Another
good week has come and gone. First of all, it just keeps getting hotter and
hotter. I honestly don't know how it does but it's getting to the point where
it's hard to sleep at night because it never cools down and all we have is two
bad fans. We've also had to bike quite a bit in the heat too. But I love it all
because it makes me feel like a real missionary; you know those moments where I
can really "suffer in silence" as dad would say. It's great!
Definitely a different Christmas experience then ever before. I LOVE it! (Although
I won't be sad to have a white Christmas again next year.)
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| our "Christmas lights" |
In
spite of the heat we've been able to have some amazing teaching opportunities
this week, which I'm really thankful for. We've been meeting nearly every day
with Dolly (87 year old baptismal date.) She is incredible. I love her with all
my heart. She wants to get baptized so badly. She came to our ward Christmas
BBQ (doesn't that just sound weird together? Christmas and BBQ?) and she loved
it and got to know some lovely people. She thought she wasn't going to be able
to make it to church though because her son was coming to visit again, but
after a long chat and a lot of prayer she was able to arrange it with her son
to come later. She loved church! She kept talking about how she was excited to
come next week and that everyone was so friendly! It was perfect. God is so
good to us.
Things
are going super well with Haylee as well! She loved mutual this week and she
loved church! She is amazing! She's even going to FSY (like EFY.) She super
excited about everything, including her baptism! I feel so blessed. AH!!! I
think it's really going to happen with these two. 3rd of January... it's going
to be a great way to start out the New Year. Pray for them. We're trying to do
everything right and I think even their agency won't get in the way:)
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| Sister T and I with Haylee and her Grandma. |
Other
than that it was a fairly average week. We've been very busy with teaching
appointments, which is a high-class problem. I love it!
Also,
this ward is amazing. I love the Como ward. They are all so loving. I think
probably every person at church came up to me today to make sure I was ok after
being sick last week. They were all so worried that we'd been transferred out
and told us again and again how happy they were to see us back. They are so
good to us. We already have our appointments set up for Christmas Eve and
Christmas day. I feel so overwhelmingly blessed. If I don't get to be with you
all for Christmas, then I'm glad to be here in this ward and with Sister T. I
love her SOO much! We get along like we've been friends since the beginning of
time. She's an amazing missionary and hilarious. God is so good to me.
Oh
yes, we were also able to watch the Christmas Devotional and it was incredible.
Different, but I liked it. I actually cried through the whole end of it. I can
be such a souk. (cry-baby) It was beautiful. When they were singing "Far,
Far Away on Judea's Plains" I could just hear dad singing his bass part
like he always does and then of course I cried even more. ha I'm ridiculous
sometimes.
I
don't know if I already told you this but we have been singing heaps lately, to
everyone, and it has been the most beautiful experience. We usually sing
“Silent Night” and honestly it's not that good. We're fine but it's nothing too
special, but people either cry or at least freak out. They go on and on about
it. We actually sang for Jeff (baptismal date a while back from America, but
just went back to the states but he did say he still wants to get baptized when
he gets back! boom baby!) Anyways, he actually asked if we could do it again
and he recorded it. The angels in heaven must be helping us out.:) God is so
good to us. Especially in this Christmas season when it should be hard to be
away from family, but it actually hasn't been too bad because of all the love I
have felt from and for people.
Here is the recording he made of us singing;
I am
thankful for this time of the year when people are more open to hear the
"glad tidings!" And I'm even more thankful that I get to declare it.
What a privilege it is to be a missionary at this time of year.
I love
you all. I am thankful for your example and prayers. I need them. I love you
all dearly! Merry Christmas you nuts! Well except dad, he's a turkey.
"Everybody knows, a turkey!" haha I think of that every time we
listen to that song. But let me tell you dad, you're one heck of a turkey.
Love
you!
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