so, as you know, yesterday we had the Christmas zone conference and so that means today is our Pday.. sorry I couldn't let you know but we found out Sunday night that is was going to be Monday and we were all kinda like ummm our parents are going to be worried.
Also, don't freak out about the letter, I got it.. so we got letters from our family.. (most of us) and then everyone got a little card from Elder Dussere's mom. She wanted to send a little card to everyone. so I got my letter and went in the hallway and read it and then put it in my pocket and started reading the little card. That's when she took the picture. As soon as that happened I was like ummm that's going to be a problem, I hope they don't think I didn't read the letter! So I did get it and I loved it. Everyone thinks dad is funny. I let them read the first sentence. (I asked him if he got our letter.)
So at the Christmas conference I was able to get pres to do the endorsement thing for SVU. So now I need the bishop and stake president's address, phone number, and email, then I can fax that to SVU. (and I emailed Camryn Andreason. She emailed me back.) (He's reapplying for SVU)
Yeah I remember Quincy Douby. He was AWFUL. I think about the Kings all the time. haha Remember when Ron Artest wanted to be called Bill Artest, or something like that? What a weird dude. And then Garcia broke his arm doing pushups. So many funny memories.
So Sister Poznanski didn't come to our interviews last transfer, so she wasn't able to take pictures. And then they want to a different Thanksgiving. So I hadn't seen her for a while. (I had asked why he was never on the mission Facebook site that the mission president's wife puts a lot of pictures on each conference.)
So in my new ville (it's awesome) there are some cool things happening. We've got some cool people we're teaching and they are actually progressing and coming to church. I like my comp. He just got finished training. I just want to have a great time because last transfer was really hard for me and he said it was hard for him too. So like.. we're doing well. He is from Sandy and has played lacrosse his whole life. He just graduated from high school. Today is his birthday! So yeah Elder M***** is my tenth comp and I'm in my 6th ville. I don't really mind moving around often, but its a really big hastle to pack and move and when I've been in villes for 3 transfer I feel like it is a lot easier because you know the members, and they trust you, and you know the area well. When you serve for 2, by time you figure everything out, you're out of there.
So, Christmas is really, really awesome. I've always loved Christmas but this is honestly the first year where I've actually felt the spirit of Christmas. I have had a ton of spiritual moments lately. Like not crazy miracles, but moments when I feel God's love. Like I'll be singing a Christmas song or reading the scriptures and I can honestly say that I am feeling God's amazing love for me.. and us.. he loves us SO much and it has been wonderful feeling that so often. I always knew that at Christmas we celebrated Christ's birth but until these last couple weeks I didn't fully understand how much it means that Christ came to earth. God has a perfect plan and the key part is Jesus Christ's atonement. So pretty much the most important event in the universe and in all eternity is Christ's life. So when he was born I am sure that choirs of angels sang. I know that Jesus, our savior, someone who loves us so much that he was willing to suffer and die for us, came to earth, and so obviously, the moment he came to earth was like very very very important. I love talking to people about that and I am so grateful that I can speak French to these french people so that I can try to help them see how important Christmas is.
I really have no clue when we are going to do skype, but I'll let you know. I don't remember my username or password tho. Can you send me those again? (I don't remember them either!)
So lately president has been like super joke-y with me. It's getting kinda odd. He does stuff like call me out at zone conference so everyone laughs and looks at me and he'll text me after ten thirty just to try and be funny. He's a really funny guy and I like him a lot.
So everyone did a gift exchange yesterday. The gift I gave was a stress ball. Its not a very nice gift but its a nice thing to have. In the box I wrote some cool quotes and some scriptures about being calm. But anyways, the sister missionary who got it HATED it. She started using it right away. I got a nutella cookbook of all kinds of expensive and complicated things you can do with nutella.
I got to see a lot of my old comps at the Christmas conference and a lot of my friends. I liked that.
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