Dear Parents,
Can you believe another week is already gone?! Stop making
it go by so quickly. It’s been quite a week. A lot of things have happened, but
at the same time it feels like nothing has happened at all. I hope I can tell
you about everything.
Last Tuesday after I wrote you, we had elder D. Todd
Christofferson speak in the devotional. He was so cool! He talked about how we
are his companions, or the companions to the prophets and apostles because they
can't convert everybody themselves. They need our help to do it! He had such a
strong testimony. It’s amazing to see how these apostles know without a doubt
that Christ lives. Just by hearing them speak of Him, you know that they have
seen Him. It’s so powerful.
Wednesday I think it was, was when I got your package. THANK
YOU SO MUCH!!! You have no idea how excited I was to get that. Thank you so
much for that camera. I’ve taken so many more pictures with it. I’m sad that my
baby is feeling neglected and not loved by me, but she's just too big. I think
this camera will get a ton of use. The scarves are awesome! Thank you for
sending those. However I think because of space in bags I might be sending a scarf
or two home with my camera, which I will be sending later this week. I hope
anyways.
I'm glad to hear that you had a good thanksgiving and that
you didn't spend it alone. That’s really great that dad invited someone. It
sounded like a lot of fun. Did you video tape dad's dancing for me to see
later? Or will he keep practicing so he can show me up when I get back? My
thanksgiving was pretty good. They kept us very busy the entire day. We started
the day out with listening to elder Nelson. Yea, that's right, we had Elder
Russell M. Nelson come and talk to us on thanksgiving. He talked to us about
the meaning of Alleluja and the traditions of thanksgiving in the bible times. It
was really neat. I didn't know that he had completely dropped his job as a
doctor when he got called as a member of the 12. That is really amazing that he
would trust the Lord enough to do that. I need to marry me a man like that. Oh,
and he says "thanks" to my family (that means you). After the
devotional I got to walk to the temple. Up there I ran into my friend Aric
again. He was leaving this week, so it was so sad to talk to him and know that I
wouldn't be seeing him again for a long time. But it was still fun. Then we had
our thanksgiving dinner. Yup, we had dinner at 12:30 in the afternoon. It was
an ok dinner. But nothing like what mom makes. I was missing your cooking mom. After
we had dinner we all did a service project. We actually make 8,000 emergency
kits that are now on their way to Sudan. It was pretty neat. We watched a video
on the humanitarian aids the church does. We got to have a sack lunch for
dinner (whoo hoo!) and I think my favorite part of the day was later that
night. We watched 17 Miracles. You need to watch it. There’s a part in it that
dad would really enjoy. Watch it, and look for the miracle of the meat (that's
just what I call it). You’ll know why I thought of you when I saw it. It was
nice to have a break from classes. We didn't have any class, but the next day
we had to go and teach again. But that's ok; it was a nice break in the middle
of the week.
This Thursday I find out my reassignment. Finally! Or travel
plans if my visa has come in by then. What are your guesses on where I’m headed
to for a while? But don’t' worry about it, you will know where I’m going before
I get there. The church isn't that mean to parents of missionaries. I’ll have
to send you an email that day of where I’m going. So make sure and check that
night.
You might find this funny, so my toe has been hurting like
crazy for the past couple weeks. It felt like I needed to pop my joint of
something. So I kept stretching it hoping to make it feel better. Well the pain
was moving up my foot, so I decided to finally go to the trainer at gym time. She
told me that I had pulled my toe stretching it too much. Embarrassing right? Well
she iced it for me and the next couple days as well. After dealing with the
pain moving around my foot, it finally got better. Now I’m just really stiff so
when I do wear by boots or heels, it starts to hurt again. uggg. So pray that
that goes away fast please!
Tell Leah happy birthday for me! I can't believe she's 7
now! Make them stop growing for me! Oh and about my bank account, just so you
know I’m going to use it to pay for my bags when/ if I fly. And if I need to I
might have to get another carryon bag. I’m hoping that I won't have to though. So
just look out for those. Don’t worry, my card hasn't been stolen.
I’m glad that you enjoyed the pictures :) I will print out
some more and send them your way in the package I send you this week.
Well, I love you so much and I am missing you tons! Be safe
and tell everyone hi for me.
Love,
Your Missionary
P.S. thank you for your testimony dad, it made me cry.
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