some news and one more story

I gave my farewell talk today! On the Power of Prayer. Adam's parents and siblings came out from Colorado to visit for the weekend and to hear my talk. And of course since they were coming our other family that lives about 2 hours away decided to come too. So we had 17 people in the house this weekend, and that's not even counting the people that didn't sleep here! it was crazy fun, but I'm also kind of relieved that the ruckus is over. My stake president here has me on a modified missionary schedule so I'm reading scriptures an hour everyday and I'm going to bed at eleven and waking up at seven. That's right, you heard me. 11 to 7, didn't think I could do it, did ya. Well, that part is embarrassingly harder for me than it should be, but I'm doing it. With your full knowledge of my sleeping issues I thought you guys might enjoy this story. It's the first time I've regularly gone to bed before midnight (maybe 1 AM ) since my Junior year of high school.
Oh, one story I forgot to include in my last post. When we went to the distribution center to buy my garments, we started chatting with the nice, but odd looking man behind us in line. We mentioned I was going on a mission and he overheard me and my mom talk about whether she or I would be buying my garment. When I was distracted looking at the different fabrics the man handed my mom a bill to go towards my garments and missionary fund. It wasn't until after he left that we noticed that it was a fifty dollar bill, which covered almost the whole cost! Some strange man bought my underwear! how many times in your life do you get to utter that sentence?
All my love and prayers,
Hermana Thighs