11-25-09

Wow is it really thanksgiving? I cant believe it, I feel like we just started November!!! Time is just flying by way too fast!! Well I hope you all enjoy your thanksgiving, eat extra for me, because I will be spending my thanksgiving fasting, say what? Yeah we have zone conf. on friday and our president asked us to fast the day before to be more spiritually prepared, never thought I would be fasting on thanksgiving, but hey I guess there is a first time for everything right??
Well I have a ton to write, and almost no time to write it! Last week we had a
conference with elder Bednar and elder Snow, wow can we say amazing!! Elder Bednar just had us ask questions the whole time, and he responded to them, he had us promise we wouldn't write home his responses because he said he could be more honest with us if we could promise him that, so we all promised and well sorry, I guess I will just have to share my notes with yall when I get home, but it was truly amazing!! It was a conference with the mtc and the 3 missions in Buenos Aires, so I got to see Hermana Strasser, my best friend from the mtc! we both almost screamed when we saw each other, it was amazing!! She told me she is returning to byui when she gets home, so hey Ladd is there room for her... she is amazing!!!anyways it was so much fun, and very spiritual!! Then on saturday we had a baptism, Fernanda was baptized and it was truly amazing, she cried like the whole time and her husband was able to do the baptism, it was really very special! I'm so happy for her! If I have time I will try to send a few pics!!! Daniel is still progressing crazy fast, he is so excited for his baptism (next sat) and he still just seems too good to be true, keep praying for him please!! We are still trying to find more people to teach, we have a ton of investigators but I still haven't met even half of them, I asked my comp why we still count them as investigators and if we could take them off our list since she has only met them like once or twice but she got upset and said no, so we are kind of at a stand still with investigators, I'm going through the area books to try and find people we can go teach, can we talk about how the last few Hermanas who came through here did not know how to keep an area book, it's a bit frustrating! But hey I am still very grateful to be here in Almagro, the work is great and the members help us a ton!!
Well I thought I had more to tell about, but I cant think of it now, maybe its the
hunger... we still haven't eaten yet... so I think I will sign off for now, and try to send pics, love yall and happy thanksgiving, I'm grateful for my family and friends!!
LOVE YA

Hermana Gosnell