Thanks so much for all the news from home. It sounds like things are going pretty well, and that you guys are enjoying the whole Christmas season thing :). I'm remembering the last time we had one of those Sacrament Meetings--I remember it was really cool to just know that just because people aren't necessarily coming to church, it doesn't mean they don't have a great testimony. Also, hooray for Stanford!
This week has been pretty great. We were able to see a couple that we haven't been able to get in with for a while. Actually, it was awesome, because we were on splits, and the member I was on splits with knew the couple pretty well. We were also able to see the investigator that's planning to get baptized the end of the month. Even more exciting about her, she came to church yesterday, which was super awesome. One of the talks in Sacrament Meeting was by a young woman who's about her daughter's age, and she seemed really impressed by that, which was cool.
We've been suffering through the cold weather, which hasn't actually been too terrible (actually, it has been pretty bad), and I also really enjoyed the First Presidency Christmas Devotional.
We have been able
to get a lot of rides, and when we aren't able to, we generally just
walk. My companion's bike has been pretty messed up for a while--his
back tire has really just been going flat every hour or so, and we can't
find a hole in the tube, so we basically have shrugged our shoulders
and walked. In any case, my companion actually sent his bike home last
Saturday (since he's going home in a week), so even if it did work, that wouldn't be much of an option.
It has been pretty cool, but we've been dealing with it--staying just
really bundled up, and getting rides.
To answer your question about the cardigan, it's actually a super
awesome story: Okay, so I think I mentioned in an email to my
grandparents that I was really wanting to buy a scarf sometime soon
(which I did, and it's awesome). I guess they decided that even though I
was going to get one of my own, they wanted to help me out by giving me
one they didn't need anymore. Well, anyways they found one of their old
scarves, and sent it to me, which was cool, it's a really nice scarf. I
guess, though, while they were looking for the scarf, they found the
cardigan that's in the picture. From the fact that it fits me, you can
guess that it doesn't fit Granddad anymore, so they decided to send it
to me. It's a really nice cardigan, and I'm really grateful for it.
However, the most amazing part about the story is this: the cardigan is
50 years old. Apparently Grandmother gave Granddad it as a gift the very
first year they were married. So needless to say, I'm going to take
really good care of it.
Okay, here's a pretty hilarious story: okay, so my other grandparents sent
me a Thanksgiving box, with a lot of caramel corn (a reference to a
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving?), chocolate, etc. In addition, they sent a
can (well, more of a tub) of powdered "Gourmet Creamy potato soup mix".
So, we never really got around to making said soup, and I decided to
save it for a cold day. So, I think this Wednesday, it was very cold,
and to make things even better, my companion was sick, so we didn't
get out till about 4:45. Anyways, I decided it'd be a good idea to make
the soup. So, I got out a pot, boiled some water, and even cut up some
carrots and a little bit of turkey (leftover cold cuts :)). And then, I
opened the can of soup. Inside, I find: Cookies. Grandma had needed a
package for the cookies, and decided to use the soup can. And I'd never
opened the can to check that it was in reality soup. So, we had to like
throw away the cut carrots and stuff, dump out the water, and we ended
up having scrambled eggs for lunch. So that made me feel dumb, but I'm
sure It'll make me laugh in the future. It'll be a good anecdote.
Good luck staying warm in the cold Oregon weather--that sounds like it's colder that it'd been for a long while. Also, keep me updated on the Sing-off, I didn't even know that they'd be having another season!
Thanks so much for the prayers for my personal warmth :).
Have a great week. I love you, and miss you all. Merry Christmas!
Love,
Peter
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