It's December! And sometimes here in Madison, it sure doesn't feel like it. Some days it is freezing outside and other days it is the perfect weather and there is just a nice breeze outside. I love the weather here. How was every one's thanksgiving?! From what Mom and Dad told me it sounds like you guys had a ton of fun! I thought about you guys a lot and imagined what you guys would be doing. I heard you didn't really get to play football or ping-pong very much though because of Wilford and Ben.... I'm sure you still had a lot of fun though!
Well this week was very busy but in a good, productive way and I loved it! It rained quite a bit this week and was super cold for a few days. On Tuesday we had a zone training meeting in Tallahassee, which is an hour away, and so we drove out there for that. That took up all of our morning and afterward we had to do our studies. So remember how I told you that we were going to teach Tiffany? Well we taught her on Tuesday night! It was so good. The spirit was very strong. We prepared and prayed a lot for this lesson and we felt really good about how it went. Because it was the first time that we were teaching her we did a lot of getting to know her and what she expecting out of us teaching her and what she wanted to learn. She has had a pretty rough life and she was raised baptist but she knows that that is not what is right so her and her husband are looking into different churches to see which one is right. We taught her the Restoration and we thought it helped her alot with her questions and concerns about religion. We gave her a Book of Mormon and she committed to reading part of it. At the end of the lesson we got her to offer the closing prayer. It was very powerful and very touching. I had the best feeling. I love teaching this gospel to people! It is so fun to see it change others lives.
The rest of the week we did a lot of visiting people like usual and then on Friday we did an exchange with the sister trainers in our zone. So I stayed in Madison while Sister Bunderson went to Tallahassee. I learned a lot from doing the trade-off. I'm excited to put some of the things that I learned to use and see if it effects my work here in Madison. So I forgot that this week was Thanksgiving!! It was very different being away from home but it was still good. We ate a lot of different types of food though. We had this carrot soufflé, homemade Mac n' cheese, no rolls or bread, hardly any pies, twice baked potatoes, etc. We ate at a members home and they had family over that were in-active. So that was good. Then we just went and visited some more less-active and people who needed the visits. Sister Bunderson made some cheesecake and pecan pie so we brought a cheesecake to one of the members houses. By the way... the say pecan like this: p can. It is very different from back home in Mesa. I just laugh.
So this weekend we had the opportunity to sing in a musical number in the Tallahassee stake christmas program but we played on the organ instead. It was very fun! We went there on Saturday to practice and then performed on Sunday. So we did a lot of traveling. It was fun though. I know a little more about playing the organ which is neat. During the program I was sitting next to this guy that was from the stake there. He kept looking at me and then would took his phone out and was doing something on it. Well after one of the songs he leans over and asked me where I was from. I said Arizona. He said, "Mesa?" Well he asked if I knew Wilford and I said that he was my brother! Come to find out that he was in Wilford's district in the MTC and then worked with him in the MTC just barely! So he had been texting Wilford during the meeting. It was fun to see someone that knew my family! I love when that happens! It is a small world! Mom said that she saw the picture so I hope you all got to see it!
Well I am going to put some pictures on another email but I love you all! Have a great week!! And happy December! :)
Love,
Sister Jenni Merrill
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| The day I went into the MTC |
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| This one is on the day of exchange and so it's Sister Harris and I and then a less-active member in the branch. Her name is Sister Ponce. She is the 89 year old. She is hilarious. The two kids are her grandkids: |
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| This one is of Sister Bunderson and me after the concert last night: |
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