Hola
Familia,
How are you all
doing? I loved the pictures that Mom sent me this last week of Thanksgiving! It
looked like you really had a great time. The food looked really good.... really
good haha. Especially the sweet potatoes! But it was great to see everyones
smiling faces!
Last week was
good, I was thinking about you guys on Thursday! I was like, "Man, my family is
all probably in the kitchen right now making the food... now they are all
probably eating the food... now they are all probably sleeping after eating the
food!" Haha. But know that I was thinking of you and miss you. That was the
first thanksgiving that I havent had turkey!!! Even when I was in Italy over
thanksgiving sophomore year we had turkey. I was going to buy some but I ran out
of money for the month so that was like, oh well. But Elder Lopez and I have a
plan to save our money in the begining of December and spend it all at the end
and just feast!! Well, feast as much as we can =)
This last week
was pretty good but still kind of slow at the same time. The last week with
nobody really being in the sector really kind of killed the work for this week
but that just means that we need to work that much harder. I love my new
companion, Elder Lopez, from Ecuador. He talks faster than the Chileans and has
a pretty cool accent. He speaks well so I[m lucky to have him as a companion and
am going to try to use him as best as I can to better my spanish while im with
him. President Essig was told by the area 70 to start putting latinos with north
americans to help everybody out with both the spanish and english. So i{m
guessing that in the future I am going to have a fair number of latino
companions. But Elder Lopez is a convert to the church 3 years ago. He played
soccer semi professionally for a while and was making quite a bit of money while
doing it but then someone deliberately hurt his knee and he had to have surgery
and had to stop playing for a bit. He then met the missionaries and, long story
short, ended up getting baptized. He is the oldest in his family and lives with
his Mom and little sisters. His mom isnt a member but his sisters are, though
they are inactive. He is a really hard worker and very outgoing, hes always
smiling so I really like him! We are having a lot of fun together! Hes only been
in the mission 6 months, one transfer more than me, and so we are both learning
=)
But this week
was good. We have been working with Nicole but things in her home arent going
too well. Her step dad moved back in permanently and thats definitely BAD! we
want him out of the picture. And shes been grownded for the past little while
because of bad grades so she hasn{t been able to leave the house and go to
mutual or church. Hopefully things will move forward with her.
Jose is doing
well. This was his first week in church since his confirmation and he is doing
good. We have been doing family home evenings with different members in the ward
to get him out of the house. The family home evenings are GREAT! I hope you guys
can do family home evenings. I know that everyones busy but it is completely
worth the time and effort to do them. It is a great way to strengthen the family
and share spiritual experiences and learn from one another. When Elder Cook came
to the stake conference he talked a lot about family home evenings and how
important they are, and if he thinks that theyre important, I sure think so
too.
CUTLER!! Way to
go on that drivers test!! I knew that you could do it! No doubts. You{re super
smart, it just takes a few minutes of studying. Way to go! Keep up the good work
and do the same in school!!!
SPENCER!!! I
loved the stories from last week and this week. The voice messages are great!
Mom sent me some pictures of you too and of your hair. I like it, you look good!
But what is growing on your face??? hahahaha jk!
LINDY!!! Hang in
there, sorry theres not too much time to respond personally today but just hang
in there. You have great support and just focus in on the school (which no doubt
you already are doing). Thanks for the things you told me, they mean alot to me
as do you!
Dad!!!! Thanks
for the update on everyone, I always love getting the little snapshots into
everyone{s lives! And I loved staying informed on the stuff thats happening so
thank you. Thanks for your love and support, You are a wonderful Dad and a great
example for everyone in the family. Love you Dad!
Mom!! Thank you
again for everything you are doing for me, You are the BEST!!!! I love
you!!!
Being away from
you for thanksgiving really made me think about all the important things in my
life. Its so true that you don{t really appreciate something until you dont have
it. I love you, my family, my friends and the gospel. Thank you for all the
support that you give me and all the things that you are doing for me. You are
the best family. I love and miss you and think and pray about you all the time.
That last sentance has way too many ands. Sorry, my english isnt very good
anymore. But I do love you mucho. But on Thanksgiving I was thinking about you
guys and what a blessing you are and the rest of the family. I thought about
what we were doing the last thanksgiving and I could remember practically every
detail like it was yesterday! All with the family (well this was our
thanksgiving on saturday I think it was) But all together and then Cutler came
and slept over in the dorms with me and a few of my friends. I have so many
blessings in my life, my friends, FAMILY and the gospel. Although Im not there
right now the time will go by fast and then it will be back to normal. But in
the mean time i{m blessed to be able to spread the gospel, the biggest blessing
that anyone could have in their life. I love you all so much and well be talking
before you know it on skype!!!
Love,
Elder Holland!
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