This Christmas season my thoughts and heart always turn home. Although I'll be spending this fantastic Christmas Season away just know that I will be there next year and we'll finally be a family again. I do miss the comforts of the holidays that are only found in the Gonzalez home. I'll be thinking about my stocking which won't be stuffed. I'll think about my 4th grade picture on the tree looking better then ever. I'll be missing the "Christmas Story" marathon for just one more year but I'll be back before you know it to be eating them cookies that people drop off and I'll be the first one to suggest that we have a Jerusalem dinner with the lanterns lit. All in all I'll just be one homesick missionary away from my home for just one more Christmas. There's just nothing to say about it I'll be away for a bit longer, and trust me I'll be crying harder then anyone else when the day comes that I have to let my tag go and try to fit in a new schedule.
I want the Gonzalez Family to know that I love you all and for my Christmas wish it's that yall have a great day and that the Spirit of the Lord is with you and charity is in your heart. Please remember the words of Alma during this time of hustle and bustle... For behold, I say unto you there be many things to come; and behold, there is one thing which is of more importance than they all—for behold, the time is not far distant that the Redeemer liveth and cometh among his people- Alma 7:7. Please don't let the adversary let things become out of focus. Christ is what must be discussed. Christ gave to us the greatest gift of all, his atoning blood and a chance to return home. For now my home is Illinois, soon it will be Riverton, and I pray that one day it will be in the presence of my Heavely Father. If the Holy Ghost is with us then that's the greatest gift we can have this time of year so go and seek the spirit.
Love from Peoria Elder Victor Gonzalez
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