Dearest
Familia,
I
just got to see your faces 5 days ago! What a blessing. We had a really good
Christmas but I'll get back to that.
Honestly, it's a little hard to be a
missionary this time of year! People aren't home, or, if they are, they're with
family and don't really want to talk to us. But we still had a good week! We
saw our dear Joyce on Friday. She still isn't sure if she's getting the answer
she needs, plus she's still drinking coffee. I'm still not too concerned about
it because I know she has an answer, she just doesn't realize it. (Maybe next
part = confidential?) I am worried about her though. She hasn't been feeling
well lately. She has heart failure - water around her heart :( we asked if she
needed a blessing but she said she wouldn't be able to come to the door if we
knocked! So keep her in your prayers.
We
also saw Teaa this week! We taught her, her husband, and her oldest daughter
about the Book of Mormon and they were very interested. However, they just put
their house up for rent and might be moving to Cortez! I don't want this one
bit!! But we'll see what the Lord's plan is, I suppose.
Yesterday
we saw a miracle! After church, in our weird gap hour before dinner, we decided
to go tracting because we need new people to teach. We kind of randomly ended
up in this neighborhood about a mile down the road from the church building. We
offer to say prayers, as usual, and the second home we knocked on let us in!
Well, the man who answered the door (his name's Sven), was like "No one's
ever offered that before, but okay, sure." So we go in, and see a family
sitting on the couch watching the Broncos game (what else to do in Colorado on
a Sunday evening? hahaha). We say a prayer and then offer to come back and
teach them about the importance of families and how families are forever. Sven
says (to our shock) "Why not right now?" We're a little taken aback
but we agree and he pulls in 3 chairs, they turn off the Broncos game (unheard
of), and we teach most of the first discussion and they agree to let us back!
The cool thing about Sven is that he's from Switzerland, and, while he was made
to take religious classes in school, isn't really religious. But he told us
that he had always heard that the best way to learn is to sit back and listen.
It was so cool to experience that!
So,
Christmas. We woke up and opened presents with the singles ward sisters, then
went to IHOP for breakfast with the singles sisters and the 7th ward sisters
(aka Sister Cope and Sister Hancock. hahahaha). We came back home for a bit,
then went to the Guevaras' for lunch and SKYPING! Well, for me and Sister
Donald. Then, home again for a little while. We stopped by the Hollys, a less
active family who wanted us to come by and say hi, and then we headed to the
Rasmussens' for dinner and Sister Keihle's skyping. Now, if you'll remember
back to Thanksgiving when James, a 12 year old Rasmussen, told me my joke was
lame... well, ever since then we've had a bit of a rivalry. He ALWAYS wears U
of U ties to church (unacceptable), and he likes everything I hate. Not really,
but you get the picture. Anyways, I chose to walk into their home wearing a BYU
sweatshirt. James took one look at me and ran downstairs to get his U of U
sweatshirt. He kept making fun of my "lame jokes", the sports teams I
like... and then he tried to say he was the biggest Harry Potter fan. Ohhhh no.
So I need some HP trivia questions and lame jokes so I can win this battle.
Hahahaha.
I
loved Christmas! I'm looking forward to 2014 and my year of missionary work! I
love you and can't wait to hear from you!
Love, Sister Noakes
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| Sister Noakes with her Christmas stocking (made by her mom) |
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| Christmas Bounty |
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| BYU versus University of Utah |
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