Sister Savage: Wow. Happy THanksgiving!

What a change! All is well. Sister Hakaraia from New Zealand is awesome! she thinks it's way cool that you served there dad and she said we can stay with her when we visit someday:) She says some of the funniest phrases but sister Rosenlof and I are catching on and i even catch myself talking like her already!She's only been out six weeks and i feel terrible that i have to rely on her so much. I wanted to be a helpful trainer but getting put somewhere where you know no one and have no idea where you are going is CRAZY. I now know what my sweet Sister Simons felt like! So Sis HAk ( i'm going to shorten it) has done two things that remind me of you dad, things you've told me about new zealand. We had Thanksgiving dinner last night.. it's in october here.. weird eh? And she mixed all her food together like me....and then i remembered you learned that in New Zealand. Then we were doing dishes afterwards and she was washing and a sweet investigator from mexico was drying and i came over and he was like this is a weird way to do dishes.. and she wasn't rinsing the soap off! haha. So i was the rinser and he was like ok this is normal. Oh and heather she say's 7:30 in her new zealand accent all the time and it's awesome.. i think of you :) I LOVE being around so many different cultures again. I met a lady from the DR and it was fun to talk to her about going there and about you Holly. This place reminds me so much of my time in Russia there is a big ukranian church next to our chapel and it looks like a russian building.. ill attach a picture. Our chapel is really cool cause it is very different. and we ride the subway and buses and I've just had so many wonderful experiences on them in Russia so it's not foreign to me at all. I love having so many people to talk to. So we lost our sweet Sis Rosenlof on her first day! We weren't sure what subway stop we were suppossed to get off and then it was time and she didn't make it off. We felt terrible!!! So Sis Hak went ahead to see if she hopefully got off at the next one and I stayed to see if she came back. We took our tags off cause that's what you do but i was talking to a lady and gave her a pass along card and then a man came up to me and said do you know who i am.. it was brother bradshaw that jen knows! We only had a second cause his train came but what are the odds that he picked me out when i was seperated from my companions! So we retrieved her quickly and all is well... poor thing! This area has done amazing! On sunday Leonard who was baptized three weeks ago recieved the priesthood and baptized Mandla who is his friend but they didn't know that they were both learning about the church when they started. And the Sergio was baptized last week and received the Holy Ghost. And then MAndla and Sergio bore there testimonies at the President's fireside... phenomenal! and they are way amazing converts! Leonard is from Kenya, Mandla is from Swaziland, and Sergio is Armenian but raised in Lebanon. SO COOL! Mandla speaks like the people in the Gods must be crazy.. with all the clicks.. it is soooooo cool! He left us a message yesterday and he so happy and says ready to keep fighting for the celestial kingdom. he is So humble and I have learned so much from them and i've only been here less than a week. Wow. So everything is great! I love the gospel. I bought boots that are good for -45 degrees and i'm so excited to have warm feet this winter especially in a bus area. I'm so blessed. HOlly and Mark I'm sooo excited that your wedding is soo close! I love you all! love me!

My new companions :)

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