Dear family,

 

Life has been rough this week. There have been a lot of people talking about the holidays and their families, etc. plus Elder Edwards is going home in two weeks. It's been really hard to avoid feeling homesick.

 

My week went as follows: 

It was cold and rainy, we had all of three lessons, and nobody wanted to open their doors for us. But we worked through it and picked up a new investigator. Her name is Dianna. She lives in Hamilton City. 

 

It's unlikely that our strongest investigator is going to be baptized on December 7th. We've discovered a few problems with him that he's going to need to take care of before baptism. But I still have high hopes for him, and I feel like he was prepared to receive the gospel. 

 

Transfers are in a few weeks. Apparently we're getting four Spanish sisters but no elders. So it seems likely that either Chico or Orland will be taken over by a sister companionship and we'll be shipping out for another area (if it's Chico at least). I'll let you know about that when I find out. 

 

We're going to be eating with the Whitings and the Mannings (two senior couples in our branch) for thanksgiving. I'm sure it'll be great. 

 

Love you all too.

Jake