Ellis Learns Polite Ways to Refer to Her, er, Colita, 12/27/10

Dear Mom & Dad,
There´s not a lot to write about this week since we just talked, but here are some of the things I left out:

* Monica Peralta, the branch president´s wife, had her baby 3 weeks early lthe week before last week. It was a c section and the baby was slightly premature, so they stayed in the hospital for a few days, but were able to come home one week ago. Then they thought the baby might have jaundice and Monica had low blood pressure, but fortunately all that cleared up and they are doing fine now. That was a relief. I was surprised how worried I felt for Monica. Anyway, they brought little Camilo to church for the first time yesterday, which was really special. He is very skinny with lots of tufty black hair.
* I went on divisions to General Las Heras (a small town 2 hours away) last week with Hermana Claros. It was fun. It´s super tranquilo over there-- not many people walking around. I´m not sure how they manage to get their contacts done. Unfortunately, I fell down the stairs to the apartment while I was there. After about two minutes of recovery, I was fine and was able to keep working like normal despite feeling sore. It ended up being a great learning experience for me and Hermana Claros, because as a result we learned from each other polite ways to describe my condition in Castellano and English. Hermana Claros was very attentive and every 15 minutes or so would ask me ¿Cómo está su behind? Haha. I feel perfectly recovered now, but as a souvenir of divisions with Las Heras I have the largest, purplest bruise I´ve ever seen on my, er, colita.
* Hermana Lewis and I have been enjoying the hot cocoa mix you sent in my Chrismas package. It´s too hot here, especially in our apartment, to think of drinking it the normal way, but we´ve found it tastes excellent cold. We tried freezing it too, which produced a sort of fudgsical type treat-- Yum! So, thanks for sending it!
* Mario and Celeste are FINALLY going to the registro civil this week to sack a fech for their wedding. When they do, we can set a date for their baptism! I am so stoked!