It finally froze up here! There's about 6 inches of snow on the ground and it's super cold! The wind chill is probably the worst part because it just drops the temperature, like, 20 degrees! I have learned to layer up! The other day we walked to a dinner appointment (about 5 miles) and it was dark and cold! I have on a massive parka that Elder Brand found for me in his closet and I was sweating in that, but my face was like ice! It is so hard because it gets dark so early up here. The sun starts to slip beneath the horizon at about 4:45, so having to keep working is really difficult. I keep wanting to go inside and go to sleep, but then I remember that we still have 5 1/2 hours to go before bed.
Elder Cranney and I are going to Oshkosh tomorrow and Thursday for some more training for me. There's so much more training after the MTC that I didn't even realize! We are having to be very careful with driving because of the snow for one, but we also have a limited amount of miles to use. Driving to Oshkosh is going to take a lot of those miles, we we're walking a lot of places.
I weighed myself yesterday on Brother Klunk's scale, and came to find that I broke 200 pounds, despite me not drinking soda since I left for my mission. I can only imagine how big I would be if I was drinking soda! Elder Brand is the only missionary in my district who id heavier than me. He's 210 pounds, so I've almost got him beat. We'll see how large my belly is when I come home in two years....
By the way, if you would like to receive a Christmas card from Elder Cranney and me, please e-mail me your actually address so I can send them out and so I know how many stamps and copies I need to buy. It won't be anything spectacular, but we thought it would be fun to show everyone how we're doing up here.
I caught a minor head cold on Thursday and Friday. Missionary work is not fun when one is sick, especially because I wasn't sick enough to stay home. I still went out and tracted (which I still can't stand) and taught lessons to people. I just kept my distance from them so they wouldn't catch it! And yes, Juli, I am using my OnGuard so I don't get sick again. :-) Lesson learned: if you're going to get sick, make sure you get sick enough to prevent you from doing anything productive. ;-) Just kidding. Don't get sick in the first place.
Well, I love you all, I miss you, and I can't wait to hear from you!
--Elder Riggs
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