So I am sure that everyone is wondering how my Thanksgiving went. Well here is the story:
Last week, on Thanksgiving, since it was my P-day, I had to do laundry that day. In order to do laundry I had to get into the Laundry room at 6AM. I did that, and that's when I wrote the last e-mail. You could probably tell it was early, haha. In the morning, we had a normal breakfast and a Morningside. In the Morning Devotional Elder Jeffrey Holland came and spoke to us! It was quite an experience. Not long after that we had our "Thanksgiving Dinner". Imagine having cafeteria food. Now imagine that cafeteria food is Turkey, a roll, some mashed potatoes, and a slice of pumpkin pie. That was my meal. It was good though :). The food was not quite like the food I would normally have, but the food didn't really matter to me too much. (especially because I had a huge sore throat that day). We then watched some humanitarian videos and learned how we can be of service to others. We ate some little sack dinner/snacks after that and went to work to do some service. We were preparing packets to make backpacks for those in the World who cannot affort school supplies. We prepared enough materials to make 33,000 backpacks (I don't remember the exact number, but it was 33,000 something...). It was a lot of Fun. I enjoyed the whole deal. We then had the privilage of hearing from out MTC president, President Smith, and went to bed.
After that day I started feeling a lot better as far as being sick goes. I definitely feel fantastic today! Probably the best day (Health Wise) that I have had in the MTC. I'm happy :) I also had a very spiritual experience in the temple.
The rest of the weekend seemed pretty normal. Nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary. I know there is something that happened that I want to tell about, but I'm not sure what it is yet. Oh well it doesn't matter. Monday was a wonderful day! I just had a positive attitude and smiled. It's amazing how you can change things by the way you think. There is an awesome power in that. I continue to learn a lot. I became the Senior companion of our companionship too. It's a lot of responsibility :P. Senior companion and zone leader. That's okay though, somebody needs to serve the missionaries of my zone, so why not my companion and me? I love the service too.
Sister Beck, the general relief society president, talked to us on Tuesday. She had a different way of saying things. It was cool. She talked a lot in terms of stories and such.
Well, I am looking forward to another great week this week! I hope all is well with everyone! Only a few more weeks and I'll be in Germany! I'm excited!
Oh yeah! On Tuesday we had a "Teaching Appointment" in what's called the TRC. It was the first time that we were required to teach the first lesson completely in German. Elder Barnes and I did it, and it turned out fantastic! I was so happy! I said things I did not know I could say, and everything went smoothly. The guy we taught said he was super surprised that it was only our 4th week in the MTC. That was fantastic. I love speaking German. It's a lot of fun. It makes me want to start speaking other languages too! Ah, this work is so full of joy and excitement. Can't wait to tell you more as it happens!
=) You only get 4 more weeks to send me letters for free via dearElder.com! Don't forget ;) haha.
