Email from December 27th 2010

Wow, Christmas comes and goes, And now I will never have another one on a mission.. Isn't that crazy? It just keeps going faster and faster.. I have now been out for 14 months. Unbelievable... Christmas week was so awesome. We definitely had a lot of cancellations.. But we still hit out 20 lessons mark. We kind of just started showing up at peoples house ready to give them a lesson. It was sweet. Christmas eve was awesome. We went to the Merell's and Had dinner with them. They had a sweet set up going. They invited a homeless guy. Jim. He was funny. He had all kinds of stories. Dad he could have topped your stories! But then again, he was also addicted to very heavy drugs. He was a nice guy though. They brought him to church yesterday! It was sweet. I was blessing the sacrament and he was trying to get my attention and he just had a huge grin on his face, and i don't think he has many teeth! It was enjoyable... Sister Merell made sticky buns for us as well.. She did two sets. The first set kind of fell apart for some reason, but the second set was great, they tasted fantastic. Now i am going to be wanting them for a while! Christmas day was awesome as well. We got to have brunch with the Stones, which are a way sweet family in the ward. They gave us quite a few gifts. it was really nice of them.. Then I got to do a baptismal interview for our zone leaders. So that was pretty cool We stayed for the baptism then raced home and Elder Hansen made his phone call. I opened all the letters from the dastrup festivus. It was great. It sounded like you guys were having a blast up there in Park City! Then You guys called! That was definitely fun. It is really weird talking to everyone. For not hearing your voices for 7 1/2 months, then talking to you and everyone sounds the exact same. Who woulda guessed? Good times. I can't believe we only have one more call on mothers Day. That is going to be a blast saying it is our last call together... But hey who am i kidding, That is still 5 months away.. Our investigators have been really hard to get a hold of and yesterday I guess they were sick, cause they weren't at church. But we will hopefully be making good contact this week. The Nielsen's came to my ward yesterday. I have never met them before. But they said they live in the wicks cabins right below our house. Small world! they asked for an update to send home, but I had only talked to you the day before so I didn't have much of one to give! hahah Sorry! I also met a family that their last name was Smith. Dad you insure them. They are living in England right now for work but their house is out by Utah lake. It definitely is a small world After all... I don't really know what else to say since i just talked to you not to long ago... I guess i will let ya go aye? Love you guys and miss you a ton! Love Elder Dastrup