11 More Days!

So you're all probably wondering what we do at the MTC for Thanksgiving...well the MTC does a really good job of making it special. We got to hear from Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the 12, and we got to do this huge humanitarian service project. We ended up filling 350,000 or something bags of dried soup for a local service project right here in Provo! I think they wrote about it in the Deseret News or something...but I'm really not sure. And of course the food....definitely not the same as our usual Chinese Thanksgiving, but it was pretty good for how few people were working here that day. We had actual potatoes...not from a box, turkey, candied yams, pumpkin pie, the works...but I still have to say that I missed the food from home (aka China Town) a LOT! 

But all in all it was a good...looooooong day, but it was nice spending it with my zone. :)

Thanksgiving service project...yes we all are rocking the hairnets.

It also snowed a TON yesterday....sooooo ya I'm freezing my butt off right now. and today they asked our district if we could host for the new missionaries coming in, which means I have to stand outside in the freezing cold forever....not too excited, but hopefully we can make it special for the newbies. I'm afraid I'm getting sick though, definitely showing some serious cold symptoms, but pray that I get sick now before we get to Thailand!

Me and my 2 Thai companions Sister Holmes and Sister Adams

Yesterday we were also supposed to hear from Elder Ballard, but apparently he couldn't make it because of the crazy snow weather. So we had the opportunity to hear from Elder Hafen (Emeritus General Authority), and he was seriously so amazing. You all should read D&C 109, which is the dedicatory prayer for the Kirtland Temple. It just says a lot of things that we as members should strive to do and to be. So I challenge you all to read it. I know that I want to try and "grow up in Christ" because as I do that, my mission will help push me into the work in a more permanent way, and I think that's something we can all try to do as members of this church, even if not on missions. And though we experience so many trials and afflictions in our lives, we can come to know God in our extremities and really grow closer to Him, and He will provide a way for us to make it through any trial as long as we are faithful.

So that's my little spiritual message for today.

Sunday Movie with Sister Choi (we watched the Testaments, sooooo corny, but we love it)

Me and Elder Arne being silly (ok just him)

Thank you all for the letters and packages! i seriously felt so loved this week! Hope all of you not in Utah are living it up because it is soooo dang cold here!!!!

love you all!!

Sister Lam

 Girls sleepover in Me and Sister Choi's dorm room..yup lot's of junk food yuuuuuuum

Roommates :)