Merry Christmas!

So I mean this week was pretty cool, many different things happened.

It wasn't the most effective week missionary work wise but that

happens around Christmas. We did do some way fun stuff and made

some good memories. So that's pretty cool. So let's start off with

last week Monday night. Our landlord came over and showed us a dish

that is only made in Catanzaro (for a reason) and it's called

"Morzello." I don't have a picture of it because I forgot to take one.

It’s basically pig meat in this red sauce stuff. The cut of meat

ends up being stomach, intestines, and liver. Or basically the mixed

innards of a pig. Yum. You eat in as a sandwich. It wasn't that bad

though to be honest but the cool part was I got to talk to our land lord for

like 2 hours. We had a really deep conversation and I was able to

talk to him about a lot of stuff but focused on the "Plan of

Salvation" (if y'all don't know what that is go to www.mormon.org). It

was swag and he said I was "stupendous." Added that word to my Italian

vocabulary.

Let's move on to Wednesday when then Elders from our "neighboring"

city of Crotone came over. We had a pre-Christmas lunch with them. We

had a nice fish fry with some cod and it was actually really good. We

had them try some leftover Morzello but it kinda went bad after 2 days

sooooo..... It was way gross. But we also ate some spicy sausage that

we cooked over our fireplace. It smelled like campfire in our house

but it was totally worth it. But basically I learned how to fry fish

and it was swag.

Moving on to Christmas Eve. I watched Big Hero 6 and ate Tostitos

salsa. Basically all that happened that day and it was beautiful. I

recommend that movie also, it's a classic. Great plot, great

characters, and it pulls on your heartstrings. Amazing.

Christmas was dope. We had lunch and basically got to watch a family

dinner. It reminded me of the chaotic drama and weird things that

happened back home only now it was in Italian and none of it involved

me. I just sat back and watched. Good times. Also got to skype the fam

back home. Love you guys.

Let's finish with our Sunday miracle. We went over to a member’s house

for lunch and he picked us up from the train station cuz we have to

take a train to get to his house. While there we were talking to this

lady from the Dominican Republic. He invited her to dinner.

#goodsamaritan We ended up having a great lunch with her and talked to

her a little bit about our church. And now we are going to go meet

with her Tuesday which is pretty swag. She needs some help but it's a

good thing we help people as missionaries :) Also she can help me with

my Spanish. All important things.

So this email is becoming a short story but I just wanted to say that

I hope you all had a very merry Christmas. I've been studying a lot in

the Bible this week and learning a ton about Christ (obviously) but

something I've learned is that Christ always gives us second chances.

He is full of a never ending supply of them. During Christmas I'm sure

you all feel something different in the air, something that makes you

want to be a better person and do the right thing. During the

Christmas season we feel this when we remember Jesus Christ, what he

did for us, and his great atoning sacrifice but most importantly that

feeling that everyone of us feels is an invite. It's an invite from

God to remember Jesus Christ, his son, to follow Him, and to do all we

can to become like Him. So even though Christmas has passed, don't

forget that the second chance is always there if you're humble enough

to take it.

Love you all so much and hope you have a great week Ciao Ciao

Anziano Yskes

Cod Fish Fry

"Big Hero 6" was swag

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