I love you so so much! It sounds like you had a good Thanksgiving! I'm glad to hear that. And so fun that you got to see Brad and Karen and Bro. Fowler! The bishop ended up inviting us to his house, so we got a traditional Thanksgiving dinner! The bishop and his wife are both super gringo. That was really nice though. But no green bean casserole. I ended up making a little dish of it for myself on Friday. She did fry the turkey though, and that was delicious.
I have no idea where my old ipod is. But if you can find it, he's welcome to it. Also, I have no idea where the camera charger could be. Maybe in the top desk drawer? Do you have any extra memory cards? Could you maybe also send a copy of the First Noel in the David Lanz book and my Paul Cardall book. I'm thinking about doing a musical number here for Christmas. And if there's room, maybe my old man sweater might fit? Our apartment is so cold in the mornings while we're studying. I don't think it has any insulation. But we're surviving. With lots of layers and lots of hot chocolate.
I'm so happy you got the pictures from Michelle's mom! It was so fun to see her. If you have time, I would love it if you could print those and send them to me!
I was so sad to hear about Josh's wife. I will remember to keep his family in my prayers. It's really heartbreaking to hear that though. Thanks for sharing her words to live by. I am so thankful for the Plan of Salvation and for the knowledge that we have about Heavenly Father's plan for us.
Just this week we were teaching it to one of our investigators, Ana. After teaching it, we found out that her daughter's husband was killed by a gang in Honduras just a few months ago. When we taught her the first lesson she asked what we believe about after death and it lead perfectly into this lesson. She lives here with her 14 and 16 year old sons and her husband and daughter and granddaughter are still in Honduras because their papers didn't go through. It's so sad to see. But Ana is so special. After we taught the first lesson, she called us to have us come back! When we got there, she told us that she didn't know why, but she felt like she needed to call us. So she did. And then we taught her the plan of salvation. And then we put her on date to be baptized on December 30th! We called her on Sunday and invited her to church and she wanted to come! She called us back about five minutes and asked what she needed to wear. We told her a skirt and she said that she didn't have one. So we grabbed a few out of the discarded clothes basket and ran them over to her so she could have something to wear to church. This woman is a miracle. She really liked church and wants to keep coming. The Lord truly has people prepared for us.
We also have another investigator named Santo. We call him Scary Santo, because we're both terrified of him. He's Seventh Day Adventist. I think. And he asks really hard questions. But we've invited him to church. And he also wants to come, but he's a truck driver and he couldn't come this Sunday because he was driving to Texas and back. The funny thing is, we got this phone call on Thanksgiving night from a number that we didn't recognize. Hermana Stewart answered it on speaker and someone started talking to us on English. It was Santo! He said, I'm just calling to tell you Happy Thanksgiving! It was so sweet! Maybe he's not so scary after all. Maybe. We'll see what questions he has to ask this week.
We also are teaching the son of one of the families that was baptized about three months ago. He's 19. He's really good, but he doesn't want to go to church because it's always when the Redskins are playing. We went over last night and taught him the first lesson. Hopefully he reads the Book of Mormon. We're going back over on Wednesday to watch The Testaments with his family for a family movie night!
Just so you know, Brady and I email each other every week. I get a little paragraph from him. So I send him a little paragraph or two back. He sounds like he's maybe doing better this week? I hope so. I think about him a lot. There's a woman in our ward from Brazil. She only speaks Portuguese.
We have a baptism lined up for Sunday, so we're really excited about that.
Last Pday we went to Mt. Vernon. It was really neat. I'll send pictures! George Washington was quite an interesting fellow.
I hope you all are doing well. I love you so so much and I miss you. Keep being good.
xoxo,
Hermana Simpson
p.s. Kelley, why haven't you written me a letter yet?!
I have another quick story though. We have been eating the most awful food this week! Last Saturday we ate eggs fried in oil with tomatoes and broccoli over them. Both Hermana Stewart and I were so sick for the rest of the day. And then last night we were fed fish and onions. I think I've brushed my teeth about seven times since then. And I think I can still taste it. Thank you for being such a good cook. But maybe if you weren't, I wouldn't have such high expectations. I'm more of a picky eater than I thought!
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