It sounds like you guys had a fantastic Thanksgiving! Everyone had a lot of fun it seems, and there were big parties going on! We did have a really good Thanksgiving with the Tucker's (the American family). It was a lot of fun, and the food was great as well! It was a first for my companion as she has never even heard of Thanksgiving, so it was fun for her too. So, Temple Square at Thanksgiving! That's fun too! I actually met someone the other day who served her mission at temple square, and she loved it! But being in the field is such a privilege as well. I don't know which one I would rather do. They are both great options. We got to go to the temple last night with some investigators because they were turning on the Christmas lights and the Nativity at the London Temple Visitor's Centre on the temple grounds, and it was so lovely! Seeing the temple lit up at night was just beautiful! I can't wait to go inside this month for our Christmas visit! Just like you said, the Spirit is so strong at the temple! It's nearly impossible not to feel it there! It brings tears of joy to your eyes, Mama. My eyes too! :)
So, yes, Isaac got baptized and he was confirmed yesterday! It was great, and we are really happy! So is he! As a missionary, you worry a little about how well your converts will do after you go. You worry about them staying active, and it's hard, but I am not worried about Isaac. He is doing great! He loves the Church, he loves the gospel, and most importantly, he loves the Saviour, Jesus Christ. He has lots of good friends in the Church, and he is doing so well already! He will be just fine.
To answer your questions, we get to see President Millar at least once every transfer. Every other transfer we have interviews with him for a few minutes, but we don't see him a lot necessarily. I've seen him a lot this last transfer and this transfer so far as well, but once all the hustle and bustle is over then it will become less frequent that we see him. We had zone conference the other day, and Elder Tiexeira, the Europe Area President, was there and he spoke to us and gave us some more training! It was such a great conference! He shook hands and talked with us afterwards as well, so it was a great privilege.
Yes, we have started teaching the couple that came to church, and they actually were the investigators that we took to the temple lights last night, so they are doing good. She was really interested in the idea of eternal marriage, so we hope and pray that there will be good progress there!
Sister Oriaku and I are doing okay. (I have to be careful what I write because she is sitting next to me, and we can see each others' screens!) We still have fights (sometimes we can't go one day without fighting about something), but we are getting better at working it out, and it all comes together in the end so it's not too bad right now. We are okay.
So, I've already told you what has pretty much happened this week. Isaac got confirmed and we had zone conference, and that is most of the exciting news this week. We had 0 investigators at church yesterday, but we had 10 less actives there that we are currently working with so that was great! Not much else to report on this week so we'll see about next week.
I hope you guys have a great week and that everything goes well! I pray for you all (by name) every day, and I love and miss you all! Have a wonderful week! Love you!
Love,
Sister Connery
Thanksgiving at the Tuckers
This is Elder Nielson (our district leader) and Elder Douglas; they're both from Utah
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