November 24th email...

mi querido familia y amigos:)

HOW ARE YOU? well i am doing well. today is not actually p-day...that will be thursday for turkey day but pres told us to shop and do email today. don't worry i will be having turkey for thanksgiving. all the VC sisters will have thanksgiving together at the Burke's. it will be nice to spend time with the other sisters. we are like a big family and we have too much fun...especially me! well since i wrote you all less then a week ago i have to rack my brain to figure out what happened. well today we got lorena and samuel off to the court house to get their marriage license...after a member cancelling and samuel not being home...but they went and hopefully all is well. we don't know yet cuz we lost our cellphone and have no way to call until we go to the VC. not a fun thing to lose...its like my life. but Heavenly Father is definately watching over us. when one plan falls thru he has another one for us and its usually better then the one we came up with in the first place. xiomara is doing so well. Sis Potter, the YW pres, took her shopping for a skirt to wear to church. they also gave her a triple and the YW personal progress book. she is so cute! after us having the big talk and strategy about how she would avoid drinking this weekend...she didn't even go to the party. she is changing so much...the first time ive seen someone's countanence totally change. im so excited...she wants to get baptized and we will talk to her mom today:) luis is crazy! he is nervous about getting baptized because he is afraid he wont be able to keep his committments...we're trying to figure out what to do about that. but he is still reading the BOM faithfully. on sunday my less active/recent convert Levi went to church. I WAS SO EXCITED!!! ive never been so happy to see someone in my life. the gospel is amazing! as for sis colon and i...well we are doing well. still as crazy as ever. we are trying to figure out how to take care of our area without being in it...its gonna be a challenge. christmas lights begin on friday...im so excited/nervous. every night i will be in a zebra companionship which means that it will be me and an english sister. so i have to rely on my poor spanish...it will all work out though. that's the crazy life of sister smith this week. oh i talked to some elders from phoenix mission...i guess kev is still on the reservation and he may die there:( im still praying he gets transferred so we will see each other before he goes home...we will see. anyways i love you all! have a great week and a great turkey day!!! gobble gobble.

Love,
hna smith
ps- lorena is getting married and baptized on the 29th:)