Hi Familia!!
MOM!! Thank you so much for the box that you sent me last week!! I haven't really felt like it is Christams time, but when you sent me Grandma's homemade chex mix it felt more like the holidays! I almost didn't share it because I love it so much. But, I did share it with my companions and the other hermanas in my zone. The Elders did share with me and they loved the monster cookie. I even shared with my teacher Hermano Libby and he enjoyed it as well! Thank you for getting my watch and sending it to me. I'm sure by Saturday that I will get the other box!
Grandma and Grandpa how's it going with mom and dad? I hope your still keeping them in line! :D My week was pretty much like the other weeks. I wake up at 6:00 a.m., get ready by 7:00 a.m., and then my day begins. Except on 'personal day' when I get to sleep in 'til 6:30 a.m. because we don't have to be ready 'til 7:30 a.m., but it doesn't matter if I wake up at 6 or 630 because I'm just as tired with that extra 30 minutes. So you asked last week what we get to do on Sunday, but I forgot to answer it in my letter. Sundays are good days!! We have lots of personal study time! In the mornings I have meetings with the Branch Presidency and the other District Leaders becuase I am the Coordinating Sister in the Branch. Then we have Relief Society with all the sisters in the MTC. We get to hear from really good speakers for Relief Soceity. Like last week Sister Ann M. Dibb from the Young Women General Presidency spoke to us. She is also Pres. Monson's daughter so she shared a bunch of really cool personal things about him that are just fun to know! Then we eat luch and go to Sacrament meeting, where the speakers are called randomaly each week to speak...in espanol! So each week we have to prepare a talk and then wait nervously to see if our names will be called that day. So far I have been safe, pero (but) everyone gets a turn! Then after sacrament meeting we get to walk to the temple and take pictures and hang out! Then on Sunday nights we have a devotional and they play different movies for us to watch that night.
Sunday is a chill day with lots of study time. Sundays I don't worry about speaking or learning Spanish so i can keep it completely stress free. I don't know if that is a good decision, but it's like not doing homework on the Sabbath, so I feel justified in my decision.
I'm sorry about the camera card, I really have no idea what I need. I'm going to see if my Hermanas' cards will work in my camera and then I think they sell some cards in the bookstore. So maybe I'll just try that for now. If it doesn't work I don't know what I should do about a camera. But, its ok. Nothing to stress or worry about.
So I made a really cool connection in the scriptures this week; I have been studying in 1 Nephi in the Book of Mormon about Lehi's dream and then the interpreation thereof when Nephi is visited by the Spirit of the Lord. As I was reading it hit me: The tree in Lehi's dream is Jesus Christ. It says that the tree is the love of God. Well, we know in John 3:16 (New Testament) God so loved the world that He sent His only Begotten Son. The fruit of the tree is eternal life. Well, what do we put in our houses every year for Christmas?!? A tree. What does a tree represent but Jesus Christ Himself? What do we put on our trees but bulbs or fruit on the tree!?! I don't know how the traditions of trees in our homes came about, but this year and the years to come they will forever be a representation of the Savior.
My companions mom sent her a mini tree and it sits on our desks in our classroom! I love looking at the tree and it makes it even cooler because our tree is white!! I just love this connection and symbolism of the Savior. We can truly find him everywhere and especially during the Christmas season.
In Matt. 7:11 (N.T.) says, "If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in Heaven give good things to them that ask him?" Two of the greatest gifts we have been given in this life is: 1) Jesus Christ our Savior and Redeemer who set the path that we must follow in order to return to live with God; and 2) The Holy Ghost, the comforter who guides and directs and protects us. In Moroni 8:26 (BofM) it says that the Holy Ghost also filleth us with hope and perfect love!! Mom and Dad, I know you give good gifts, but probably the best one you have given me thus far is the opportunity to serve a mission for our Heavenly Father. Another of God's merciful gifts is you guys!!! I want you to know and also Dan and Ruth and Sherry Wayne that the people that I will teach and bring into the fold are just as much your converts as they are mine. This opportunity could not have come about without such loving parents and family! I know God is soooooo loving because you are my parents! Thank you Grandma and Granpa also for your support you guys mean the world to me and I feel your love and prayers everyday!!
Hermana Thacker
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