Hey!!
How are you all?!?!?! It is so great to hear from all of you! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. :) Grandma acutally says that you should send me pictures of Thanksgiving. Oh! It sounds like you had an absolute blast. I'm glad the McCoys were able to come over, and I'm glad that Grandma and Grandpa Pratt were there.
This Thanksgiving I was mostly grateful for the Lord strengthening me. On Sunday I got sick, and our dinner appointment fell through, so I fasted until 9:00. It was slightly miserable, but mostly I was constantly praying that the Lord would sustain me. The first Sunday in a new ward is pretty important, and Sundays are super important for missionaries. So, I am grateful that the Lord sustains us. :) And I'm grateful for the Christmas season- minus the nasty consumerism, it is a great time of year.
Transfers were this week, and I'm pretty happy. For some odd reason, when I came out I expected to spend my whole mission in a super poor old-fashioned country area, working with small branches and bringing the light of the gospel into super dingy homes. I was expecting the epitome of humble. Yeah... that hasn't exactly been my experience thus far. I mean, I guess I've been in quite a few small, sketchy apartments, but that's kind of it. I don't know how President did it or what the Lord is trying to tell me, but once again I am in super rich city area, and the ward is super strong. This area doesn't even have an inner-city super sketchy area. I'm pretty sure I'm the only missionary in the history of this mission that has been in this type of area for so long. But, hey! I am absolutely convinced that I will love every second of it. Huntsville is mostly military and NASA, so there are a bunch of people who are super smart and do really epic things for work. The ward members are very welcoming; they feed us several times a week, and I get the feeling that they believe we are doing something super important. It is really nice to feel their confidence, and I can feel the difference it makes in the missionary work.
My companion seems like she will be a great companion. Her name is Sister Nokes, and she comes from Riverton, Ut. She's been in Alabama almost a year, and I am her 8th companion. She really knows the members, she's nice and she works hard. It is going to be a fabulous transfer (or two, or three, or four).
Thanksgiving was great. We went to two members homes, but I was really only able to eat one dinner. It was kind of lonely because I was the only person that didn't know everybody, and my companion is super social, so I got super shy. But the food was good, the people are good, and there was much to be thankful for.
Also, Auburn won the Iron Bowl in an absolutely epic finish. :) I'm pretty sure I will hear of nothing else for the rest of the year.
Oh! I love you all!! Good luck to Jenessa, I will be praying that your dance goes well. I didn't know that you were in ballroom dance, but that is fabulous. I always knew you would be a great ballroom dancer. Just please make sure you get me tickets to your nationals events and all other BYU ballroom dance stuff.
Well, I hope you all have a fabulous week!! I love you all!!
Love,
~Sister Pratt
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