This week was a pretty busy but great week. Last Monday
started with Elder Nelson getting his stomach scoped with a camera down his
throat to figure out what is wrong with him. No results came back. Bittersweet because it's good he doesn't have an ulcer or something nasty, but
now we don't know what to do to treat it...oh well. I guess he'll just have to
keep on keeping on. He's pretty good at managing it so it's not too big of a
deal.
Tuesday we went to a mission Christmas party/long meeting. Elder Nelson
had a good time catching up with old friends while I just ate good food all
alone...no, I got to say hi to some old MTC friends; Elder Buffaloe, Sister
Beal, and Sister Valentine. We had a good time and I got the package my parents
sent to the mission home. I had such a great Christmas! I got so many fun packages
and letters from so many people it made me soooooo happy! Thank you so much!!
It's not very easy being away from home for Christmas but things like that just
make it so much easier.
Christmas Day we had a brunch at the Dickson's (who
have four HUGE dogs!), where Elder Nelson called his huge family. They got us a
lot of little gifts and a NC T-shirt. So nice! We then visited Homer and then
the Mooneys. We then visited the Dickinsons and we got to try out the Swagway
that Clair got for Christmas, it was not very easy, and very wobbly.
They offered
us raw oysters but we declined because I remember how much my dad hated them on
his mission, and I wasn't very hungry anyways. We then spent the rest of the
night with the Eskelson's. We had a lot of fun chatting and eating and playing Mexican
train dominos. I got to Skype my family which is the best! I got some good
gifts for Christmas too. I got some sweaters and I wish I could wear them, but it is so blasted
warm down here! Whoever heard of 70 degree temperatures the entire week of
Christmas! It's throwing me off. Don't get me wrong, it's been nice, but I am
really looking forward to some chillier weather and maybe to actually use the
furnace in January.
Carolina lost yesterday...pretty sad, but I can't believe
the Falcons were the ones to break their winning streak. Weird. I can see Drew reading this email
and laughing because he loves the Falcons and I would always tell him the
Falcons aren't the best. 😅 Miss ya Elder Merrill!
Well anyway, in other news...we got our car stuck in a ditch twice this week, well
let me rephrase that, Elder Nelson got our car stuck in the ditch twice this
week. That's what happens when there is a rule that to reverse the passenger has to get out of the car and back the driver up. We
try some crazy U-turns. I'll show y'all some pictures. Hey, we got out of both
of them though without any car damage! Not bad, not bad at all. I might have gotten a little muddy though from one of them.
Well, we've had a really good, warm, Christmas week and we are looking forward to the new year. I love y'all! Thanks so much for everything you do for me! Peace out! ☮✌🏻
P.S. Oh, I forgot, The day after Christmas the district set off sky lanterns and then
went caroling to an old folks home. It was pretty fun.
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