November 24, 2009.

Happy thanksgiving! man where do i start! ill start by saying best week ever first! many many miricles! but ill start by saying that all the western movies i used to watch had those big tumble weeds in it! yeah there real! they are everywhere! we had a fat snow here too! we were in church and we came out and it was everywhere! just snow all over and falling down heavy! there are christmas lights everywhere and its looking nice! people go ALL OUT here for the holidays! no one more than the Reinbergs that i live with! we had one free hour and we helped him put up lights! he said "salt lake has nothing on me" then i shattered his dreams by saying "i never seen salt lake on christmas" he felt dumb then said "well, there are lots of lights" then he walked away! hahaha ! well guys we set 2 more baptism dates this week! both for the 19 of december! im excited! i finished the book of mormon again this week and i love it! many miricles have come from me knowing where things in the book are found! just a quick miricle share! so we went to a couples house named joel and amanda! they are not married and live together and both party! hard! but as we talked i saw both their hearts softened and they both admitted the want to quit but were not sure if the other would! i stopped them and said "ok ok stop!" i looked at joel "you wanna quit?" yes he said. i look at amanda "you wanna quit?" yes she said. i said we are going to give you a blessing to quit and we did then they got up and i witnessed both of them grab all the alcohol out of the hiding places and pour it all down the sink!!!! what joy they felt and how proud heavenly father was of them! i cant really explain how awesome it was, you needed to be there! but just blessings everywhere! two bishops stopped me on sunday to thank me with all their heart for the work we have and are doing! we started teaching 9 new inactives last week or before that had showed up at church on sunday! wow speak of miricles! i just cant explain the great thing happening! i went to the temple today just in thanks and grattitude! oh and im not sure if you all remember the dwarf family that i am teaching english to from bagdad but i went to church with Ali the dwarf boy on sunday! (he cheats at tictactoe) but he came and he loved it! i had him write the ABCs in sacrement and he only missed "T" how awesome is that! i was so proud! forget construction imma be a teacher! nah just joke but i just love all that is going on! i played in the intermission at P.I.E. or preisthood in excilence! i played a childs prayer with a lady on piano and i did the boy part then she did the girl and then together! the ukulele and piano go great together! ok so last story! sorry so much but this one will trip u out! so i hope that all of you have watched 50 first dates! well i just met and taught a man that has the same problem as forgetfull lucy! in school he was ricky retard but he got hit by a car in highschool and lost all his short term memory! we hurd his life story like 7 times! he is so funnie and i feel bad cause we play with him alot! we keep changing our names on him but we taught him the plan of salvation and i drew it out for him so he could remember when he wakes up in the morning! anyway! another thing where u have to be here! i love u all and hope u all know how thankfull i am for you! ok a challenge! get a small hard candy (butter scotch, a mint, etc.) and suck on it! the whole time it is in ur mouth just sit and count your blessings! when the candy is gone, you can stop! if u wanna then by all means keep going! but just for that small time, ponder on all u have been blessed with.. it is my promise that u will not run out of blessings! if u want here are some scriptures to ponder on as well! (luke 17: 11-19, psalms 100:3-4, mosiah 2: 19-22, d and c 59: 7 and 78:17-19) i love u all happy thanksgiving!

-Elder Runnels