People Make the Place

Hey hey hey!

Hope everyone was well fed this week! I know I was! Thanksgiving was a

blast and it was something I have never experienced before, but we'll

get to that.

So I got my new companion this week!! She is so amazing! Her name is

Sister Ballard, and she is from Logan Utah. She has 5 older brothers!!

(ya I ain't got nothin on her) she can play the piano like a champ and

she is really good at quoting movies. Well before I even met sister

Ballard I got a call from her aunt who told me if I'm set with her as

a companion we were invited to her house for thanksgiving because she

already talked to the president about it and he said it was ok! So

that's what we did! Her aunt, Sister Rounds, is serving as a senior

missionary in Alahambra where the Chinese missionaries are. So we had

thanksgiving with 6 Chinese missionaries and some less actives of

sister Rounds Ward! It was so cool!! Learned some cool phrases in

Chinese, ate good food, and played uno! Not the typical thanksgiving

I'm used to but you never do get the typical holidays on your mission

do you 

It's been pretty crazy though. December will be my fourth month in

Glendale and I have to say it was a blessing to open it up. It's crazy

how much I've seen it grow since sister Iaboo and I opened the area.

What I love most about it is the people. I truly know that it doesn't

matter where we go on our missions because the people are what make

you love your mission. Because I've been here for a couple months I've

been able to see the progression of people and families, although

slow, but definitely noticeable. I've noticed that as missionaries we

really don't do much. We may be there to teach somebody, but no matter

what we say it is the spirit that works with and teaches them. It's

hard to recognize that at first, but if we constantly pray to the Lord

to know what he would have us do for others he will make the path way

clear. I'm so grateful for the people in this area and I love them and

feel apart of them. You can talk to anyone here about how lousy the

traffic is or how kind of cold and yet still perfect the weather is

and relate it all to the gospel! Hahaha it's kind of fun. There really

isn't anything else I would rather be doing. I love being a

missionary!

Love you!