December 19, 26, 2007

• Hello hello and merry christmas. So I did get my early christmas present. i put it up on the ironing board. It looks very nice. My new companion is very pleased with it. He doesnt quite understand why im so stoked about displaying a large brown wrapped box. But hey, some people just never understand. ha, Just kidding i opened it. It is very flashy! Thank you mama. I also got some things from grandma lois and aunt kimi and uncle craig. I opened uncles craigs, but all of grandmas were wrapped up nice so i figured i should wait till christmas or something...well see how long that lasts. I put them under the ironing board tree. So lizabeth told me that her brother got home and that you texted her and stuff. I didnt know that you could text people? That surprised me. yes i still have my calling card. I dont really know what time I will be calling yet. I think I will call dads cell phone in case you guys arent at home. Im asuming it will be around noon here. But it all depends when the members want us to come over. The christmas party is on monday. we are having a little talent show, and my district is singing the primary song "armies of helamen" in spanish. it should be fun. We were going to do popcorn poping on the apricot tree, but the presidents wife said that it was too lighthearted for the meeting the wanted to have. I was kinda bummeb, I would rather be funny than spiritual. I guess im lucky to have leaders who keep me in line. I thought I told you this last time but my new companion is a new missionary as well. Thats right i finished training elder wells and started training elder Beatty from american fork, UT. He was the only elder who came into the mission last transfer. I am really blessed to have been given the opportunity to train two missionaries so early along in my mission. It is a really great experience. I Love you so much and am really looking forward to talking this tuesday, I hope you have alot to say and I will listen. ;)Love Elder osterloh
  
  Tell aunt denice yes that i did get her package. It was lots of fun. Christmas eve my companion and I made the gingerbread house and I got the cd, that you asked me about. So yes i did tell you about it. Yesterday was really fun. After i finished talking to you guys the families house that we were at had a white elephant, so we got to participate in that. It was really fun. Its pretty nice to have pday right after christmas too. So upon leaving the house this morning I came across a little box. It had my name on it, but it was so small i figured it was nothing important so i will probably open it when i get home...Love Elder Osterloh