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I'm so glad to hear that y'all had a good Thanksgiving weekend! It sounds like it was absolutly packed with all sorts of fun festivities! Our thanksgiving we had (drumroll please)...........
3 DINNERS.
I kid you not. We ate 3 Thanksgiving dinners. One at 3, one at 5 and one at 6:30. I wanted to die afterwards (of joy of course, but also from eating so much food!)
At 3 we went with the Bike Elders to the B Family, our PuertoRican friends, and they made us some PuertoRican turkey, 2 pork shoulders, PuertoRican equivilants of tamales but different tasting, potato salad, rice, rolls, and Pumpkin flan. THEN we dropped off the bike elders and went to the L family for round two with some delicious americanized turkey, brocolli, carrots, chile (that salsa was suuuuuuuper spicy), more rice, and some green beans. FINALLY we went to eat with Hermana T who gave us this huge plate of just a bunch of Mexican prepared turkey and some green bean casserole and Abuelita's Hot chocolate.
Basically, we just ate all day, we went for a REALLY good run Friday morning...
Dad to answer your question: we honestly hardly ever have time to eat at home. Most of the members in our ward live in our designated area, so we have dinners frequently and sometimes we'll even have lunches with our investigators or less-active members. Whenever we do eat at home though, (i know this sounds kind of gross but it's actually really good I promise!) I cook a sweet potato in the microwave and put some salt and cottage cheese on it. It's filling and I hear it's pretty healthy and it tastes pretty good! I also eat a lot of apples and yogurt.
Speaking of food, we ate with Hna Quezada this week and she made some reeeeaaaaallly good enchiladas with her famous green chile. It was spicy. And super delicious. AND we learned how to make "Papusas" from this super cool El Salvadorian family! They're delicious and amazing and I wrote down the recipe so don't worry, I won't forget how to make them ever.
I talk about food alot.
ANYWAYS, this week was really good, a lot of people were off of school and work and stuff so we taught some good lessons, and last night we even set a wedding and baptismal date with one of our investigators, N! He's only 19 and he is already willing to make these big changes in his life in order to be a part of this gospel. He is so golden and open to learn. We're really excited for him and his family.
And yesterday in church, Obispo Delgado called 4 new assistants to the Ward Mission Leader and after church we all had a big meeting with the bishopric. The leadership in this ward wants so badly to see some more baptisms, so they're willing to work hard and make it happen. We're so excited for all that they are willing to do and really we're seeing a shift in that they see that we are there to help them, not the other way around. We're seeing a lot more referrals in our ward with people thinking of their friends and family members that need the gospel, and these are the people that are more likely to progress, so things will be pretty exciting in Hurst for the next year!
I'm so glad that y'alls thanksgiving week was so fun and make sure to send my love to everyone! (And congrats to Michelle and Josh! I got their cute wedding anouncement in the mail and I'm sure their wedding was beautiful!) And have fun at the wedding this weekend in Seattle, Mom! I'm sure your French will be wonderful, that's so fun that you'll get to practice! Try to stay healthy in the season of concerts and music and busy-ness and whatnot. And tell Jake that 3 weeks is pleeeenty of time to find a lady to bring back to California. (But I'm so glad you're joking, Dad, about Nat and Jake going on double dates with nat's friends........................
:)
And yay for Nat filling out his BYU application!! GoOoOoOoO COUGARS!! *cougar growl* I'm so proud.
I'll be sending 2 packages home by the way--one full of Christmas presents that I wrapped in Newspaper we get in the mail :) and one full of extra clothes that I thought i would need but haven't needed lately plus Dad's Birthday present (yes, i realize i'm like a month and a half early). And your calculations are correct, Mama. I'll know next monday if I'm staying in Hurst for Christmas or if I'll be transfered so I'll let you know then where to send the package. :)
Thanks for everything, and I love you all so stinking much!
Love,
Hermana Sangre
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