Week 68

Hi!
So sorry I couldn't email last week! I started writing your email on the
train but then I started talking to this Italian family from Venice
that wanted to know about who I was and why I was speaking Italian so
well as a foreigner so I just got distracted doing missionary things! I
am so excited for our Skype call in the next couple of weeks! It will be great
to see you guys! 
This week was really good. We went caroling with our district! We had a couple of exchanges. And we broke and fixed our sinks all by ourselves this week! I had been shaving carrots in the sink and I didn't realize but it had been clogging the drain and so the water just completely stopped flowing one night. The next morning we had to rip the sink out of the wall and all this nasty water spills all over the ground. So we mopped it up and tried to pour this liquid down the
drain to unclog this jam but that didnt work. So we plunged the sink and it just shot all this gross stuff everywhere so we mopped again and it still wouldn't work. So we call the plumber and he came over with the SNAKE. The big metal cord thing that you have to shove down the drain . He said he didn't have time to fix it but that we could try our luck with it so we got down there behind the sink with the worst smell ever and were able to unclog it after a couple tries!
So that was pretty fun, I guess. 
We also got invited to a lunch at our Stake Presidents which reminded me of your work lunches!  We were able to get 3 new investigators this week, all 18 yr olds! So we are real excited! This week we are going to the bishops house with a less active member to teach a lesson and it should go really well!
I'm so grateful for the Ward I grew up in, it really was awesome and was filled with many great examples! I think often about what kind of person I want to become and I see the examples of those in my home Ward often in my mind.
I have been reading lots of talks and in the Doctrine and Covenants quite a bit recently for studies.  It's cool to read about the first missionaries and the direction they received from the Lord to preach with boldness of repentance and
baptism! I love sharing my testimony! I do it every first Sunday of the month at fast and testimony meeting!
I'm excited to see you guys for our Christmas call! I hope you guys can share the gospel with everyone through word and deed! I love you! Have a good week!
Love, Anziano Goode

Merry Christmas!

Reminds me of "Bad Family Photos!"  Hahaha!