December 1, 2014

 The skirt someone made for me. I love it.

 

What is this??

So, I'm not really 100% positive what to write about because I was just writing the other day, so pardon the lame email. It has been a great 4 days though and it has gone really fast.

We had thanksgiving at the Ochoa house and it was a blast. Their family makes up like 90% of our ward and it was packed. Hna Skidmore and her family was there as well and we had a good time. Our ward is so great. They really take care of us. 

We spent most of Thanksgiving at the church playing soccer. I don't think my body has seen that much exercise in a LONG time, actually ever. It was a lot of fun even through I don't have very good feet eye coordination. It makes it a bit challenging. I make a mean goalie though. I think Morgan Halverson would be proud of me. I did learn everything I know about goalying from him ya know. 

We also played thimble full of water. Everyone had a blast. I know you hate that game, mom, but everyone loves it. Maybe you should give it another shot. 

The next day was Hna Cuestas birthday and we had a surprise party for her at the Ochoas. But it was Elena Ochoa not grandma Ochoa. There is this fun tradition that Hispanic people have and what they do is start chanting "take a bit take a bite" and then when you go down to, they push your head in the cake. It is so funny and fun. Hna. Skidmore and her family surprised us there as well. They are sneaky little guys.

On Saturday night we had a soccer game at the church. We invited all of our investigators and less actives. We had such a great time. Only one family really came but they brought an army with them. We had a great time and watched "He is the Gift" at the end. It was so much fun. It is a great way to get people in the church and also have a great time as well. The teenagers that came really enjoyed themselves as well. We are thinking about making it a tradition here. I hope it catches on.

We didn't have a lot of lessons because it was the holidays and everyone was super busy so I don't have a lot of that to write about. Sorry. We did have lessons just not ones that were life changing. (maybe all of them should be...so I should work on it...)

 

And do I have money to buy some clothes today because I don't have enough cardigans to keep me warm and a little girl drew all over my white cardigan in marker...devil child. Also here are some ideas for Christmas. 

 

Straight up money 

Paper mate pens

gift cards

a bigger purse like my little one

MINI PMG

My little black scriptures. 

A little case like my chevron one that you made for my regular scriptures for my Spanish. But Spanish is a little bigger than normal scriptures. Just for my Spanish BOM though. 

OLD ENGLISH CHEESE

 

Mom. You are the best lady I have ever met. You seriously are the reason I am so great. If you think I am awesome just look in the mirror because you are 300x cooler than me. Plus I just copy everything you do! haha. But I am so grateful for you. You are my hero and I hope I can be as good of a woman as you are one day. 

Who did you spend Thanksgiving with?

Already answered that. But we didn't have turkey. 

Did you have a testimony building experience this week?

But I don't have time to type it right now. I will write it in a letter home. 

What is it with you and everyone's dogs?  They love you
I LOVE dogs. I really miss Cincy so I make friends with other dogs to fill the void in my heart. 

 

What did you think of your November Pillowcases?

LOVED THEM. I put mine right on my pillow case! I couldn't even take a picture. I will try to remember when I get home tonight

 

Make sure to have fun but remember to take your calling seriously.

Isn't that my middle name? Hannah "have fun but take my calling seriously" Porter?

 

 

Love, 

Hermana Porter