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Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving here was pretty great. We had a morning devotional with Elder Holland and his entire family, grand kids and all. A few missionaries bore their testimonies and Elder Holland's grand kids sang a song or two. He has one granddaughter who's 18, which made us think of a new rule. Here at the MTC, it should be illegal to bring daughters, granddaughters, sisters, etc between the ages of 18 and 24. ;) No, we don't mind much. Elder Holland talked about how we're a family here in the MTC and we shouldn't be homesick. Afterward, we watched a movie about a Protestant minister who was converted by 'a book with no name.' It was awesome. Some Italian guy was in it. After that we participated in a humanitarian project which produced over 30,000 school bags for children all over the world. We were pro at our part of the project, which was sketching and cutting out the fabric for the bags. We did a good 500 in just our zone.

On Sunday, President Studdert pulled Elder Palmer aside and called us to be zone Leaders. We're now the oldest district in our zone with District C leaving this morning. There are a couple of them here until Wed, but we took them to the travel office at 5 am. There was one Elder who had to be there at 3 am, so we've had a long morning. It's alright, though. we'll make it through. Elder Owens is now the district leader and Hermana Singleton of District A is the new coordinating sister. It's going to be hard being in this position of Service, but Elder Palmer and I can handle it with the Lord's help.

I love you all and I know that the Lord lives. I love the opportunity to serve as a missionary here and in the field when I get there. I am thankful for all the blessings God gives me each day and each week on my mission. I hope I can do my best for my Heavenly Father and return with honor. I am working hard and praying always.

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