December 26, 2011

Hi MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I loved getting to talk on the phone to you yesterday!!!!!!!!!!! I hope that you guys are having fun in mexico!!!!!!!!!! i miss all of you!!!!!!!!!! Dont forget to send the pictures from the transfer day, i want to see them!!!!!!!!! Christmas was fun, we were allowed to watch 1 disney movie, so we watched tangled last night!!!!!!!!!!! dont forget to get 17 miracles!!!!!!!!!!!! you will love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

For the blog:

 

Well this week was a crazy week and it was so much fun and great being a missionary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On monday night we got to have dinner at Bishop Fry's house which was the best!!!!!!!!!!! It was my first time eating there ever since I have been here!!!!!!!!!!!! Him and Sister Fry are the best, I love them so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on Tuesday after district meeting we just planned on tracting down in Fairview where all the huge houses were!!!!!!!!!!!!! But after we got done tracting we realized that we werent tracting in our area!!!!!!!!!! We were tracting in the Allen 3rd ward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we got to plant some seeds for them which was way great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that night we had dinner at Ihop which was mega good!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had these peppermint pancakes that they had for the season and they were way great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on wednesday we just stopped by all of our investigators houses so we could invite them to church and that was great and they love seeing us because we bring the spirit to them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since wednesday was the first night of Hanukkah and we were eating dinner at Sister Alons house, she was going to make latkes but she didnt have enough time and she called us after we left and she told us that we were going to light the menorah but she forgot to bring it out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got to meet with Joe that night and he is doing great, we taught him the word of wisdom and he took it very well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On thursday we got to meet with Alonzo and talk to him for a little bit which was awesome!!!!!!!!! He is this 14 year old kid that we are teaching and he loves the church so much!!!!!!!!!!! He just needs to come to church and then he can get baptized!!!!!!!!!!!! He has such a great spirit about him and he already has such a great testimony about the Book of Mormon and about the church!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have seen the spirit change his life so much and it has been so great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that night we got to meet with the Mack Family!!!!!!!!!!!! William is doing great and he LOVES being a new member of the church!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Friday was a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had specialized training with President Durrant down in dallas from 8-5, usually its only from 10-4 but we had a special christmas get together type thing!!!!!!!!!!!! we had a talent show in the morning and our "Dont Give Up" music video played, it turned out to be really good and everyone loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we all got to watch 17 miracles and I have been waiting FOREVER to see that movie!!!!!!!!!!! All of the members were talking about how great it was when it came out in August and I have been wanting to see it so badly and President Durrant let us watch it on friday and it is such a great movie, I cried, and I normally NEVER cry in movies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It made me realize how much the pioneers had to go through just so they could get to Salt Lake City and go to the temple and be in Zion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that night we got to go to a christmas party at the Ravstens house and they live in the Farmersville branch and the party was a lot of fun and we got to meet and talk with a lot of non members!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And then christmas eve and Christmas day popped around the corner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On christmas eve i had three dinners and I stuffed myself at every single dinner so after the last dinner I was basically about to throw up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was really great though and we got to eat a lot of good food and talk with a lot of people about the Christmas season and Jesus Christ and we got to spend time with a lot of members!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on christmas day we opened presents in the morning and then we went to church and the church christmas program was really good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got to call our families which was great!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so weird to talk to my mom and my sister on the phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got to watch one disney movie so of course we watched Tangled because I love that movie so much and the members house we were at wanted to watch that movie too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was my first christmas away from home but it turned out to be great and I loved every minute of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love seeing the spirit change peoples lives every single day and I LOVE seeing so many miracles and being guided by the spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is so great working for the Lord, its the best work you can do here on earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope all of you have an awesome week and Happy New Years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!