December 1

Hello there!

The last week has been pretty wierd. I've been feeling overwhelmed by all of the different responsibilities. The responsibilities as a missionary and the responsibilities of a district leader. It was pretty crazy and stressful, but I am doing a lot better now.

Thanksgiving didn't exist really this year. Last year there were some cool things put on by the ward. Well, I guess we did have some Thanksgiving. There was an 'Ernte Dankfest' (harvest thankfestival) a few weeks ago that was a lot of storytelling, singing, and eating :) . It's strange to think that a lot of the holidays back home don't exist over here, or they're interpreted very differently. For example, the 6th of December was Nikolaus. I'm not exactly sure what it all means, or why it's celebrated. But there's something about putting boots outside and having them filled with candy? haha. I would love to google it... but... yup. anyways.... Luckily, Christmas is huge over here and lasts for 3 days! woohoo! We've already been invited to be with some families for those days, and that makes me feel good and loved :)

Ahhh St. George sounds awesome. I'm glad that you all had a wonderful time there. I saw the photos on the blog. Holy moly, everyone is getting bigger and it's weird to see so many big people at home. Maybe I'll have to work something out to go to school over at Dixie. That would be really cool. So I wouldn't have any problems transferring over there if I had bad grades at BYU-I? That would be awesome. I'm still wanting to do chiropractor/physical therapist. One of the alternative medicine fields.

So I got an email with an awesome video http://youtu.be/hC2BOHKDQRw   It's super legit. It makes me want to stay in Rexburg. I miss those people :) The music video is super well done. Check it out. It made me a little home-sick :P but not in a bad way.

I'm excited for christmas time. The christmas markets are up and looking amazing. I'm working on getting cards ready to send to everyone. I will get your package on the 11th at Zone Conference. It will be a lot of fun. The western half of the mission will be there. a ton of missionaries! like 140?

Did Riley get anything cool at Black Friday?

I love you!