Nov 26th 2012

hey mom! thanks for the email. our thanksgiving was pretty good. We had dinner at the Matthews which was a lot of fun. It was a lot like home because there were 13 kids running around. Thanksgiving we played football with 1 of our districts, then we went bowling with another district, had dinner then watched 17 miracles at the church with some other missionaries.

Monday we went finding and it was pouring rain. we had everything in ziplock bags so it wouldnt get soaked. it rains so much here. i have to cycle through 3-4 pairs of shoes because they don't dry out fast enough. but its been pretty fun.

We went on splits with the priests and taught Carolyn and Melanie. I taught Carolyn while Elder Thomas taught Melanie. Our lesson with Carolyn went very well. she is really excited to get baptized on Dec 15. we taught her the plan of salvation and she really liked it all. She came to church but left her dog (wolf) Shonca in the car. I guess its trained to detect if her blood sugar is on the fritz and she was planning on taking him in but decided against it. The Bishop over our ward is awesome! during sacrament he had all the youth stand up and told them how much he loved them. How much the savior loved them, and how we all need to do our best in helping them. After sacrament meeting we took Carolyn up to meet Bishop Moore and the first thing she said was " Hi i'm Carolyn. Will you baptize me?" We talked earlier before sacrament that any male that had the Priesthood could baptize her. So she asked Bishop right then and there. It was pretty awesome. she told him how much she appreciated his words and that basically bore her testimony to him. she talked about the spirit feeling like a big sun in her chest and how everything just rang true to her. she is set on getting baptized. she said that since she has made that decision everything has been like a tornado. But she knows what is trying to stop her and said she was a "fighter". She is without a doubt one of Heavenly Fathers elect children that had been prepared.

as to other stuff going on. My companion and I are getting along great! we are working hard and having a lot of fun. He sings a lot and does acting. so other things that are going on. we had another thanksgiving last night that was good. there were a ton of people but it was very enjoyable. We have specialized training tomorrow and teaching Carolyn with President Young. So we got to get ready for that. Anyways that't pretty much it for this week. I have some pictures to send however I left my camera back at the apartment so you will get them next week.