We got a letter from the mission office saying to tell your family to send your packages this week so they can get them out to us in time for Christmas. Obviously this time the mission office gets a lot of packages and they need a little more time to send them all out, so if you could ship out the packages this or next week that would be great, that way I get them on time, and to tell that to everyone else.

This week has been pretty crazy, there was a shooting again a few night ago and its been pretty cold, about 15-20 degrees everyday, but the work goes on! Its been nice being able to drink hot cocoa and cider... I'll be sending another letter and mail it off today so you should have it later on this week.

Hope Mom is feeling better and Dad I'm sure is recovering from your little spill, Enjoy the weather!

Elder Holmes (Happy cows come from California)