Because of a few logistcal issues, we weren't able to have our mission Christmas party until a few days after Christmas. We decided that we would be doing the Christmas party as an entire mission all together at once, instead of half and half like they've always done before. We also had changes the same day, so after the party, everyone got their new companions, and went to their new areas, luckily I'm still with Elder Alvarado. The Christmas party turned out super well. Which is good, because it was really stressful to plan, and make sure that everything went well for over 160 missionaries in one church building.
The next day, we had a zone conference. In the zone conference, President Chase pulled up a statistic showing us that 50% of return misisonaries turn inactive after they get home, and it's mainly because they don't read their scriptures and pray regularly. Literally shocked us all. Then Elder Alvarado and I went out to our area, and we found an entire family of inactive return missionaries. We talked to them for a bit... and we found out that they didn't pray or read the scriptures regularly when they got home, and it was tough for them on their missions even, to do it. We fiended them, and they let us teach a little bit. They wanted us to pass by again later this week, so I'm assuming they liked us, and hopefully we'll see some progress.
