Hey family,

Thanksgiving was pretty fun.  It was kind of just a shortened zone conference followed by a huge Thanksgiving dinner and a movie.  We did end up watching Toy Story 3.  It was pretty funny.  After the movie, I was a little bummed because Thanksgiving flew by so quickly, and we had no lessons for the rest of the night.  It was a little hard to start working.  But, now things are going back to normal.  I'm not sure exactly what the motivation of the Orthodox deacon is for getting all these books.  It seems like he's interested.  He's met with missionaries before, and he seems to have a good view of us and the church.  The people in Germany I mentioned are the people in charge of the area that contains Albania.  I think that's where the center for the European area is or something. 

This past week, we hardly had any lessons, but one of our investigators on Sunday morning called us up saying he was going to come to church.  He was only able to come for the first hour, but it was good.  So we still managed to have some sort of success this week.  Last Saturday, there was a branch activity where we watched the Testaments with Albanian subtitles.  So now I know how to say "You are a specter from the gods" in Albanian.  It was a good activity.  This month seems like it'll be a pretty crazy month.  On the 17 or 18, there will be a branch Christmas activity, on the 24, there is a district Christmas activity, and on New Year's Eve, we get to see the crazy display of fireworks.  I've seen pictures, and it's pretty insane.  Meanwhile, in between all that, we will be finding and teaching people.  I think this week we have quite a few people who will be able to meet with us.  Hopefully the meetings go through.

In 2 days, I will finish my last November on my mission.  So that's fun.  As for a Christmas package, I think that traditional stuff would be great.  Especially jerky.  That stuff was pretty delicious last year. Always remember: "It's not nice to be fat, but it's phat to be nice." Anyways, have a good week.

Love,
Elder Wallentine