesting
nativity sets on Yap?
Answer: They don't sell any here. I am having someone carve you one that
is very Yapish though. I think you will like it.
Staheli
- Glad you can be home for Christmas. I am very excited to talk you and here
about your presentation.
Reed
- Dad says that you guys play ping pong a lot. He says that you will never beat
him. Good luck. You better practice because we have a ping pong table here and I
have gotten pretty good.
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| Quote from Elder Meyer, "Me and the moon outside my home" |
To Everyone
Let’s see what is new. This was a pretty tough week. We
had a lot of lessons, but it was just a hard week. We did do a lot of service
this week. It was good, but teaching is so much fun. We helped people clear out
an area so they can build a house and we helped in a taro patch and some other
stuff. It was pretty good. It took a while though.
We are going to have a Christmas party in the Thool
branch, and they would like to act out the nativity scene. Do you think that
you could email me a copy of what we say and the songs we sing in the order
pretty fast. That would be great. I am going to record the whole thing so I
will send it home after. I think it will be pretty fun and pretty great all at
the same time. That is about all that is new. I am really excited to talk you
guys on Thursday. I can't wait love you all.
Love Elder Meyer
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