Hi there!

Yes mom, I did get your Thanksgiving package. I'm sorry I forgot to mention it. :( I was very glad to receive it. The Line of Authority is awesome. And I loved reading a conversion story of one of my ancestors. It was great. Thank you. :)

Yes, it has been very cold here. We were on bikes last week, and very cold. We were blessed for working hard in it though. We found 6 new investigators. That was awesome. I hope it continues. But by the same token, I'm glad to be blessed with a car this week. :)

What do I want for Christmas? Well. I want some Hershey's Chocolate Milk Mix. They only sell Nesquik out here! Lame! I would also love a bag of Werther's Original Hard Caramels. They are my newest addiction haha.

Now calling on Christmas, I don't know about that yet. I either need to find a member who can call long distance(or has Verizon) or use a payphone. I'll try and figure that all out soon. I IMAGINE that I would be calling somewhere between like 9 and 11 o'clock(your time). But we'll see!

I will try to get a letter written for you, mom. About service. I don't have time right now. Hopefully I will be able to later today so it can get home on time.

We have a nice little 2 foot christmas tree set up in our room. I bought some green trim and some red mini ornaments for it. It looks nice. Except for the lights. Sometimes they work normal. Other times they decide to be blinking lights. So annnoying! I can't fix it!

Our investigator, Andrew Wyrick, is frustrating me. We have done so much for him. We took him to Thanksgiving. We took him to a member's house to watch some of last General Conference. We took him to a baptism. He has had multiple spiritual witnesses that this is true. He knows it is. But he's just not putting forth effort to become a part of it. Also, he just got evicted. So he may just disappear one day. I hope he takes his Book of Mormon with him wherever he goes. I know he'll join someday. I just wish it would be now and not later.

We've dropped many investigators who have been stagnating. Many who, I honestly don't understand why Elder's have hung on to them up til now. Emotional Attachment I guess. It is hard to drop someone you care about.

Well, Elder Stapley has less than 2 weeks left. He's fairing pretty well, all things considered. I mean, he is a little emotionally distressed, but not anywhere near as bad as one might expect him to be.

I need to learn to relax.

Anyways. It was great to hear from you! I will keep praying for you!

Merry Christmas!

Love,

Elder Bracken