We're not in Kansas anymore

Hey Family

                  This week has been eventful. It has been full of fun facts, meetings, service, and tornados. To start off here is a fun fact "When the death star was being built there were lots of tubes going up and down for transportation. One day Darth Vader's 3rd daughter, Ella, was playing next to one of these tubes when she fell down one. After that they named all the tubes after Ella Vader." hahaha. 

Ok Wednesday we taught some lessons on the street and talked to a couple of our investigators. Most were sick so it was quick visits all day. On Thursday we had Christmas zone conference. It started out talking about chapter 6 in Preach My Gospel which is all about Christlike attributes. Then we played some games and had lunch. After lunch there was a talent show and there was a really good comedian act. That's where I got the fun fact. We then watched a movie. Yeah! It was Ephraim's Rescue. It was really good and funny. I would highly recommend watching it if you haven't seen it. Then on Friday we went back to Memphis to help out with Toys for Tots. We were supposed to be there from 2-6 but we were there from 2-like 8. It was lots of fun and cool to see all the people we helped have a good Christmas. On Saturday it was stormy outside and we thought nothing of it. It had rained on and off for the past few weeks. Well, we went about trying to see some of our investigators. We had just pulled into a less active's parking lot and the rain started coming down hard. Oh, I almost forgot about 10 minutes earlier the West Memphis Elders called and told us that President told them to be safe and make sure we were safe. Well the rain was coming down hard so we decided to see if it would slow down in a few minutes. After a little, President Petersen called us and told us there was a tornado headed our way and to get in. As we drove home, we could hear the tornado sirens going off. We were close to home so we drove home and waited for about 5 minutes when President Petersen called back and said the tornado had changed course. We stayed in for a couple more hours till the storm let up a little. We then went and saw a less active family named the Russells. Later we learned that the tornado had hit about 30 miles east of us.

               That's about it for my week. If you have any questions you can ask on Wednesday. I hope y'all have a great Christmas and remember Christ as you celebrate Christmas.

Love Elder Talbert