December 26

Madre!

I hope you liked it(: I started crying hearing about grandpa crying :( haha Sorry I haven't been asking many questions... We've only had a little bit of time to write. But how's everyone been? Has the cat taken over my room?? hahah Does the dog miss me? I know you guys miss me. Carmel french toast sound delicious right now. We got sack lunches for Christmas dinner... sooo.. you know.  I wish I could watch White Christmas, but at least we watched it before I left haha. And I probably can't  go out to dropbox till I'm in Florida... They've blocked practically everything on here.. hahaha

But yeah, I'm having a good time! I love my district, like you've heard. They're all hilarious! But it get's kinda bad sometime because we're all really like talking so personal study isn't as effective as it should be.. hahah. But I still love them. Elder Wilbert is our district leader and is the nicest funniest guy in the world. Elder Smith.. Just straight funny. Elder Galovich.. Awkward which makes him funny. Elder Pulotu- Just loud and fun. Elder Curtis- Super quiet but when he does talk he's hilarious or his thoughts are super powerful. Sister Latham- so fun and enthusiastic. Sister Robinson- So nice, kinda quiet but like Elder Curtis when she does talk it's either really funny or really powerful. My companion Sister Egbert is seriously my brain. I'll be like "where did I leave my key card?!" And she'll tell me exactly where it is. I'm definitely the most disorganized in the room... hahaha. But our room is so clean!! The other rooms I've seen are kinda gross (dorm rooms that is).. hahah

But I seriously am learning so much here! It can definitely be overwhelming at times. But it's awesome.. It's like I'm learning so much that I forget everything I've learned growing up... It gets kind of annoying sometimes. Because I'm focusing so hard on what I've learned I forget to add what I already know... haha. But it's good. My knowledge of everything has grown ten fold... It's pretty cool. My Heavenly Father definitely helps me out a lot. Especially when teaching. It's insane how much the spirit can guide you! I can't even explain it. I love it so freaking much. But I still have a lot of work to do... That's for sure.. I'm really bad at focusing, but if I start to really focus, I know everything will go a lot better for me... So pray for me that I can focus in class and really really study! haha

Prayer is seriously the best. I love it. I'm constantly praying... It helps so much throughout the day. And not even for myself. I pray for a lot of boys in my district.

Elder Bednar came and spoke to us yesterday! It was amazing. But he did Q&A. Guess how he did it. TEXTING! They passed out cell phones and gave us a number to text in. It was super cool haha. Everyone was like "TECHNOLOGY!" but he was like " Don't even think about texting home... if you do I will find you and do bad things to you." His exact words. He's hilarious. I've seen other talks of his while I've been here and he's so funny! He's always so serious during conference. But he involved his wife in it too. It was a really powerful meeting. Crazy how much you can feel the spirit while you're here.

But I want you guys to know how much I really really really love you!! Thanks for being so supportive and thanks for all the gifts and goodies(: I loooovveee yoouuuu!!!!!

Love,

Sister Bradford