Southern Thanksgiving

For everyone who wished that I would have a Southern Thanksgiving...well, your wish came true! I don't think it could have gotten any more Southern! 

But first, the rest of the week! 

Tuesday we had exchanges and I went with Sister Bennett to Orange Grove. I had a great time learning from her! She is a really good, personable teacher. She really is just a good missionary, and pretty awesome at sharing messages, and applying lessons to the investigators and their situations. It was great to be there with her!

Exchanges

We also took a Young Woman out with us, so we went to pick her up, and when she opened the door she looked rather familiar to me! Her name is Cheyanne, and we totally went to high school together!! She got baptized earlier this year, and is doing awesome! It was crazy seeing her again, but it was fun to see how her life has changed since then!

We spent Thanksgiving with a less-active family in the ward, the Thomas'. And oh boy, it sure was an adventure! We helped cook,hung out a little with Scooby and Bree, and then we ate! We had sweet potato casserole, collard greens, dressing (stuffing), smoked turkey, smoked ham, potato salad, and macaroni and cheese. For dessert we had peach cobbler, pecan pie, and sweet potato pie.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving with the Thomas Family

Oh. And chitterlings. We ate chitterlings. They're pronounced like "chitlins" though. And well....they were.....nasty. Real nasty. I will never, ever understand why Southerners like to eat them. I'll just clear up all confusion now, and tell you. Chitterlings are pig intestines. And stomach. And that's exactly what they taste like. Oh man, it sure was funny though! They taste fine for about 5 seconds and then BAM. They just smack you right in the face, and you can't get that taste out of your mouth. We started shoving down macaroni, but nope! The chitterlings taste will always prevail. And that's the story of how I ate the digestive system of a pig. And how Sister Thompson and I smelled like the digestive system of a pig for the rest of the day. 

A Southern Thanksgiving

Gotta love the South!! :) 

But it really was a super fun Thanksgiving, and we love the Thomas family! It was pretty different than what I'm used to, and I'm still craving pumpkin pie, but it was a day I will never forget and I'm grateful that we had somewhere to go. 

We also put up our Christmas decorations, and have been listening to Christmas music non-stop! It's been basically awesome. I love this time of year!!!

I got my new bike too, which has been a major blessing! Biking is a whole lot better now!

My New Bike

We've been baking a lot, and last night we went to take cookies to our investigator, Jelani, but we weren't thinking quite straight and went to the second floor of the apartment instead of the third. So Jelani did not answer the door, and we were blessed to meet Marlin! We got a good laugh out of it, and just started talking. Marlin has never met missionaries before, and doesn't know much about the church. So we set up a return appointment and are teaching him the Restoration tonight! 

Baking Cookies

We were laughing pretty hard at ourselves and our mistake, but we think it's pretty awesome! So hopefully that goes well! 

Oh, and this morning we celebrated P-Day by making ourselves a yummy breakfast.

Yummy P-Day Breakfast

Hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving! 

And Happy Birthday to Eric this week!!!