No really, I love October.
Reason #1 : The month of my birth.
I must thank ALL of you that wished me happy birthday! It was a great day (or three, just to keep with tradition). Friday night (the 30th) I got the package mom sent with a pie and a birthday box full of fun. We, as a district, enjoyed it thoroughly! We wore party hats, took pictures, listened to the singing candle (it worked and it was hilarious and out of tune!), ate pie, and laughed, as usual. My companion decorated my bed and desk with the decorations and we have been eating the candy ever since. (P.S. Coldstone jellybeans are not that great. But we had real ice cream on Sunday, so don't worry about it.) I received many birthday wishes and I appreciate them all. Even the MTC president and his wife sent me a letter! It was great!
On Monday, my teacher, Hermana Nelson, gave me a rose, a card, a bag of chocolate, and a forever balloon! How cool is that?! I bought and drank a Sobe just so I could have a bottle to put the rose in! It is still in our classroom for everyone to enjoy!
Reason #2 : La Conferencia General.
My actual birthday was spent listening to and learning from the prophet and general authorities. Still my favorite birthday present! Conference was filled with so many great things that I needed to hear, either for myself or for my current/future investigators. It was fantastic! I'm not the biggest fan of sitting on the bleachers in 19M for 12 hours in 2 days, but it was worth it. (We actually watched the Relief Society broadcast from the week before in 1M, but it is the same general idea.) There was so much that I learned from conference that I couldn't possibly mention anything in particular. I hope you all watched it. If you didn't, you can go watch it right now! And then go back and read all the talks again when the Ensign comes out. You won't regret it!
Reason #3 : Me encanta otono.
Yes. Fall is here. The mountains are beautiful and the weather is cooler. It actually rained here (only like the second time ever.) Of course, I was planning to go to Florida, so I don't have a lot of warm clothes, but it won't last long and we're inside most of the time anyway.
On Saturday and Sunday, we got to walk up to the temple. It was really nice and pretty weather both times. On Sunday, we had just started to walk back when someone drove by and said, "Sister Carnes?" It was her friend from California that was in Provo for a mission reunion and conference! She was so excited to see him that she was literally bouncing! It was really entertaining to watch.
The fireside on Sunday, and yes we had a fireside even though we had so many hours of conference, was awesome. The speaker was Chad Lewis. For those of you, like me, who don't know who that is, Chad Lewis was a BYU football player that played for the Eagles. He also went on a mission to Taiwan and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with other football players and war veterans. It was a great talk and was filled with lots of pictures!
The Devotional was given by an Emeritus General Authority, Elder Lionnel Kendrick. He gave a great talk, too! Fancy that, it's like they pick these people for a reason. He talked about missionary work. Sorry, I don't have my notebook to tell you any specifics, but it was very inspiring and we had a great testimony meeting afterwards. I think I learn more in those. My district is so cool.
I am so grateful that I am here. I have learned more in the last 7 weeks than I could possibly ever imagined. I have had more experiences and teaching opportunities then ever before, and I can speak another language! (not entirely. Actually hardly at all, but I can explain the Plan of Salvation and I think that counts)
I will hopefully get travel plans today, and hopefully no one will throw-up during our "tower challenge."
I can't believe we are leaving in a week and a half!!
Our roommates, and all the other Hermanas in our zone left this week. It was super sad to say good bye, but they were ready and are probably doing awesome now. I don't feel as ready. but I'm still excited to go there and try.
I love you all! Keep going to church and reading the Book of Mormon everyday!
Les quiero mucho!
-Hermana Sheffield
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