The weeks are seriously just flying by. I've been in denial this past week. When you enter the MTC, they give you a proselyting certificate that says you are an authorized representative of the church until a certain date. That date generally indicates when you release date will be within a few days. Mine says December 9, 2013 :( BOOO!!!! If that is accurate then I'm on less than a year left in my mission, and it's really really really depressing! With the switch in the missionary age and the length of time in the MTC, my date might change (we are going to have some funky transfers in Feb-March to make up for the changes. We might have one 9 week transfer and one 3 week transfer), but it's really sad to think that a third of my mission has already passed by! There is still so much work to do!
This week has been a really good week! It's been pretty crazy because I've seen TWO people I know at the sites this week! So do you remember when I got my mission call how a girl I went to EFY with got me connected with her sister who also served in my mission? Well, that sister came into the sites this week with her husband to visit her old mission! She came and found me at the Hill while I was working. It was so fun to meet her in person. She was really sweet. I asked her for advice and she gave me some pointers which was great! She is so sweet and she has the cutest kids ever!
Then, I was working at the BOMPS on Friday and Spencer Jones and his wife come walking in! It was so crazy! I had been in the back room and the Strouds had greeted them while Sister Fetuli and I were getting our site Book of Mormons. I walked out to greet the tour and he turns around and says, "WHITNEY?!?!" It was so crazy! The chances that I was the one working at the BOMPS when he came in were so slim! It was really fun to take he and his wife on tour. His wife is so nice! They are really fun together.
I'm about out of time now, but I love you all. Thanks for all of the support! Jane, I loved the story you told this week in your letter about Beck helping Alex down the stairs. Them boys is so big. Tell them Aunt Whitney loves them! Miss you all so much! I'm calling (maybe Skyping but we are planning on calling more than Skyping) Mom and Dad at 11 a.m. my time, 9 a.m. Utah time on Christmas Day and I'm soooo excited!
Love you all times a billion!
Sister Butters
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