Where to begin? There has been a lot that has
transpired these past two weeks. I hope that I can remember it all. Last week the reason why I was not able to write was because our zone was
filming a video for the Christmas party coming up tomorrow. We had a lot of
missionaries in a chapel with only 4 computers. so we had to be very brief so everyone had some time to email a little and finish what we needed to.
What
we decided to do for the video was a movie trailer kind of theme about the
infamous "T-Texts." For those of you that do not know what that is, every six
weeks all the missionaries in our mission receive texts Saturday night and we
find out if people are getting transferred to another area and where they will
be at sent. So, it can get pretty intense at times. It sure was a lot of fun to film,
that's for sure.
We had a great first lesson with our Branch Missionary Leader
and his two friends from work. They are twin sisters and their names are Isanety and Michelle. They are Dominican and are in their 20's. We taught them the
Restoration and it was a great visit. They for sure felt the Spirit very
strongly. I am so excited to meet with them again, but a little sad at the same
time since we found out they will be moving to Seattle, Washington the
beginning of January, otherwise known as the "Boston West Mission," since it seems
like we loose a lot of investigators to the west
coast. But, we will do what we can to continue to help their desire grow and keep
it going as they move and pass them along to the missionaries and Ward over
there.
So, after having a great, jam packed week of visits, the week before we had
55 people at church! It was fantastic! We were a little bummed though that one
of the less active members we had a pretty intense spiritual lesson with
ended up not coming after she promised she would.
Since we have been getting
snow, one of our days we gave service. We were at the other missionaries'
apartment because we had to finish our studies to finish planning for the day.
The Zone Leaders dropped by to grab their laundry and let's just say some
how it turned into a little snow fight.... =D. It was a well needed break
though to enliven our bodies and help our minds wake up a little more. Later
that day, we were meeting with a youth and as we were leaving, had another little
snow ball fight with him. Then later that night, the zone leaders picked us up
from our apartment to go to the Waterford missionaries apartment because we all
had to meet together and exchange things since somehow it seemed like we
all ended up with each others stuff and since they were taking a while
we ended up making some hot chocolate and waiting outside with a mass supply of
snowballs! So, that day was a ton of fun packed with
a lot of work as well. Nothing better than that.
Now, this last week we had so
much planned and it ALL seemed to fall through... But, that is how it goes some
times. We can't always expect everything to go smoothly and the way we plan,
but we were still able to stay busy. Plus I got a call Wed. asking me to give a
2-3 min talk/experience in a missionary musical fireside about how I came to
know that Christ is the literal Son of God. The fireside was fantastic! It was
a great blessing to be able to listen to such beautiful music. All involved
played and sang some of the most beautiful music I have heard. There was one
Sister in particular named Sister Hyoung who really knew how to play the piano.
I do not think I have ever heard anyone play the piano as she did. It was a
great experience.
Saturday we sort of had a red dot day, which means the
mission doesn't want us to go out. But, it was more of a, "only if you think it is too
bad to go out," kind of red dot day. This was because we had our first winter storm! It was
really pretty tight! It had been around 13 to 15 degrees all day and that morning
we were helping members move. Then later that night it picked up more and I was
driving very slowly since it seemed like I would just slide to a stop.... Don't
worry we were being safe... =D. It was really cool, because EVERYTHING was
just white. There were some streets where you couldn't tell the street from the
sidewalk, if the snow plows hadn't gone through yet.
So, in short, everything is
going great. I love it, I love the the work, the people, the weather and just
everything. Tomorrow we will be having a Christmas party and so we get to start
the day by leaving at 5am to get up to the temple by 8 and just have a
wonderful day up in Boston until the Party later that afternoon. So, I might be
able to get to stop by some people's homes up there in Revere.
I would just like
you all to know that I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior, and that He truly
is the Literal Son of God. I know this because I have experienced his love
in my life and felt his transforming power helping me to become who it is He
would have me become. I have literally felt him picking me up when I had
nothing left to give, when all hope seemed to have diminished. Truly He is
the Son of God, The Light, Life and Truth, our Savior and Redeemer. I invite
all of you to look for his hand more abundantly in your lives, and promise you
that as you do so you will find it. As we look for others in need and strive to
give an aiding hand to lift one another's burdens, we will more abundantly be
able to feel of his love. What better present can we give to Him than this? He
who suffered so much that it caused himself "even God, the greatest of all,
to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore." I leave you with
my testimony that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came into the world as a babe
in a manger. That He did come to take upon himself all of our sins,
infirmities, sicknesses, pains and everything that we go through in life that
just isn't right. Truly He did come to free us from all bondage so that we can
be happy. I leave this with you, in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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