Five Days Till Christmas

Mother i loved hearing that story about going to the beach- you didn't share a lot of stories like that when we were little- do it with the other ones I want to hear more. Haven't had any shrimp yet but I have had Chile rellenos HUGE peppers with cheese or meat in them fried in egg- really gross but I lived.


FIRST: I WILL CALL CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON- 3:00 PM MY TIME ( WHAT IS IT YOUR TIME) I will have about 40 mins to talk I can't wait to hear your beautiful voices!

I can't begin to tell you all the wonderful things that have happened out here but here it goes.

So I am in a new area and I will be in a new one next transfer too- they are just jumping me all over the place. Our mission opened a new area in the suburbs of downtown houston for the english speaking missionaries....but they took me instead of an english sister. So I am now speaking english just outside of the city- Sister Jackson and I were the only white people we saw for the first two days- i'm serious- it is amazing I love black people- I love the Gospel and the Lord is guiding everything we do. So we are White-washing this area but we already have 6 baptismal dates in the first four days- this area has had people prepared it's amazing to see how it works.

We come in early due to President's directions because of the demographics of the area but don't worry we are safe. People are amazed we are out here. I love how diverse it is. New address only for 6 weeks is: 2725 Reed Road Houston, Texas 77051. But it isn't as reliable as the parkway address I will only get the parkway address mail every two weeks though.

We found this is the most ghetto area of our mission it is great- Our branch is about 25 people. We are baptizing Joseph Smith- black of course- He loves reading about himself. Sister Jackson is a little black girl in a white girl's body so it works out well :) Very eccentric excited and we are just putting out baptismal dates left and right. Very different then the Mexican Culture. I know the Lord will bless me when I go back into spanish with the ability to remember what I need- for some reason he wanted me here though and I love opening up an area we can just be bold and love the work.

Well I will talk to you more in about 4 days! I want to hear stories and such. Thanks Dad and Mom and Josh for the E-mails- Merry Christmas

Con amor,

Hermana Tuckett

P.S. Mom- say a prayer and you will find the papers