I got busy this week sewing a dress for Amanda for the Christmas Dance. I am pleased that it sewed up easily and she looked very pretty in it.
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Tue, November 30, 2010
Hey family!!
This week has been awesome. I’m glad you guys had a great thanksgiving! its been great over here. One of the most memorable thanksgivings I have ever had!
In the morning of thanksgiving, we had a fireside with Elder Holland! it was so good, he talked about how he was grateful for the atonement. It was kinda a different fireside, I didnt spend a whole lot of time writing notes or anything, everything he said went straight to the heart. I am so grateful for the atonement. I could feel the saviors love in that meeting. He also had some missionaries give their testimony and it was super cool. One of them was a missionary that had cystic fibrosis. He grew up not knowing if he would live long enough to go on a mission. The next was a convert from china, in china, you cannot speak about religion in public. and even when they sang hymns in an apartment, they had to whisper! The other was a lady from africa whose family are not members but are very supportive. Their testimonies were awesome.
We also got to do some service for humanitarian aid services. I got to cut out material for backpacks. Im hoping that when I get to nicaragua, I get to see someone using one of these backpacks. the guy working next to me was from finland and he was really interesting. He said he watched the office and the event from finland!
So the food schedule was that our thanksgiving dinner was during lunch, and than we would have sack lunches for dinner so all the workers could be with family. The dinner was surprising very good...the sack lunch... not so much haha.
Our teacher went on vacation to mexico for thanksgiving and brought back candy from us... Lets just say I hope nicaragua candy is a little bit better! or maybe our teacher just picked out the most disgusting ones! haha the one I had was a sucker that was "corn and chile" flavored. YUCK
Basketball this week was kinda rough. On friday, I got accidentally punched in the face hahah. I got a bruise on my head and the skin around my eye was kinda a weird color... It all went away in a little over a day though. Then, the next day i got hit again, this time giving me a bloody nose! haha I think next gym time i will just run for the whole time =].
I hope things are going well over there! I got a package from the price family today and everyone was jealous cause I pulled out three ties along with it! haha
I love you guys and hope everything is going well!
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010
hey guys!
Only 9 more days! how crazy is that? I got your package today. Thanks a ton! Its gonna be really hard to keep that present till christmas but I guess I will do that.
This week has been a tad different. First, I got a new companion. He is way cool and from southern california, going to chile. He was supposed to leave a week ago but he has had to stay to finish some things with his branch president and at clinical services. I guess they though I would love one last new companion! He is super cool and I love teaching with him. He has brought a lot of good stuff into our district... but he did bring one bad thing.. sickness.
I got kinda sick this week. I lost my voice earlier this week, and then had a fever and everything else a couple days ago. So I got sent to the doctor. He gave me some antibiotics and some mucinex. And then told me to go quarantine myself. I think getting all the extra sleep has helped though! Im starting to feel better.
My new companion also goes to the same clinical services that elder caggiano went to. I think the secretary there thinks I make all my companions go through counseling haha. But the people on the staff are all pretty cool. While I was waiting during one of the appointments, the secretary asked if I wanted to help put up the Christmas tree and other decorations. It was super fun and reminded me of home.
We got to hear from Julie Beck the other tuesday. It was super cool to hear her stories of growing up in the mission home of Brazil. We also got to see the Christmas Devotional. I loved how President Uctdorf talked about the grinch in his story!
Another thing we did earlier this week was go to the referral center again. Only this time, my teacher challenged me to do it in spanish! I was kinda nervous, but my teacher promised to be there to help me. I got nothing but answering machines at first! Then all the sudden I got a incoming call (which is pretty rare, we usually only get a couple of those every time we come, most of ours are outbound calls.) I quickly answered the phone and spoke in spanish. Then I realized my teacher was in the bathroom!! panicking a little, I said a prayer hoping the person would speak slow enough for me to understand.... there was kinda a long pause. Then he said "uh.... do you speak english?" it was one of the technical support people asking if the phone lines were working!!
Overall things are going really good over here. I got my travel plans, I leave in the middle of the night! and have a 4 hour lay over in Atlanta. I will call you from the airport.
Tell grandma and grandpa Scadden I said hi! I really enjoyed their letter. Im bummed I wont get to see them!!
I love you all and I will talk to you later.
Brandon
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