November 1, 2011
ALOHA!! And Happy (late) Halloween!!
Thank you so much for the Halloween package! I love it! I'm working my way through most of the sugar-free candy, and it sure is delicious! Thank you for the letter!! I loved reading all about how your preparations are going for Halloween, then Thanksgiving, then Christmas. And yes, that would be AMAZING if Elder Nore came here while waiting on his visa! We actually talked to a sister missionary here who originally was going Portugese-speaking, but her visa didn't come through, so she was re-assigned here. Then, the Brethren changed her assignment to here in Houston...and then her visa came through. But that would be so much fun if Elder Nore came here, even for just a little while.
It looks like Halloween went well!! And yes - the Pebbles costume is AWESOME!! Looks like everyone had a great time!! Did Dad dress up, too? Halloween here was pretty low-key, but not too bad. We were really blessed yesterday. Usually, we have to come in at 7:00 unless we have a set appointment to go to. So we worked and had a really great lesson with someone named Daniel (And he has a date for the 26th!!!), and while we were there, we got a call from someone, but couldn't answer it while in the lesson. So we got back to the apartment, we called the number back, and it was from the Salazar family, asking if we could come over and do a Family Home Evening lesson at 8:00. We went, because it was a set lesson! We shared about listening to the Holy Ghost (One of the children, Michael, was blindfolded, and his dad was the 'Holy Ghost', and gave him directions to get to the 'prize.' Everyone else gave him bad directions and was yelling at him, but he had to really focus on his dad's voice to get to the 'prize', some candy we brought.). It was a very fun lesson! We had tried it before in Houston 2, but we didn't explain it very well. This time, we had a lot of help and we were able to explain it clearly, and it went well. Afterwards, we sang "Mas cerca Dios de Ti", (Nearer my God, to Thee), and we ate...you guessed it...PIZZA!!! And hotwings!! It was great!! And that was how our Halloween went!
Okay, and now on to the business section:
1. As for the Birthday and Christmas question - I guess I can throw a list together
Hmm....white shirts are always good, and ties are great as well ( Conservative ties). Then, MoTab CDs are great! (Especially the Christmas CDs!) I have 'Then Sings My Soul', 'Love at Home', 'Peace like a River', 'America's Choir', 'Heavensong', and 'Showtime!' Then there are a couple of other CDs from MoTab, like 'This is the Christ' and 'Men of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.' And I love food! Really, pretty much anything along those lines, anything that can help out in missionay work in that area would be great! And thanks the thoughtfulness! Even just a card is fine!
2. Yes, I'll start school in September.
The temple trip was great! And after the temple on Wednesday, we had the great opportunity to listen to the Temple President speak to us!! Definitely a very unique experience, and I learned a lot more about the importance of the temple and learned to appreciate it a little more.
We had a pretty fun experience on Saturday - Elder Lyman and I went down to Elder Lyman's old area, Alvin, so he could baptize someone who he had been teaching. On our way back (we were riding in the car of a member named Pepe), the car died on the side of the freeway at about 8:45 at night. So after trying to start it and get it going again, we called the Zone Leaders, they helped us to get ahold of a tow truck, and the other elders came and picked us up. At the end, we got home at exactly..11:00 at night. Definitely a fun and crazy day!
And with the last minute or two, we're now in Houston 8 - the Stake divided some of the wards and redid the boundaries. I'll let you know how it goes!! We about doubled in size.
Well, time to go. I hope this answers all your questions, and that everything is going well!
I love you! A infinidad, y mas alla!!
Con mucho amor,
Elder Collins
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