The Swanky Part of Town

Hello again family!

Things are awesome here in St. Charles. We have one of the worst

apartments in the mission, but this is America, so it's still pretty

nice.  Fun facts about it:

-The person living below us controls our heat.

-The light switches to the bathroom are in the hall and the light

switches to the hall are in the hall closet.

-The front door doesn't open from the inside, so we have to pry it

open with a butter knife.

It's pretty nice besides that.  The members in this area are crazy

rich, and one of them bought Temperpedic mattress pads for our beds,

so that was awesome. They're the best beds in the whole mission.

Other ridiculous things that have happened since I got here:

-I was fed a $40 steak.

-We were "official" fancy cheese testers, since that sort of thing

just happens all the time here.

-We were fed Thanksgiving twice.

It's kind of ridiculous, but the members are all super nice and

awesome.  We're trying to spend as much time with them as we can,

since missionary work is best done through the members.  It's

difficult (WAY harder than tracting.), but the results are tons

better.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FIGURING OUT BYU FOR ME!!!

I'm super excited, and yes, less worried.  It's going to be great.

I'm going to try to figure out today when to go home.  I've been

thinking about it for a while, even though I thought I wouldn't need

to figure it out for a long time, but now it's come right up, and I'm

glad I've already put some thought into it.  There's been a lot of

prayer involved, studying it out, and talking to my mission president.

I'm going to make some calls today and then I'll let you know.

We have two investigators, and they're pretty cool.  We have a lesson

with one of them tomorrow, and he sounded excited, so that's going to

be great.

Thanks for the advent calender!  It's going to be awesome.  I really

like it a lot.

We got paid today, so we're going to Giordano's.  It's a deep dish

place, and it's not too expensive, and it's delicious.  I feel bad for

everyone that has not experienced it.  It's the best deep dish I've

found out here (yes, there really is deep dish pizza EVERYWHERE. It's

the greatest thing in the world. At first I was like, "What's the big

deal? It's just thick pizza."  I was wrong.  So wrong.  So many years

wasted!)

I am doing good.  Things are well.  I am co-senior companion right

now, but it doesn't mean much.  No one is really in charge in a

companionship.  It's good preparation for marriage.  If the Ensign has

taught me anything, it's that neither spouse is in charge.  They make

decisions together.  We do kind of have a problem with unrighteous

dominion in our mission, but it's just a few elders.

I hope everyone is having fun!  And Christmas is coming crazy fast!

It seems like mothers day was just last week!  It's insane.

Have a good week!

Jordan