Dinner with the companion
Lots of pictures this week! The Wanlass Family were able to go to Idaho for Christmas and dropped off some brownies and salsa for Elder Trezise. He loved seeing them and luckily didn't get homesick at all. Here is his letter:
I miss caroling at Great grandma's, but I've got to carol the last two
weeks, so I'm not gonna complain. That's awesome that Michael is still
doing the Organ Stop tradition! I always loved that! The Carvajals son
moved in for Christmas, and he's fun, and has the new super smash and
says it's super fun. I miss my puppy. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU PUT A SWEATER
ON MY DOG! I heard the party was a lot of fun, and dad got stuck with
the poster. I heard about what Kim and Brian did, and that made me so
happy. That's seriously amazing.
I'm glad you were all able to go
to church. It was really cool. We invited everyone we are teaching, and
made them all cookies, and they all said they would come, and only one
person in all 4 of our wards showed up. It was depressing. But I'm not
giving up on them. Last night we talked to one of our bishops about
missionary work in his ward, and it was an awesome conversation. It
opened my eyes to the fact that I actually sincerely love each of the
people we are teaching and working with. I love being a missionary.
Bishop Wanlass was talking to me yesterday, and he said he couldn't have
handled if a friend had visited him, and he would've gotten trunky. It
made me realize that it doesn't matter to me. I'm a missionary, I love
being a missionary, and I wish I could stay longer than 2 years. The
fact that nearly 4 months have gone by is not okay. I wish time would
slow down. It was really cool to see them, and I look forward to talking
to you tomorrow. So, the Carvajals have a mac computer with facetime on
it. You have facetime right? We want to do it around 11 am if that's
okay for you? Should I just do it to your phone or something? The salsa
is so good, thank you so much!
I have loved this holiday
season, even though it went too fast, and doesn't really feel like
Christmas. We have been so busy, and had so much going on. It's crazy.
I'm excited to stay another transfer with Elder Nelson. He's super fun.
And he's like the only other person I've met who can quote Baman and
Piderman, and That Thing You Do with me. We talk about Avatar the Last
Airbender and books a lot too. We have very different personalities, but
very similar interests. It's kind of funny. Anyway, something kind of
cool, so we had dinner with a member of one of our bishoprics and we
played this game right. So they have pictures they show you, and they're
like riddle pictures. And we have to guess a Christmas song based on
the pictures. So one was knight going, "shhhhhhh". And that's silent
night. Anyway, they've played a billion times, so only my companion and I
played. The ones I didn't know, I just wrote down what the picture
looked like. So, for example, there was a baby in a basket with a
question mark above it. Apparently there's a song called "what child is
this", but I didn't know that, so I just wrote, "Who baby dis?" I had a
bunch of answers like that, and the family thought it was so funny. We
had a blast and they had me sign the paper and they are going to keep it
and read it top future people who play it with them. So that was
awesome. It was a lot of fun. I love the people of Idaho, and I love
preaching the Gospel. I have felt, and seen my testimony grow so much on
my mission. And I know that that's because I am reading my scriptures
everyday, and I am praying constantly. I know that as we exercise our
faith more, blessings are poured out to us. I have seen miracles in my
life, as well as the lives of those I'm working with. I have seen the
gift of the Atonement work to heal those going through divorces, or
physical pains. I have seen the Gospel bring hope to a family who lost a
baby. I am so grateful for the truth of this Gospel. I know, with a
surety that this is the restored church of Christ on the Earth. I have
received my own answers and revelation on it. I have felt the Spirit so
strongly that it is impossible to deny. I love my Savior more than
anything. And that love is what has guided me to the path I'm on. I am
so happy to be a missionary. I can't believe I struggled with the
decision to serve. This is the happiest I've ever been. I wish I could
be a full time missionary forever. I love you guys so much! I'll talk to
you tomorrow!
-Elder Trezise
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