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DEAR FAMILY,

Well as you all know that stupid saying, "all good things must come to an end." I decided I HATE IT AND I DON'T BELIEVE IN IT! ALL GOOD THINGS NEVER COME TO AN END. Good things just keep going! I'm getting transferred from my absolute favorite area with my best friends! But I am excited that I have the opportunity to go find and love more people because I will never stop loving the people I've already met. I'll just add to it! After us three threw a good fit and hna. rivera related it to the time her parents got divorced, I headed to the shower and had a good cry. Then Fergie came to me and reminded me, "big girls don't cry Nats!" so I guess I'm a pretty big girl! I'm excited to see where and what the Lord has in store for me! It's going to be so sad. literally Hermana palmer and I are sooooooooo close! I mean there aren't many people in the world that you can say, " I was with her 24/7 from July 29 till Dec 1! THATS A ALONG TIME! but not long enough for us. We could talk and talk for days. and Hna. Rivera- my daughter!!! She's only six weeks old! She's young. So young!

GUYS I SAW SNOW!!! I saw two pieces of snow. I know it was snow just as much as I know that GAP has a hideous grey sweatshirt that says GAP on it right now for probably 24.99. I KNOW IT! and mother thank you SOOOO MUCH FOR THE COAT. dannnggggg I'm getting so many compliments on it. And black gloves..... i had no idea how fun they are. I feel like a pedafile when i wear them with short sleeves. My companions have been getting so mad but it's so much fun wearing black gloves cooking, planning, you name it! I didn't have any gloves so i was thinking about wearing our oven mitts biking but Hna. Palmer always saves the day. Don't know what I will do without that girl. Today we decided to choose each others ponderize scripture and it was so creepy because we wrote it down for each other and hung it up on the wall and we choose the EXACT SAME scripture. Proverbs 16:20. We had never read it before but it reminded us of each other. It was crazy. So much unity we have! We then both picked verses for Hna. Rivera. They were funny. I'll send a picture.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FAMILY!!!!!! HOLY MOLY I NEVER WANT TO SEE FOOD EVER AGAIN! This week all together was just pure eating!

Tuesday we won a date with the one the only Alfonso Reyes. Cutest one legged, 70 year old, grandpa I know. He has become our grandpa and he wanted to take us out to his favorite don don don... BUFFET. (family I don't care how healthy, how strong, how capable you think you are. You stay as far away from this place as you can!) All the Chinese women spoke Spanish. All the food was made years ago and I saw an octopus so I thought why not... cuttin' through an old rubber boot that thing was... My favorite part was that there was like no one in the restaurant except a couple construction workers packing up a lunch and the worker ladies decided to cut the green beans on the table next to us! very sanitary place. THEY HAD MINIATURE SPOONS! That was amazing! and I got a fortune and Hna. Palmer and i take fortunes to the next level. We decide when they will happen and what day. so my fortune hna. palmer said this is what will happen with transfer day. My fortune said something like , "Good Timbers grow with ease. The stronger the winds the stronger the trees." whatever that quote is. Sooooo that's pretty exciting. Looks like I've got a rough transfer ahead of me! ha

Alfonso and the buffet and the octopus

Thanksgiving was nutso. Thanksgiving here doesn't matter what you make, you just better make so much of it! We had three appointments.. and they went a little like this....

din din #1 i take you to the table of Kiko C.

He is a single guy in the ward that wanted to have us over. It made me SOOO grateful for families to be there sitting at his table. but I also felt very sad that he didn't have any family to share this happy holiday with! But we made the best of his, well he made the best of it and made us DELICIOUS brisket! and mom you wanted to know the menu at each house so here you go.... Dinner with kiko. Brisket, grandma sycamore bread, potato salad, watermelon, jello (with no lettuce on the bottom), and Hershey kisses. beautiful!

Din din #2 i take you to the appartment of the familia Hernandez.

They are the family that has us over every thursday to eat. IT WAS SOOO FUN! It felt like I was at home. They had all their family over and we were just squished with people, love, and food! People just reaching over me to grab salt, screaming kids, teenagers on phones, soo happy! I LOVE FAMILIES! I AM HAVING 100 KIDS! The menu there looked like a typical thanksgiving dinner. Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, beans, corn, pumpkin pie, rolls (not your homemade ones mom don't worry they weren't as good.) That apt was at 5 and they wanted me to eat soooo much! I ended up just asking if I could take it to go because I was so full. My companions were laughing at me when I was doing sprints back and forth around them on the way to the car straight to the next appointment but they shortly joined in.

Din din #3 Familia Alonso...

Walk in, no one there. Just SOO much food set up like a wedding and it was allllll for us. I literally wasn't sure if I could fit in anything else and I also wanted to cry but somehow and someway it fit! God was good that night! The menu there looked like, turkey, mashed potatoes, pasta salad, normal salad (couldn't find the dressing. word to the wise-don't use turkey juice as a substitute.), corn on the cob, pies, cookies, apple drink. SOOOO MUCH FOOD GUYS! I AM SO GLAD I NEVER HAVE TO RELIVE THANKSGIVING 2015. IT WAS WORSE THEN CHRISTMAS 2014. jk It was amazing! All the families made us feel so at home and happy! I wouldn't change it for the world! Everyone is very humbled at this time of year and we saw 9 of our less actives that we visited that week come to church. And our amazing investigator Victor. I haven't told you guys much about him. Sweetest 50 year old ever! All his fam is in El salvador. He is constantly on the phone with his wife and just misses her so much! He is soooo cool! He's come to church 5 times and he actually drove one of our less actives to church for us! BEST INVESTIGATOR EVER! It makes me soooo sad how many families are separated here. This one guy, Fernandos brother was like my wife called me and told me to come back. She said she'd rather eat tortillas with salt for the rest of her life then have me away from her here. The people are just so humble and I am humbled by them! This was just an amazing holiday and I am beyond grateful for my family! I would not be the girl I am today without you guys!