Allison Jo Glanzer: I Love Jesus So Much!

Sister Cluff fractured her finger! Three Mondays ago, she hurt it trying to catch a football thrown really hard by some elder. She was crying. We told Sister Bellamy, the mission nurse, and she said to massage it and pull on it to see if we could unjam it. So we did. The next day it was huge. She saw the finger at zone conference the next Friday and said, yeah, massage it. Then last Monday we get a call, she told us to go in to urgent care. She wanted us to go right then, but we called to see what the wait was, pretty long, so we went on Thrusday. She has a spiral fracture! And now she has a dandy brace! We go back on the 7th to see how it has healed!

We had exchanges and I was with Sister Christensen! Working in the YSA. It was so fun to be back with her for the day! We had lots of fun and actually taught an LA woman from Michigan who is down here for work. She had a very sad story as to why she and her husband are less active. So we had to pass her on to different missionaries because she isn't YSA and not in my area. The elders that have her though will do so good with her.

Thanksgiving was so great! We played flag football as missionaries. I didn't really care for that part, but then we went to the chapel and played board games or sporty games. We went to two different homes and ate food! The Bates, who have a son who just started his mission a few months ago in Georgia Atlanta North mission, and the Paynes. We got to go out of boundaries for that dinner! Sister Payne's brother lives in Osino, which is the zone leader's area, and her whole family was there! It was really fun!

We also spent two hours with a less active family. The mom and return missionary son, talking about his mission and really getting to know them better. It was super good! From the start of the transfer to now, she has warmed up so much to us and was excited to see us (Our guidelines for the ways to strengthen relationships with investigators, members and less actives). We pretty much know all his problems now, and we didn't even have to ask, he just talked and they all came out! But it was really fun to hear about his mission in Montana. He went out just before 9-11. Every time we tell members that we are visiting their family, they are all amazed a bit and have little tidbits of info to give us each time! We are slowly piecing together the story. One day they will be remember the love they have for the Savior, and how much they really do need the gospel in their lives. I don't think while Sister Cluff is here, but I know it will happen.

The rest of the week we taught and visited people. We were visiting some of the new families to the ward from the boundary changes and we were in the Sandle's. Just as we were leaving, we see two men walk up the steps of the member's that live across the road where we were going next. They were Jehovah's Witnesses. We rush back in the Sandle's and watch the Garvin's. They sent them away pretty fast. We leave materials with Sister Sandle's and skidattle on over to the Garvin's. Brother Garvin made the joke, "we should have kept them here and when you came you could have talked." (loosely what he said) "Nooooo."

While we were there, they came back up the street to the Sandle's. Sister Sandle gave them the invitation to the interfaith Creche thing this weekend and we think the light the world pass along card. It was pretty great to watch!

LIGHT THE WORLD IS HERE FOR A SECOND YEAR! WOOOOOOOOOOO Everyone gets a chance to do it again! I am so excited! If you are looking for a way to bring Christ back into Christmas for you and your family, it is such an amazing way! Oh man. I love it so much! https://www.mormon.org/ Just go here, it is right there! It is for people of all faiths, not just Mormons! There were like 82.5 million views and such, and 32,000 referrals from last year! I love Jesus so much! The church is true. This is so great!

Our ward mission leader served his mission in Brazil. I have an automatic response to say "Oi!" to people I am familiar with, and he is the only one who has said Oi! back while I have been out bound other than sister Smith A., but she is five hours away in Reno. #trainedbyagreatbrasileira #euseiqueéverdade

I gave a talk on Sunday in 2nd ward. I have given better talks than that one by far, but this will be my most memorable. There is a sister in the ward who has health problems. I was speaking, scanned over to where my comp was sitting and I see her rush up and to the sister with health problems and she was having SEIZURE! And I just faded out of talking, I had no idea what to say after that. Turns out she has them often and they called an ambulance too. The bishop told me to keep going once they got it managed. All I need now is some crazy story for my departing talk back at TS!

There was a baptism in the YSA Branch! And our investigator Will went to it! He is getting baptized in January. Sister Cluff started teaching him with Sister Thomsen. He is still pretty solid though. A great guy.

Work is going, building is going, and I love being out here and being a missionary!
Sister Glanzer!