November 26, 2012
I would like to tell you all a story of when I
woke up Thanksgiving with a black tongue. Yes, that is not a typo. It was
black. And I was confused. Did I go to bed with a black sucker in my mouth?
Last time I checked, the answer to that question was a resounding no. I showed
the sisters and their confusion, along with mine, just made a really big
confusing mess. Now let me back up a little.
Wednesday night we had a great night with a very
hospitable member that lovingly made us dinner. Long story short, where my
heart was full of gratitude, my stomach was full of too much dinner. That night I
decided to, for the first time EVER in the life of Sister Giles, take a nice
little chewable pill called Pepto-Bismol. Fast-forward.
I tried to brush my tongue but to no avail, I
still had a very black tongue. I decided I would just talk very little during
the day. (Insert laugh here.) No one really noticed my tongue all day though
which was nice. So when we went to dinner number two out of five, I asked
our member, who is a doctor in Mexico Utah
This week was a good week overall. I am
eternally grateful to my Heavenly Father that I only have one Thanksgiving in
the field. I can only handle so many Thanksgiving Dinners in one day. And
I reached my limit this year. :) But it was a great day filled with love and
gratitude and we had a very nice time with everyone.
I can't believe Dave is so close to going!
That is nuts! But new rule, if you tell me one of David's friends is going on
a mission, you have to tell me where! And Dave-we are having a mission
conference this week so I will ask President when I can call you and
give you all of my nuggets of wisdom. (Nugget is a GREAT word) But it
will probably be the first week of December. I promise, it will go down. AND I
still have your present I am working on. I will get it to you soon.
AND when you go, you better email me! I want to hear EVERYTHING about
EVERYTHING!
Fannie-I have your Christmas present. It is
sitting under my desk. In a pile of my shoes. :)
Mother-yes I did get my Ensign and it was SO
FUNNY because I got it on Saturday and I was literally as excited as when I
would get new Harry Potter books. Then I made a joke about it and said that you
know you have been a missionary for a while when you start freaking out about
the new Ensign. SO, I took my fancy new Ensign to church so I could read
it and the other missionaries reacted the same way! We don't have the new issue
yet so they all treated it like the newest craze. It was so funny! SO many times
I heard, "Sister Giles! Is that the new Ensign? Let me see it!"
O man, I love being a missionary.
The week has gone by really good. We are
really learning how to convey the urgency we feel to our investigators. We are
working with some good people right now and hopefully they will make the
necessary changes in their lives! Very cool!
Mom-which pictures did you put up on my blog?
You have to tell me these things because after people tell me they like my
pictures, I have ZERO idea to what they are referring. :)
Heather-Thanks for the email but it did not
have the necessary details I desired. Except for the part about you and
Kell at Chick-Fil-A. I found that pleasing.
This week we have mission conference and I am
SUPER excited. The whole mission is getting together on Friday and we are
learning from Elder Gregory Schwitzer. I am excited to be inspired by his
words and apply those things in my life.
I love you all but I have to go now.
Gotta get things ready for this week! LOVE YOU ALLLLLLLL!
K
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