Email December 23, 2013

Hello family! This letter is going to be really short because we'll be talking on Wednesday. It's going to be great! We had 38 people again in sacrament meeting! The branch is seriously growing stronger. Our goal for next week is 45. If the members would be more consistent about attendance that would be a simple goal. But it's great to see how they've grown to be much more consistent. I sang O Holy Night in sacrament meeting. Of course, it was in Spanish. People really loved it. It was the Sally Deford version, so you can look it up if you want. One of the new zone leaders is from my group: Elder Baldwin. He plays the piano, so that's how we were able to do the musical number. It's such a blessing to have someone who plays the piano. It makes a huge difference in the reverence of the meeting. We had an AWESOME branch council on Tuesday. It was the best I've had in my whole mission. The leaders are truly excited to go to work now, and we have the model set for the coming year of how the meetings will be held. That's all for the week. Tomorrow we'll be with President at the mission home to celebrate Christmas eve. For Christmas we'll be here in Aibonito: we have a food appointment with our elders quorom president and his family. It'll be good. Love you all! Elder Cevering