We had an awesome Thanksgiving.
Well first let me tell you about exchanges with Elder Jeffrey. He's a funny guy. He's our new district leader. He's from Canada. He's a little strange. He kept telling me about his GMC Safari and how it was so cool. Since I'm not a jerk I let him talk about it for a while, then he said he was planning on putting an LT1 (The engine in the 2014 Corvette) in it. I kind of made a frowny wrinkly brow confused face and said, "I'm sorry, but I have to be honest with you, that sounds like a huge waste of money." He went on to talk about how it wasn't and how he can tow heavy things with his sweet mini--I mean "mid-sized" van that has a $9500 stereo in it. So that was an interesting day. Let's just say I've been really lucky with my companions.
On Thanksgiving, we woke up, and Brother Erickson picked us up for the Turkey Bowl. I did so good, you all would have been proud. I caught the ball once and ran for like 3 yards. But wait, there's more. This other time I even got a guy's flag. And he was good. Elder Hansen's blood sugar was all wacked out (he's diabetic) and as a result was pretty poopy feeling. He kept running around and getting tired and so I told him, "Hey, if you don't want to be tired, just stop trying! It's what I do. It works pretty well." We also had the typical people that get waaaay to into it, which was pretty funny.
At noon, we went over to the Stewart's for dinner. It was the first time in 10 years that the Ericksons didn't have missionaries for dinner, and Sister Erickson wasn't happy about it when she found out. We ate lots of yummy food, then I ripped my pants on their couch. Luckily Sister Stewart can sew. It was kinda funny wearing Brother Stewart's basketball shorts in a shirt and tie. They took care of us for a while, and after that we went over to the Ericksons and played games and worked on their Chrimbus puzzle.
The rest of the week was pretty dang good, I've had a fun time. I didn't miss home as much as I thought I would, I'm guessing next year will be worse. For some reason everybody thinks I've been out longer than I have, which is weird. A bunch of different people kept saying it was my second holiday season. I think I'd rather people think I've been out a long time rather than a short time though.
As far as missionary stuff goes, Dawn has a baptismal date for the 28th! Which is also my birthday. Keep your fingers crossed for her, she's doing awesome, but she's gotta quit smoking. We also have a couple new people that we're going to start teaching, which is very exciting. Keep Elder Hansen and I in your prayers, we're gonna need 'em in the coming weeks.
Oh, also here's pictures. Let's see if this works.
This is our Family Photo from transfer point. We've got Elder Hansen, Myself, Elder Beddes, and Elder Powers. Elder Beddes trained Elder Powers and me, and I'm training Elder Hansen! We're a big happy family.
This is me next to a sweeet Grand Marquis. I don't know why Nana and Bobba's didn't look like this. Come on, Nana. We all know the only reason you didn't have 22 inch rims on your Merc was because you wouldn't let Bobba do it. That's okay though, because your strawberry jam is delicious.
Elder Christopher Drake
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