Dear Family,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! I'm glad to hear that your Thanksgiving went well. Grandma said she was glad to be there and that she was happy that at least one of her children was in town. I am sorry to hear about the RV football game! I am however very impressed that they got so far. I think it is something they can learn from for the rest of their lives but especially when they all go on their missions. They already know what it is like to work so hard and do all you can to make it to the finish line and then feel like they haven't succeed. But as they look back over the pain and early mornings, and sacrifices and the work they had to do in school to get there they realize that they have become forever changed by this experience. They know how to work hard and how to find joy in the little successes along the way! These things are so valuable! As they apply them in life they will find life to be much more enjoyable. Right Dad? "It's the hard that makes it good."
Things here are great! We are seeing a change coming here to the Staten Island first ward. The members are becoming more and more involved and they are starting to love visiting and home teaching! Our Relief Society President is really trying to get everyone involved in this great work. She bore a powerful testimony yesterday and the sisters came up to us afterward and asked us for tips, asked if they could take us with them and asked when they could come with us! I is so great! We have been working so hard to help this ward be so strong so that we can bring people here who can build on that strength. The members here are amazing! I love them all so much! The missionaries that we are working with are as well. I just feel such a sense of unity between us and the ward and I really hope the ward can feel it as well.
It is really cold here in New York. The Turkey Bowel (our flag football game on Thanksgiving) was more of an Ice bowel but we still had fun. The Sisters had a great advantage because every time we got the ball no one would come near us. The only thing was that I couldn't catch the ball at all :) Thankfully Sister Howard has played powder puff football throughout high school and college so we had an advantage. We had some ward members come and help us out too. It was just a lot of fun and I am a little sad that I won't be here next year to participate in it.
Oh I have big news! My trainer got married!!! She got Sealed in the Salt Lake Temple and then flew back to Puerto Rico for their reception. Everything in her pictures looked beautiful! How wonderful is life?! I am so excited for her and her husband Alexis!
Ok, I guess I'll let you all go. Thank you so much for the Christmas tree! I LOVE IT!
Love,
Sister Hamblin :)
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