Thanksgiving Feast

We spent Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa's with Sue's family!

Asher's First Birthday 10/27/07

Asher is growing up! I got to go see him and Becky on his first birthday! He was a dino for Halloween! We had so much fun!

Trip to Flagstaff 10/6/07

Here are pictures from my trip with Sue and Conor to Flagstaff. We visited Di and Dave and kids and had a wonderful time!

Where in the World is Hermana Holly?

She's on the Island of Mallorca in the city of Palma! We were so happy to hear from her finally. Her story continues. Here is her address for the next few months and some excerpts from her email:

Hermana Holly Michelle Thomas

C/Teniente Escandell 2, 3B

07010 Palma de Mallorca

SPAIN

10/29: So, we arrived at the Barcelona aeropuerto and met my mish pres and wife (super great!) and then we got into a box (a big van shaped like a box) and drove to the top of the world (it seems like) where we could see out over the Mediteranian and we could all of Barcelona and up the coast towards France. Then we went back to the mission office and had dinner and ice cream with them and then we had our interviews to find out where we would be serving and then we met our trainers!

Can you guess where I am??? Yes. I am a child of the Island. I am serving right now in Sunny Mallorca, in the city of Palma! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??? Of all the places to start my mission, here I am. Wow. It´s so beautiful. On the plane ride over I could just see the clouds resting on the island. It was like heaven. Wow. So beautiful. Can´t believe how blessed I am. I can´t even tell you how beautiful it is here mom.

I am only the second sister missionary to start their mission here ever (the island has only been open to sisters for 2 years). I am thinking that I will probably serve here for close to 4 months or so since that is the trend with other missionaries.

My companion's name is Hermana Evans from Virginia. She has been here for 3 months and she is great. I am going to learn so much from her. She has been out for 10 months now and there is a lot of work to do here. I am excited to be here preaching the good word of God, eh? So yeah, after we found out where we were going, it was off to the airport to travel to the island.

My first cita or teaching appointment was the night that I arrived. we taught a recent convert, Diana and she is an angel. she is amazing. so strong. and then we just dove right into the work.

So far we have been doing a lot of member activation and teaching a lot of citas. We taught an española yesterday teh first lesson and she was so sweet. The people here are so kind once you can make friends with them. We have one baptism this Saturday with Vanessa, she is 13 years old. No thanks to me though, she was already for baptism when I got here. I am just seeing the fruits of someone elses work. But the members seem so kind here and I hope that I will be able to do the work that is needed to be done here. There are so many people to love and to get to know. I need LOTS of prayers! Missionary work is a hard thing to do and I already feel like I have been here for 10 months like my companion. Wow. It´s crazy. We put on a halloween festival for the ward on friday and that was fun. we dressed up like 80´s and had a costume contest. We wake up at 7:30 and we return to piso at 10:00, plan and go to bed. I haven't even been to the store to get food yet. I am exhausted and it's only been one week.

My español esta bien. puedo hablar casi todo, menos unas palabras y frases en que necesito trabajar. es un milagro de dios que puedo hablar como puedo.