December 9, 2013

 Great! I might just wear my huge trenchcoat, that way I won't have to pack it! I miss the snow and mountains, but I'll probably miss the beach as soon as I leave, haha. I'm excited to come back, but also sad because we have some people really progressing! And people we thought would take a while too, God truly is in charge of this work. Well update, we are in a tripanionship now because our DL was transferred early to be a ZL and we had to give him up to the AP's at night, it seemed secretive, so I took pictures! :) So now his companion is the new DL and is working with us! He is funny, and tells good stories. He is a jock, so he fits right in with us.

 Only three days left, time to clean, burn, and pack what is left! I will not burn any of the clothes while they are on me, I'm too close to be sent home early! :) I'm going to miss this ward... so these three days are going to be filled with pictures. Thanks for the updates for the past two years! We need to save all these emails in a file so they aren't lost in case they delete this in a couple months... But the church is true, the book is blue, the angel flew, and Joseph knew!

 See y'all soon! :D

December 2, 2013

I'm pretty sure I will be able to email next week, the email's length probably won't be that long... transfers are next wednesday, and so we should have a normal monday.
>  Things are going pretty normal here. I thought about my time here in Destin and Pine Forest, and even though we haven't had baptisms, I have found that doors were opened, and feet were put in them! We have room now to work with many people here, and who knows all the people who are going to be blessed with the Gospel because of those who welcomed us! We just helped move a part-member family and their son we talked with a while and he now feels comfortable with us, we talked to him about the gospel. He accepted to have the lessons. Another door opened! It may lead to his girlfriend taking them, and his sister. No good deed goes without a good consequence! I was going to say unpunished because it fit, but it didn't make sense...
>  I did hear about the field goal return from auburn! I'm glad y'all recorded it! I'm super excited to see it, there are a few 'bama fans here...:)
>  Our Thanksgiving went great! I had deep-fried turkey for the first time, and it was great! We also ate at a part-member's house and had fresh killed turkey, and fresh seasonings, it was also delicious! Funny thing, it is difficult to say which is better! :)
>  Do missionary's always talk with the high council when they get back? That is going to be awesome, my understanding about them has increased a lot. Who is on the high council? What missionaries are going to be coming back the same time? I don't remember who left around the same time.
>  Also, black friday....on a thursday?? We saw all the crazy people in the strip malls along 98, a wave of cars in the parking lot. One of our members said they went, and didn't buy anything! :) They went because their mom wanted to go get something, and this guy is in his 40's haha. He said there were guards around the I-pads, ridiculous...
>  That's all for the excitement here! Have any last questions for me, or things I should get before I get home?