Bye 2011, Hola 2012!–sent on December 27, 2011

Dearest family,
It's snowing right now :) Don't know if it will stick, but I hope it does! It was wonderful to talk to you all on Sunday. We had a good Christmas, even though it wasn't white.
We had Victor come to church on Sunday again. He is still struggling in finding faith in Christ. We will be handing him off to another set of elders this week who live closer to his home, where he'll be for the next few months for a surgery. Hopefully the change helps. As we have taught him I have realized just how important a basic belief in Jesus Christ, not just his teachings, is. He is truly the center of our message and without that faith in Him, nothing else of our message matters nor can one receive an answer to their prayers because as it says in Moroni 10, you must ask with faith in Christ.
Our other investigator is Maricruz. She is awesome. She has a husband (who's been a member about 5 years--was baptized in El Salvador--but hasn't come much) and a little boy. Her faith is strong in God and she desires to come closer to Christ. In a lesson last week we asked if she believed that what we were teaching her was true--Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, Jesus Christ as Son of God--and she said yes. We plan to go pick them up this next Sunday. Our meetings are changing to 1PM so hopefully that will make it a little easier for them to get there every week.  Right now she's set for the 8th. She's nervous about it but who wouldn't be? It is all in the Lord's hands.
Have a wonderful new year everyone!
Yours,
Hna. Cottam
P.S. say hello to everyone in Arizona for me! Love you all!