December 11th 2012

Dear Mom and Dad,

I am so happy to hear that you had a great birthday!! I thought about you extra on that day! Sounds as though you have been having lots of fun lately with all your friends. That's exciting that it is almost time for Christmas break! Soon Grandma and Grandpa will be there!

I don't know where to start... this week was good. We weren't able to meet with Vili this week because she has been doing finals at school and has no time. However, Sunday morning we got a call from her saying she would see us at church! We got to church and guess who was already there 20 mins early?? Yup, Vili. The elders let her in the church and she was greeting all the members as they came in! This has never happened before. Ever. We've only met with her once, but she has come to church 3 times! Also, the university she attends has a break until February! We found out that she will be here for the whole break! We are so excited because we can meet with her a lot soon!

Later on Sunday night it started snowing! We had to travel to Sofia and barely caught a bus in time, but we made it. Sofia is so much colder than where I am (Blagoevgrad). We got there and there was tons of snow on the ground!

Zone conference was great! Every time I leave I realize how much I want to be a better person. We talked a lot about "real growth" in the church. We talked about how vital it is that we have as many lessons with our investigators with members. We have new goals that we are going to work towards and I am excited about that. It is great seeing improvement in the mission.
We took pictures after the conference and did a fun "white elephant" gift exchange. It was pretty fun.

This morning we woke up and it started snowing so much! It just barely stopped. I am trying my best to stay warm!

Next week I will be in Sofia again because I will be dropping off my companion, Sister Meyers. I cannot believe she will be gone in a week. I have loved serving with her.

Also, when would be a good time to skype for you on Christmas?? We get to choose when to skype. Is there any way we could skype at the same time as Tim? Let me know when you think would be best!

I hope you have a great week! I love all of you so much!

Love,

Sister Farnsworth