Nothing better than a French Christmas!

woah i was sooo sick this week. but before all that.

Christmas and chrismtas eve was so great here in lille. we went to the deron's and it was awesome. they allowed us to invite a family that we're teaching over the 24th and we had a ball. our amis were a little awkward at first and then they realized that every member doesn't wear a badge and contact people in the street. we ate a yummy raclette and it was totally a french 24th which was one of the greatest things ever. the 25th only got better. we woke up at 9:30 and it felt super late. then i remembered that normal people wake up at that time.. woah i'm a missionary. we went back to the deron's and had some yummy toast with spreads. i totally ate caviare (fish eggs) and it was totally the grossest thing i've ever eaten ever! but i tried it and i was a trooper. after the eating was done we pulled out these like spit wad things. i totally had no idea what was going on. then there were these tubes and we just had this war where we spit them all over and it was great. i got shot and one lodged between my glasses and my eye. the sisters have all the good pictures and my camera won't let me send pictures over the internet so you'll have to wait for it. but that was basically all the fun that happened on christmas

after christmas was the sickness. the 26th i started feeling a little sick but i had a streak going of never staying in so there was no way i was going to break it. we went out and worked during the morning and the afternoon i could barely make it. i was dizzy and lightheaded and let's just say that my stomach wasn't feeling the best either. even in all my dizziness we managed to teach a lesson and do 2 solid hours of contacting. i came home and it started to just be really really cold which was weird because i was wearing my coat and there were 2 heaters on me. we called the mission doctor and she was super concerned. she told me there was no way i could go outside and that i was to stay in. this killed me. but i made the mature decision and stayed in. i got some medicine and things were fine after that. i ended up having some sort of stomach infection. the worst thing was that my streak was broken. oh well. with me being sick it's been interesting because i'm supposed to take it easy at nights. we've worked as hard as we could with me being sick and it's been oh so good.

sunday was a day of firsts for me. i tried for the first time foie gras (duck innerds) and snails. i must say they were both really good and i enjoyed them. i like the french culture and i'm glad i got to have a french christmas. the belg one was great but like come on it's france! vive la france!
elder oliverson