Hello/Hola!
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Ours was delicious. We had hor d'oeveres (I really do not know how to spell that. I tried seven different ways.) and ate too much.
Monday: Honestly, I cannot remember what we did after P-day! We must've been in the baptismal font so long that I'm water logged. 😋 This week, we've been finishing up the plans for our Spanish Sacrament meeting on Sunday night. Contacting people who attended last month, handing out flyers, etc.
Tuesday: We read with A and ate Hawaiian pizza from Papa Murphy's. We taught him how to offer a prayer and share his testimony.
Wednesday: New Missionary Training in New Albany. It's always great when we get to hear from President Brough and the APs. We had the opportunity to eat dinner with the P family. They are fantastic! On our way home, we got stopped by the train that runs close to our apartment. Hna. Swapp and I decided that each time we get stuck, we are going to make a video.
Thursday: Thanksgiving! We ate at The T's and took a nap. Any of you who know me know how happy that made me. Brother T turned on General Conference talks, and we fell asleep right away. Is that bad? We drove to their duck pond and sang High School Musical songs on the swings.
Friday: We had a lesson with J, a recent convert, and Y. Both were interesting, but J's brother, A, actually joined in our lesson!
Saturday: We helped a sister in the ward, V, pack her 72 hour kit and clean her house a bit. She's so great! We ate dinner at Sister H's. She made us empanadillas. They were soooo good! I love Hispanic food.
Sunday: Our Spanish Sacrament meeting was a success! We had 37 people attend! J's whole family attended! We loved seeing them! Even M' nonmember boyfriend, Y, came! We were so excited!! Can you tell? I translated for the first time. I translated the opening prayer and both sacrament prayers. It was good experience. I had to make up the words for the prayer offered. Sorry, Brother M!
I have been trying to have an attitude of gratitude in any circumstance. I have been treating my opportunity to learn Spanish as anything but that. My eyes have been opened, and I know I need to be grateful for this. I have been keeping this quote from Pres. Uchtdorf in my heart and trying to apply it.
"It is easy to be grateful for things when life seems to be going our way.But what then of those times when what we wish for seems to be far out of reach?
Could I suggest that we see gratitude as a disposition, a way of life that stands independent of our current situation? In other words, I’m suggesting that instead of being thankful for things, we focus on being thankful in our circumstances—whatever they may be."
We have so much for which to be grateful! We have a living prophet guiding our church. We live in a land of freedom. We have the Book of Mormon. We are blessed!
I love you all so much. Stay steadfast and immovable.
Love,
Hermana Boyson
Picture: Me, Sister Weedman, my companion, and Sister Endemann at The Thorn's for Thanksgiving
Hermana Boyson
Kentucky Louisville Mission
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