Fam-a-lam-a-bam-bam,

OK so first things first. The phone call on Christmas (dun-dun-na-na) . . Well I didn't get any news from President. So that means I had to ask the others how they did it last year. You will be calling us on our cell phone. You might want to do your research on the best way to call. Some parents called through the internet (not sure how that works). Some bought international calling cards. Any way you choose just as long as you call. I don't really care what time you call, because I don't think we are doing much on christmas. Call inbetween 8:30 am and 9am MST. Just whenever you are ready. Don't be scared if my companion answers the phone. As for the time limit. Since I didn't get any instructions, its up to you as to how long you want to talk.

This past week was the coolest week ever!!! correction . . coolest week on mission!!! All the Elders in Sierra Leone gathered for two days of service and fun. Yup all 30 Elders in this country. We sang carols at a couple of roundabouts in town for a couple of hours in town. We cleaned a college campus by picking up trash and cutting down the bush. Afterwards we were allowed to play football (soccer to you) Wow, it felt so good to run. The next day we went to the chimpanzee park. This park was awesome. I saw some cool animals finally. I took some sweet pictures and hopefully I can send some. We also watched a sweet movie called "The Ultimate Gift". Wow, it is like my new favorite movie. Adam, take your date to watch it somewhere. We even had pizza for dinner. This pizza was probably the equivalent of a microwave pizza, but it tasted soooooo good.

That basically sums up my week of fun. Back to business this week. The only problem is that over half of our branch has traveled up to the provinces for the holidays. I'm not really sure how our numbers will be like this week, but probably not so good. Reserve all other questions for Thursday. I hope it works.I think that is about it. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Elder Degen