Hey y'all!
This is the Christmas email!!! Christmas week was really busy this year. The town square was packed! Sister Poussard and I also got three new investigators! One of them might be coming to church next week. Christmas is a time of miracles. We also are a little tight for this week because we spent a lot on candy presents for the members who fed us this week. It's very important for a missionary here to be really grateful. Christmas eve and day were break days. And then boxing day (British party recovery/black friday) is our pday, so we feel very well rested. It was nice not having to really walk anywhere because for a lot of it, it was raining. We got to sing a Lot of Christmas carols with the Danielle family, and then sing even more the next day. Our voices are pretty tired. The members gave us a bunch of Christmas presents too! Our flat is stuffed with sweets! If any of y'all are reading this, then thank you very much!!! I forgot to mention which area of the Manchester mission I'm in last time. So I'm in the Telford zone in the Wiccan ward which is in the Lawley area, and it is Beautiful!
Before I end the email, I just wanted to let everyone to know that the Christmas spirit doesn't have to end on Christmas day. You can still spread the love of Christ year round! Don't forget to look for opportunities to serve and teach, even if it's something little like dropping off a lunch or picking up trash. It will always make a difference.
I love all of y'all and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year's!
Love Sister Honkins (Haley's companion Sister Poussard is from France and pronounces Hawkins like Honkins.. Haley thinks it's hilarious!)
Btw here's the weekly funny moments.
Sister Poussard HATES spiders. She was ringing a doorbell and one the size of my thumb tip(the body, legs not included) crawled by her and she jumped like 10 feet. She says they get the size of quarters in the summer so I'm on spider assassin duty.
I already killed my first spider in the flat. I'm sister Poussard hero
All the missionaries have to give 10 minute talks on Christmas traditions my first Sunday. I am literally rejoicing in my luck. I am not alone in this world.
An older gentleman asked us if we could have more than one husband. The tables have turned bretheren
All the kids here sound like Harry potter characters and I'm literally dying. It's so beautiful that I want to cry listening to them
The post cost 65 pence but I heard pounds so I freaked out. Sister Poussard thought it was really funny
I keep saying you guys (it's too casual for missionaries) so I told sister Poussard to throw a pen at me every time I said it and she actually did it. I'm so proud of her (this is why Haley is now saying Y'all instead)
Apparently layfeyette from Hamilton has a sailor mouth and I was singing his part. Sister Poussard was very shocked and made sure to correct me. Layfeyette ruined Hamilton
Elder Kligaard (He's danish) taught me a curse word in French, except he didn't know it was a curse word either (someone else taught him). Sister Poussard was very disappointed in both of us. We both felt betrayed by the knowledge
I keep calling trousers pants. Pants mean underwear in England. Problems were made
I told some members that I was slytherin and now I'm the evil missionary
Everyone makes fun of Americans here and 90% of the time I agree with them.
The Danielles served AW root beer with dinner and I was so happy. I don't even like root beer but it was American and I've been living off of potatoes.
The Danielles also served fancy cheese. I'm too American for fancy cheese apparently. Just give me mozzarella thank you very much. Sister Poussard says English cheese is awful and only buys French cheese. I've liked the French stuff so far, so I agree with her. She is the cheese guru.
There's this shop called mollies that sells all American candy. I almost died when I saw the massive box of nerds (pday goals)
I already killed my first spider in the flat. I'm sister Poussard hero
All the missionaries have to give 10 minute talks on Christmas traditions my first Sunday. I am literally rejoicing in my luck. I am not alone in this world.
An older gentleman asked us if we could have more than one husband. The tables have turned bretheren
All the kids here sound like Harry potter characters and I'm literally dying. It's so beautiful that I want to cry listening to them
The post cost 65 pence but I heard pounds so I freaked out. Sister Poussard thought it was really funny
I keep saying you guys (it's too casual for missionaries) so I told sister Poussard to throw a pen at me every time I said it and she actually did it. I'm so proud of her (this is why Haley is now saying Y'all instead)
Apparently layfeyette from Hamilton has a sailor mouth and I was singing his part. Sister Poussard was very shocked and made sure to correct me. Layfeyette ruined Hamilton
Elder Kligaard (He's danish) taught me a curse word in French, except he didn't know it was a curse word either (someone else taught him). Sister Poussard was very disappointed in both of us. We both felt betrayed by the knowledge
I keep calling trousers pants. Pants mean underwear in England. Problems were made
I told some members that I was slytherin and now I'm the evil missionary
Everyone makes fun of Americans here and 90% of the time I agree with them.
The Danielles served AW root beer with dinner and I was so happy. I don't even like root beer but it was American and I've been living off of potatoes.
The Danielles also served fancy cheese. I'm too American for fancy cheese apparently. Just give me mozzarella thank you very much. Sister Poussard says English cheese is awful and only buys French cheese. I've liked the French stuff so far, so I agree with her. She is the cheese guru.
There's this shop called mollies that sells all American candy. I almost died when I saw the massive box of nerds (pday goals)
Whenever I mess up the mission rules, sister Poussard calls me a little pagan (lovingly).
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