December
30, 2013
Happy
New Year!!
Just a tad early for
that greeting, but I thought it would still be fitting :) Can you believe 2013
is over?? I still mes sup with writing 2012 on my papers! Tomorrow can't be the last day of 2013! It just can't!
Well, it's been a great week and I can't wait to tell you about it!
· 12 days: So last week, I told you about how we did the
12-days-of-Christmas for a family in our ward, right? And I told you about the
old man whistling? Welp, Monday after emails, we went and left another gift for that family...
And I was the runner again. Guess who was outside sitting in his truck? The
same old man, haha. This time he didn't whistle at me though. He just called
out, "Hello again, sweetheart!" I just smiled, waved, and kept
running. Also, I don't know if the family liked our gifts or not. We didn't
reveal ourselves to them like we had planned. (But honestly, I like it better
that way.) 'twas fun. Maybe a tradition that I'll keep up next Christmas?
· Christmas Eve: SO MUCH FUN. This was the night of the sisters
performance :) It was wonderful. The second performance was definitely better
than the first, but that's normal. We had full houses on both shows which made
us feel good :) haha. (And yes, it was recorded, but you probably won't see it
until I get home! Sorry!) Then, after we closed the VC, we had a VC Sister
party! We came, ate food, took lots of pictures, played a lot of games, and the
senior couples told us Christmas stories, and Elder and Sister Eyring played
wonderful music for us :) It was a great party! AND. The senior couples really
spoiled us! They gave each of us a stocking that was filled to the brim, a gift
card to Macy's, and gift card to Cafe Rio, and a beautiful bracelet! (And lot's
of snacks and goodies of course.) It was wonderful. We didn't get home until
close to 12:30am,
but it was worth it. I'm really going to miss spending Christmas Eve with a
bunch of missionaries like that. It will probably never happen again. Sad day!
· Christmas day: EARLY morning, but it was totally worth
it :) We met at the VC at 9, the sisters redid our performance for the Elders
(Somewhat awkward to dance in front of your colleagues...), we gave President
and Sister Cooke their gifts (a beautiful picture of the DC temple, and a
Washington Nationals jersey with the number 13 on it that all of us had
signed), and then we watched Monster University! It was so cute! Not very
Christmas-y, but I loved it :) From there, we went over to the stake center to
have our delicious lunch and the variety show!! THE ELDERS DID SO WELL WITH
THEIR NUTCRACKER! It was hilarious!! People loved it :) I was so proud of them!
The video will be up on facebook after my mission. Keep an eye out for it ;)
· Festival: This week has been a great week for the
Festival of Lights! We have been averaging 19 referrals sent a night!! It has been packed every night and we've had multiple
surprise 3rd shows! This week was not even close to this busy last year! This
year is amazing!! I love Festival of Lights! Love it, love it, love it!! I love
being a missionary! I love being a Sister missionary because I can work at the
Festival of Lights! Life is just golden! I'm so sad that there are only 3 nights
left :( tonight, tomorrow and Wednesday!
Super sad :( But oh well, maybe I'll come visit next year? Or some year? I
don't know.
Sorry it's so short! I
guess that's what happens when you cal your family on Christmas :) I love you
all! I hope you have a wonderful week! catch you again on Monday :)
Love, Sister Bullock
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