BUSINESS MEETING:
1.) no skype this year. Y'all would have to move to Spain or Africa or something if you wanted me to skype you (only missionaries with families outside the continental US can use skype this year) So it will be a phone call on wednesday! I'll go ahead and call the home phone. And it actually turns out that I'll be calling sometime between the hours of 1:30 and 2:30 ish, so ponganse listos :) (be ready)
2.) I got your package, Mom (don't worry, I haven't opened the presents yet!) and a lovely card in a mailer from Aunt Sharon! (I'm going to be writing her a thank you note very soon) I haven't seen the package from Caleb and Michele yet, but I'm sure it will be here soon :) And I'm sure I'll be getting Jake's letter soon, too :)
What a week! We had some crazy spiritual experiences and really we were in the right place at the right time on multiple occasions. Last monday night, we had some pretty firm appointments that all ended up falling through at the last minute. We didn't really know what to do, but then we remembered that some Elders in our ward told us to visit this Less Active sister that just moved into our ward. We called her up and she told us to come by, so we did! Turns out--she had been active all growing up and had a really strong testimony of the gospel, until life kind of took a turn for the worse for her and she ended up making some poor decisions that made it really hard for her to feel comfortable going to church. We ended up sharing a few scriptures and thoughts about repentance and the love of God that really touched her and basically everyone was crying by the end of the lesson. The spirit was really strong there and she committed to read in the Book of Mormon and come to church on Sunday, and she did both of those things! She is so sweet and it was really interesting how the Lord works--sometimes when people aren't home, he's really just trying to tell us that our plans need to change.
We also went to our ward Christmas party! It was a little different in that it was more like a show and a dinner and the show was the Nativity story (attatched is a picture from the nativity scene). We helped make the FIVE HUNDRED TAMALES for the ward, and I have decided that making tamales is the hardest thing ever. When I heard all the steps to do it, it didn't sound too hard, but then we started making them and I wanted to die. We were only there for about an hour helping, but the other relief society sisters were there from 8 until 5 making them. Ridiculous. We got some left-overs, though, so I'm satisfied. :)
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Our Christmas Devotional was this week with a few other zones in our area, and we got to open the special hand-written letters from our familes and President Carter and Bishop Smith! That was a cool Christmas gift. Thank you so much! :)
Well, I suppose I'll be talking to y'all this Wednesday, so I'll tell you then about all the tamales y arroz y frijoles that i'll be eating in the next few days :)
AND it's so great to read a blurb from each of you! Dad--our Christmas Devotional last week was our Mission gathering, so that was really fun! President and Sister Ames made us some Texas Sloppy Joes and potato salad and beans. It was pretty darn yummy. Nat--I'm glad you're keeping it real and being too cool since the family hangs out with you and not vice versa...I'll be expecting straight A's this report card, so lets hope Multi brings that grade up those .5 percentage points. haha And i bet you thought you were soooo funny in your card by saying Mom and Dad got you a car for Christmas...I was not as amused. :) Caleb--I'm excited to get the package from you and Michele! And congrats for being a college gradiate and stuff, I guess that's kind of a big deal, huh. That must mean you actually have to be a grown up now instead of just pretending. Jake--Hopefully I'll be able to read this amazing letter you speak of later when we check the mail. Man, don't wear yourself out TOO much doing absolutely nothing and watching Modern Family or whatever other show is cool now. I'm sure you're just preparing yourself to do that "research" in Las Vegas... Michele-- thank you for keeping those presents pretty! I don't even want to know how horrendously they looked pre-bowed...haha oh man, those two bobby pins...I'll be really missing them :) thankfully we have a christmas tree (it's pink!) from a member and we'll be putting up some Christmas lights that we found in our apartment later. I expect you to keep up with the "no food left behind" policy!
I love you all so much and I'm excited to talk to you on Wednesday! Que disfruten sus dias de descanso. :)
Les quiero muchisisisisisisimo
Hermana Sangre
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