Merry Christmas!!! I'm glad you all in Utah had a white
Christmas.
Because I most definitely didn't. But it was awesome
despite that fact!!
Christmas away from home wasn't so sad like I thought it
might be.
First of all it came out of nowhere. Suddenly it was just
Christmas Eve!! Christmas Eve was a good day! In the morning we had been doing
some contacting, and sister weeks and I helped a man carry his groceries down
some stairs to the ubahn and as a thank you gift he gave us a GIANT bag of
lettuce and salad. Granted we are definitely not going to eat it. Who knows
where it came from. But it was just funny in the least. Then we went to a
members home for Christmas Eve.
It was a Swiss dinner and so that was an adventure. And
then we had Norwegian dessert. Oh and I also got to watch the movie it's a
wonderful life! I love that movie!! It was a good Christmas Eve! Not as hectic
and crazy as at home. But good. We were getting a ride to and from the members
home by an areaseventy that was going to
their house as well. And I accidentally gave him some bad directions back to
our apartment and he made a joke about me listening to the spirit.
Hahaha
Then Christmas!!!! Church in the morning was amazing.
There was a beautiful spirit there and we had two investigators show up! Then
we had Christmas lunch/dinner linner at a Portuguese families home. It was
hilarious. They had family members there that didn't know English so I couldn't
understand half the conversations that went on. But whatever they were saying
was hilarious. Hahahaha
Then I got to skype my family!!! It was so weird. It felt
like I had just talked to them days before. It didn't feel like that long ago.
And man did that time go by fast. It was really good to
see them and hear their voices. Then we just went to the office and hung out
with some other missionaries because of call ins and sending in numbers.
Today is still our pday even though everything is still
closed and on holiday schedule. Also I don't have much email time because of
more member appointments. I just finished celebrating Boxing Day with a family
from England and tonight I will be eating some Ghana Christmas foods. The
international ward basically rocks.
Things that happened this week as well:
We went contacting just the two of us and gave away FOUR
copies of the Book of Mormon in just one hour!! We also met a German man that
had heard of the church AND wanted to learn more. I about died of shock.
We helped this old Philippine lady go do her shopping
because it's hard for her to get around and it's been rainy and she needed to
go buy stuff before the stores all closed for holiday. Pictures will be
included don't worry.
We went caroling as a district and that was a lot of fun.
Plus I got TWO potentials. Normally I have trouble getting even one at things
like that.
Sister weeks and I also had tons of Finding time this
week but it was really successful and we had fun even though it was cold. That
is a success. I have started learning a new fun adjective to use every day
while contacting. It makes door approaches that much more fun.
Hope everyone had an amazing holiday season. Don't forget
to set some AWESOME spiritual goals and ways to continue being the light this
next year. The light the world initiative shouldn't just be for Christmas.
But all year. Because it's amazing.
Love you all!!!
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