Happy Holidays!

Hello all you beautiful people! 

This week was crazy! A lot happened, but it's stuff that lacks detail. So idk how long this email will be. We'll just have to see! 

Tuesday we ended up on an impromptu exchange due to some meetings that came up. So Elder Olsen and I knocked most of the afternoon. It was fun, but people were super standoffish. It was kinda weird. 

Wednesday was district meetings and a zone lunch! We all went to TCBY, but a bunch of people were lame and didn't do a quart with us. Pictures are attached. This makes 16 quarts. I'm shooting for 20 before I leave. #dontjudge#isindifferentthanyou

​Thursday and Friday we spent on our actual exchange. Elder Blau and I talked about Brandon Sanderson while knocking, and the two investigators we found were both named Brandon. It was a sign. 

There was a big Nativity Creche` Thursday through Saturday, so we ended up spending about 15 hours helping with that this week. They had choirs come in and everything. I'm so trunky about choir and theater, it's not even funny. 

Sunday Jeri came to all of church!!! Everyone knew we just needed to get her to Relief society and she'd be solid. We were right! She's more solid than ever, and will hopefully be baptized in January! 

That's the week! I've got a little bit of poem for y'all, and a couple pics. 

~~
A drop of water, falling. 
The liquid wets the floor. 
Reaching up, my tears, touching. 
My soul can bear no more. 

With my last strength, falling. 
Collapsing to the ground. 
Reaching up, my hands grasping. 
Trembling lips make no sound. 

Suddenly, a droplet, falling. 
Water coming from the sky. 
An answer, from God descending. 
My burdens lifted, my tears now dry. 
~~

Love you all! Stay the incredible humans you are!
Elder Housholder

 Look at that crazy score! Totally prideful about that. Still better at bowling than basketball. 

TCBY #16 Letsssss Gooooooo!!!!

The Creche! 
From Mom: I just had to add this one here.  This week we had our ward Christmas breakfast, and they decided to blow up pictures of all the missionaries in the ward.  It was so cool.  I should've taken a photo of the room, but we were in a hurry to get to a choir performance.  But of course we had to have a photo with our missionary! 

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