Thanksgiving

 

 

Dear Family,

 

The cops getting called was kind of a normal thing for J. and C.  and their family. They were investigating the church for three years and J. was finally baptized two months ago. We are still teaching C.. They could not make it to church yesterday because apparently C. robbed a house so they had to go to court. President bringing the invitations was perfect timing. Just more tools in the calendar tool belt for the members!

 

The Jenkins are crazy! I love them though. They came by on Friday night to give me a "present." It was a picture of them in front of the house. I had seen them like three days earlier so it didn't make sense. Apparently, they wanted to go to Flagstaff to see some snow before the holiday then come back. They decided to drive north up to Utah. So they went to Temple Square--no lights, and looked up my address in the white pages--no family. They took a picture and left haha. I asked if they said the same creepy things to all of you that they say to me and they said no because they don't want you to know what they're all about! I said that you wouldn't care haha. They are great.

 

Thanksgiving was fantastic. Kind of hectic and busy--but it was nice. We had dinner with the Matas, Sanchez family, and the Covos family. We had lots and lots of meat and food at both places. I overate big time but it was fun to be with everybody. It was kind of a dinner tour because we took the other Elders with us. We did weekly planning and studies in the morning then we played phase10 for a couple hours at night. The other Elders are so funny so it was great. One leaves this transfer so I will miss him. He is obsessed with baseball and is going to play college when he gets home and he came out to the field with me so we are good friends. He is the one eating the Donut haha. We had two turkey leftover dinners the next day too. EL DIA DE PAVO!

 

The Area is doing fantastic. I still feel like we don't have our feet completely under us, but we are trying to work effectively. We are getting a lot of member help and a lot of member excitement for the holidays, calendar, and other things. I have handed out a few BAM ties in the branch and people keep asking for them but they can't have them yet until they do something missionary! --Thanks Sister Perkins!!--We were expecting four families at church yesterday. The Covos couldn't come, among their friends (two of the other families)-- but Alejandra came and brought her two kids. She loved it. Her kids loved it too. We gave them copies of the Book of Mormon including a kids' copy before they left. They will be baptized soon!

 

I might send more. I will see. Today is busy and trying to send pictures with the Ipad is a pain lol