Hello Family!!

This has been another amazing week here at the MTC. Lots has happened, and I will try to squeeze as much as I can into this letter.

First of all, Thanksgiving was an awesome experience. We had an ok, but quite salty, dinner. They ran out of pie, but overall it was not bad. The highlight of the day, however, was our service project. We all went into the cafeteria and sat at tables and assembled first-aid kits for Haiti and cuba. All together, we put together 10,000 kits, and we sang hymns together while we all did the service. It was an awesome experience with humanitarian work. We also saw a really neat presentation on humanitarian work throughout the world, which was very inspiring. It was just neat to have all of the missionaries unified for a single cause. Very cool :)

I found out that they have pulled all of the sisters out of Antwerpen, Belgium, so currently there are no sisters serving anywhere in Belgium, of Belgie as we call it. I guess that means no flemish for me! Thats ok though, I like the dutch accent better.

We had a change in our companionship. Our solo sister is getting a new companion today, so we will just be a normal twosome now instead of a threesome. That will in many ways be easier to manage, and we can speak dutch more consistently during the day now. My companion is still awesome! We get along great. I am now the senior companion (which doesn't mean much here in the MTC, but still is kind of a cool experience).

Oh, side note- they have put up the Christmas lights (Kerstmas lichts) here at the MTC and they are beautiful! I will send pictures soon. I have had the best missionary experiences this week. My companion Sis. Bennett and I decided we would spend an extra hour a week in the RC taking referral phone calls (people who want a free DVD or Bible, or Book Of Mormon). We both had awesome experiences yesterday as we had long talks with two people who really needed to talk to us and hear our testimones. I talked to a man who was comforted by our message of eternal life and the eternal family. He accepted a visit from the missionaries and had a lot of questions. He was definitely prompted to call when he did and prepared to hear the Gospel. Sis. Bennett has been a little bit down lately, and her experience has lifted her spirits and helped her find joy in her service as a missionary.

While I still have a minute, I would just like to thank you for being the supportive, loving family you are. I am truly blessed to have your love, support, and letters. You have made it possible for me to have every possible advantage here on a mission, and I feel so blessed.

Dutch is still totally killing me! It is difficult, but I can already see the gift of tongues as I teach our pretend investigators in Dutch. We teach our first full 35 minute lesson on Monday so I'll have to let you know how that goes. I am starting to get really excited about leaving now that we're half-way through the MTC. I know there are people in the NL that I have been sent to teach, and I can't wait to meet them and share this beautiful Gospel with them.I love you all and hope you are all doing well. Dad, I hope that back gets better soon- don't go doing things that will make it worse... I know you. Thank you all so much for your letters. They mean so much to me! I will try to send pictures soon!

Ik houdt van jullie ( I love you all)

Love,
Zuster Gulliver