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Dad,

I've decided, and I thought I would let you know, that what you need to buy is a 21.5 inch or 27 inch iMac. We are here at the Apple store once again, and I'm loving these computers. It is a lot closer for us and so it saves us miles. Today I'm on the 21.5 inch iMac. Next week maybe I'll try the iPad or the 27 inch iMac. Ha ha!! Good times here in the mission!

Things are going great here in the field and in our area. We are teaching the funniest part member family ever - the Bas family. The Mom and one of the kids is a member, and they have kids that are too young to be baptized. Bother Bas is really progressing. He made a huge step in his progression yesterday by coming to church all by himself because his wife had to work. He is a real sincere guy and is going through a rough time in his life right now because he doesn't have a job and hasn't had one for 2 months. So he is really stressed with the kids because he has worked his whole life and hasn't spent much time taking care of kids. This last week I think we really helped him. We randomly stopped by to say "Hello" and set up an appointment and they were cleaning, so we offered to help them. Elder Lindsay washed the dishes and I vacuumed and swept and mopped the floor. It softened him a little more I think. He fed us some hot dogs afterwards and it was real funny because one of their kids (that is like 3 or 4) says the most random things. We asked him if he liked the Lakers because he had a Lakers sweatshirt on and he replied, "I like hot dogs." We also asked him what his favorite sport was and he said, "the Internet." We had a good time with them. Bro Bas has set a baptismal date for the 24th of December.

Nacho is doing great as well. He came to church again yesterday and told us that they are working on a way to be able to close the restaurant on Sundays. He will be getting baptized on the 17th of December. We are excited!

I finished The Book of Mormon for the 4th time on my mission (I think). It was a good experience because like always I apply the promise of Moroni and strengthen my testimony of The Book of Mormon. I started over again today...

We had ZLC (Zone Leader Conference) this last week. It was a good one. I felt like I received a lot of revelation for myself during it. I don't know what it was that made me think about this but I will be starting a new study in The Book of Mormon when I finish the one I'm doing now where I am cross-referencing and color coding everything within it. I'm pretty excited about it tell you the truth. I will probably start it when I get home because I still have to finish up through Alma 60 with the study that I'm doing right now.

That was our week. For Christmas you can send my package to this address:

Elder Chris Harvey

404 E. Ramsey Rd STE#105

San Antonio, TX 78216-4665

I will for sure to get it next week if you sent it today. That is the mission office and they will sign for it and hold it.

Thanks for everything! Love y'all!

Elder Harvey