Hey mates! 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas time! I had the chance to speak in Sacrament meeting yesterday. I talked about what gifts we can give the savior this year for Christmas. I thought of three things we could give him. We can serve others, remember him, and give ourselves to him. These are 3 things that I am going to try to focus on this Christmas! 

It's so weird to think that this will be my first Christmas away from home. I was reading an ensign article by Elder Holland and he shared a message for those people who would not be home for Christmas. He wrote about his first Christmas away from home. Funny enough, his first Christmas away from home is very similar to my first Christmas away from home. He talked about how he was in England on his mission. He had only been on his mission for a few months and he had just been assigned to be a senior companion for the first time. They didn't know what to do other than knock doors all December long. He wrote that he had never experienced so many rainy days in his life. And on the day of Christmas, he and his companion were out knocking on doors in the pouring rain. The cool part of the story is that he looks back on that Christmas as his most favorite Christmas, because it's when he really felt what Christmas is all about. 

Even though I'm away from my family for Christmas, I'm sure this Christmas will be most memorable for me. I'm really grateful to be serving the Savior, especially at this time. I hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Elder Wray

Pics:

1. This is Charlestown. It's really cool! Apparently they used this place to film part of Pirates of the Caribbean.

2. This guy who used to be in our ward in St. Austell moved to Bogota, Colombia to be a head school teacher there. He and his family came back to visit for Christmas, and they gave us this caramel dessert called Arequipe. It was really good! His ward is in Elder Balmforth's mission, so I told him to keep an eye out for him.

3. Hang loose!

4. Elder Kozma is a legend!