Week 14

Ok, I'm really upset, because I started an email to you about ten minutes ago, then the computer glitched or something and I just lost it. And when you only get 60 minutes on a computer... Grrrr. So I'm really sorry that I'm not super responding to the other emails I've gotten, but this email is probably going to be pretty short too. So...

I can't believe Christmas has come and gone. The biggest part I miss is being with family, of course. Christmas to me is all about family--after all, Mary, Joseph and Jesus spent the night together, right? :)

Someone gave us some Christmas treats, and one of them was Divinity. She made it just like Dad used to, chocolate chips and all, so they made me really nostalgic.

We were actually pretty busy on Christmas Eve. Surprisingly few people cancelled on us. We were able to have an after-baptism lesson with a member for our recent convert, which was exciting! But I'm pretty sad, because our recent convert hasn't been to church now for a couple weeks. That's hard. I'm hoping and praying for her. The time of church is switching to 10 instead of 9 starting next week, so hopefully that will help her get to church.

Christmas was a good day as well. We were "off" all day, so we had breakfast as a district. It's always fun to spend time with other missionaries. Then we came home and opened presents (Thanks everyone!). The Tripps (Justin's family) sent me a super nice care package that included....

Lady Beards! Haha

Good times.

We spent the afternoon/evening at a member's home. They were very kind to us, letting us monopolize their computers. And they fed us Vietnamese Christmas food, and let us watch Monsters University. Pretty fun stuff.

We are spending some time organizing our area. We are mapping out the Poplar Bluff ward, and marking on a map where people live. (Thanks for the GPS! Very helpful) Sister Reed is definitely contributing a lot of great new ideas for Poplar Bluff. I'm really enjoying having her as a companion. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY QUINN!!!!!!!! I'm sorry I didn't send you a card :( I forgot. But I talked a lot about you on Saturday! I can't believe you're thirteen! So old. And so tall. Ugh, it kills me.

We (all the Poplar Bluff missionaries) taught a lesson for third hour this Sunday. We were talking about member involvement. I think that it went pretty well.

I love you all! Sorry my emails keep getting shorter and shorter. I need to work on my typing skills! 

Just got my five minute warning so I'd better send this. Love you all! THanks for the thoughts/emails/Christmas presents.

We named our GPSs. MIne's Ellanantha (the two female voices are Michelle and Samantha)...