Week of 16th-23rd November

Dear Family,
We have been having fun.
On Monday, we actually taught the Plan of Salvation lesson to a recently actived member from Brazil and his mother gave us a dinner.
Tuesday, we taught six Parables and Jesus' discourse on the 2nd coming in the morning New Testament class. Afterwards, we went to lunch at Kiko's with Brother and Sister Weatherston.
Thursday, we went to visit a few people with Elders Walker and Johnson. Mom, having been an exchange student, made it possible to get in the door to meet a Brazilian exchange student and talked with the family and got to know them. Afterwards, we took the Elders to dinner at La Playa.
Friday we attended the Horne Rd. Branch Thanksgiving Dinner and Mom gave a short talk about Thanksgiving history and meaning before dinner. In the morning we had an interesting discussion with our downstairs neighbor who asked us about how our church is different from the other churches. Before she left we had a synopsis of her alcohol-garnished unwed motherhood life history, and she left with a summary of how our church is different, a Joseph Smith Testimony pamphlet and a Book of Mormon, which she promised to read.
Saturday, I went shopping while Mom prepared her Gospel Doctrine Lesson for the Spanish Branch. Afterwards, we went to Sam's to get a few things including a pumpkin pie for the Thanksgiving Dinner at the 1st Ward. Yes, we had back to back Thanksgiving dinners before Thanksgiving, therefore we are well nourished.
Sunday, we attended the 3rd Ward Sacrament meeting and spoke in the 2nd Ward Sacrament meeting, in the morning. Our talks were about thanksgiving/gratitude. We attended the Branch, but they only had Sacrament meeting because the women's restroom was out of order - so after all her preparation, Mom did not teach Sunday School . After the meetings, we invited Shawn King, a recently returned missionary to France, for dinner; so we got to hear all about missionary work in southern France.
We are doing well in south Texas, specially now that the weather has cooled from sauna to comfortable range. The members have been so nice to us. Thanks for the new pictures on the blogs and phone calls, etc. We hope the auto business picks up soon to support the estimated 3 million jobs it supports in America. It seems to be as the repeating theme of the Book of Mormon - keep the commandments and prosper in the land.
We hope all of you have a Happy Thanksgiving, including the Turkey Bowl Game (we hope no one gets hurt). We will be missing the great get-together with the family and we be will be thinking of (and missing) all of you.
Love y'all, Mom & Dad