Happy Thanksgiving

November 24, 2010

Dear Family,

It has been an very interesting week. We don't have any investigators right now so we spend our entire time finding. I miss helping people come to know their Savior. I am afraid that I might forget how to teach/guide people through the gospel. We did have a baptism this weekend. This will probably be the first family I will have you come met. I love them so much I want Katie to marry the oldest son he is 12 and will be turning 13 in Feb. They are the cutest family. Elijah the boy that we were helping to be baptized loves wearing suits. LOVES IT. His mom said that he says because he looks smooth. He turned to mom and said no I didn't and don’t say that. His face turned so red. The oldest Marcus saw us walking when they were driving home from school. The mom said that they were so excited that they were trying to roll down window to yell at us and Marcus said," oh they did not see me" he flipped out when his mom told us saying “no I didn't”. SO cute if we had it our way we would never leave their house. They all love soccer and are really good at it. Anyways I could go on about them but I won't.

We have been walking almost every where and one night we were walking and saw this store that we have been trying to find so we went up to look at what times it was open. So it’s dark and my comp has her face pressed against door and I am looking around and doing much of nothing. We finish and start walking away. Then we hear this man's voice "Ladies". I turn around and see this huge guy and I turn back around and keep walking but faster and my comp does the same thing. Then we hear "this is the police stop" we stop. We are decked out in snow clothes. Long black coats and hoods. He instantly saw our tags and said sorry sisters but when we see to dark figures looking in stores it look suspicious. Later we died of laughter of how funny it was for a police officer to stop some sisters for suspicious behavior. Thought you'll get a laugh at this.

Another funny story. We were walking and checking referrals and I had to go to bathroom and members were not answering door (could be because it was 2 in afternoon and no one is home. So my comp is very afraid of anything to do with death, but the closest store is a memorial home on a cemetery. Thinking we better to go there, we went. She was so brave, because I am a sister and it is winter and freezing it takes a long time to get dress and undressed. So during this time my comp is slightly freaking out, but when we were walking at the door she instantly pulled out this flyer for this event that the memorial home is putting on and they are looking for volunteers. I guess her fear is gone. We are going to try and get permission to volunteer. This is probably not that funny but I am so easily entertained that I died of laughter yet again at the whole situation.

I am sitting next to this kid who is so entertaining. He is playing computer games and is just so into it. hahaha

I am doing good health wise. The sinus infection almost gone I still have congestion and very slight pressure but its fine. We are seeing a chiropractor (he is free) is his helping with my neck and headaches. And he is finding all sorts of problems in all my joints, but he is helping with it though. He said the reason my wrist hurts all the time is because it is dislocated and it has been for long time. But over all I am doing well. My stomach is fine too. Just does not like food all the time.

Also this week and Saturday night. I got in my bed and found a spider carcass. I leaped out of bed and went to my comp. When she walked in and saw me on her bed and I told her I was sleeping with her in her bed. She saw the spider and agreed it was huge and red and looks like a scorpion. It was stuck to my covers so I had to pry it off. SOOO gross. We moved our beds close together and found all these dead spiders in the corners of the room. We knew that our house was spider infested. We kill them all the time. Earlier this week we killed an elephant spider. He was so big that we had to name him Fred. So, we borrowed our ZL vacuum. (Ours broke 3 weeks ago) and vacuumed every corner and all the walls. (This is what we did when we were sent home because of the blizzard, so many spiders!!!!! I can't wait to wash my blankets and everything. But we have to wait till tomorrow. We have to go to laundry mat. Anyways this was a gross story.

Yesterday a blizzard hit Utah. Record breaking. The had warnings all over news I heard. We were just told to walk and not drive, which my comp and I were already doing. Then when it hit Sister Winn had all the sisters go in for the night. We got 9 in of snow in one hour. It was not that bad. I had my comp take pictures on her camera for me so we could see me in my snow barb. Hopefully I could get them from her. I love walking home in it though and if they let us, I wanted to track. Just imagine how many would let us in!?! But the members would have been mad. They are so protective of us sisters. They do take really good of us. If they see a need or if we tell them of one, they will fill it.

I gave a talk in church on Sunday. It was on the temple ensign in Oct. I love that the lord watching over me. I have been thinking about it when I had the time. And the morning of I made an outline and went with it (not much time to prepare). Heavenly Father wrote it for me. I spoke with a high councilor so we had 15 min.

Our p-day in exactly tomorrow. But we then would have had no place to email so they still let us email today. We are eating with a family that I have never met. We’ll see how it goes.

We had a sisters’ breakfast this morning we thought they were going to cancel but the snow was plowed and they moved it back an hour. I got to eat my favorite muffins.

Well I hope that you have a happy thanksgiving and eat a lot. I fell at times that I get thanksgiving every night so sadly I am not looking forward to tomorrow. Just another dinner to eat everything they give me to make them happy.

love ss