December 17, 2013

 Hey,

    This week was very eventful. .. it is crazy to think Christmas is almost approaching us. . This past week was full of Zone Conference, Exchanges, and The Rouston's Christmas Parade. The Monroe Missionary's which consists of 3 sets of elders and 2 sets of Sisters as well as my companion and I were able to be apart of the festivities! . . It is really a different world down here. I have never heard of a Christmas Parade back home. . I am soaking it all up.
   Thursday night, over 10,000 people came and there are all different kinds of floats and big fire trucks, Christmas music is playing all celebrating not only Santa Claus but the birth of the Savior. Thousands of pounds of candy was thrown out to the people and we were able to get a good 3 mile walk in the process handing out Joy to the world dvds and pictures of Jesus!  I may or may not have ended up leaving with a pocket full of goodies. .as well. .  SH. .. :)   hahah
 We had our own float, very simple. We had one of the Elders dress up as Joesph and a sister dress up as mary and we had a manger in front of them.  It was a great finish to the day.! 
 Life is going well. Today marks the first transfer day and I am happy to report that my companion and I are staying in West Monroe!! We are becoming really great friends and more and more I'm realizing she is the sister that I never had!
  Hope all is well with y'all back home!!

  Miss y'all more than ever! --  Hope y'all have a blessed Day as they'd say it down in the south. ..  And a wonderful Christmas Season!

Love y'all!

 Sister White

Gold Mop Award!!

Kate won the Golden Mop Award for having a really clean Apartment.  She
and Sister Stevens really get along well.  Sister White is happy, healthy and
loving the work!!!

Pictures for Christmas breakfast

Copperview 1st Ward's Christmas Party was Saturday, December 14th.  The theme was Hands Across the World.  All the tables were decorated by families of missionaries from our ward.  There were country flags, pictures, memorbilia from those areas, missionary name tags, etc.

I was asked to collect pictures of the missionaries to do a slide show during the breakfast.  These are the pictures of Kate that we used.