On Christmas Eve, Sister K, my previous companion, and I got to go out together to see our recent convert. She is so cute. She wanted to take us to lunch and bought us Christmas presents! We gave her a blanket and a scarf and she bought us these super cute friendship necklaces. I wear it everyday :) It was kinda fun to go out like we used to and it was super good to see our friend again. We are all best friends and I just love her to death.
We didn't proselyte at all Christmas Eve. We had a little bit of P-day time since we didn't get a full P-day on Monday and then we had dinners! We had dinner with two widows in the ward and I think they really enjoyed that. We were a little skeptical at first but we ended up having a really good time! We then went over to one of our ward member's home because they have a live nativity each year! We helped light tea lights all around the scene of Christ's birth, and then we got to watch people come and see it! There was music playing and then the story of His birth was also playing. It was super cool to see people walk up and feel the spirit so strong and just think about Christ. They also served cookies and hot chocolate. It was really cool and they have hundreds of people come. Then we got picked up by our District Leader and we went caroling as a district! That was fun. Then we went and had a little zone testimony meeting and prayer. At the end we all said a prayer for our investigators while Christmas music was playing and the spirit was really strong. It was a really good experience and I really enjoyed it. That night we slept around the Christmas tree! It was really fun and of course we woke up right at 6:30 (as usual, only with more excitement this time) to open our presents :) It was fun, we went around in a circle and stuff and got to see what everyone got. Thanks for all the presents by the way!!! :) I really enjoyed it. Then we got ready and did our studies before heading out to Skype! It was so fun to see all of you, and I really miss just talking to you guys! So that was really good/fun.
So I swear I did not used to be so klutzy until my mission! After
we Skyped, we went to lunch. The little girls were so cute by the way.
They got play makeup for Christmas and also finger nail polish so they
had makeup all over their faces and then they painted our fingernails
like Christmas colors. They were adorable and Sis W and I really enjoyed
it because it was ALMOST like being with our own families. So here
comes the klutzy part. We were outside painting nails and one of the
tissues they were using started to blow away so I started to chase
it....well I went to grab it right before it ran into a cactus, but part
of the cactus was apparently under the tissue. So I stabbed my hand on a
cactus. Immediately my hand started cramping up and my hand didn't hurt
where I actually stabbed it, but I couldn't move my finger and my palm
was intensely cramping. It also kind of started to numb up. It was too
weird. So now my hand randomly cramps up and it still hurts but I'm
fine. :) Just waiting for the venom to work out of my system. Ridiculous
how accident prone I am now. I seriously fell off my bike two times
this week. I told you about the one that happened on Christmas Eve and
then yesterday I fell off again. Sis W dropped our phone while we were
biking so I put my foot down to stop and the sidewalk is next to a
decline down to a "ditch/rocks" so the sidewalk was a lot higher than
the ground. Well I missed the sidewalk so of course I tipped over.
However, I saw it coming so I tried to catch myself on my feet and ended
up tripping and landing on my booty. It was definitely my most painful
fall yet. :) BUT, I'm fine :) I did not used to be so accident prone,
did I!? So I'm hoping that goes away once I'm off my mission again.
So we also went on exchanges with the sister training leaders this
week. I stayed in our area and Sis W went to their area. While we were
on exchanges we locked our bikes up at the apartments. When we went to
go get our bikes one of the tires was flat (on Sis W's bike, which
Sister L was using at the time) and it looked like someone had
tried to steal the bike! The way we had it locked probably looked like
if they took the tire off, they could just take the bike. But it was
also locked to the frame and the front wheel, so they couldn't. So I had
no idea who to call so I started calling around and a young woman ended
up getting us and taking us to our dinner appointment. Our dinner
appointment was so sweet and they bought us a new tire! But first he
tried to blow up the old one to see if they just deflated it to take off
the tire and he ended up blowing it up because he was using an electric
air thing. So the tire blew up. So while we ate dinner he went and
bought us two more tires. He was going to send us home with a spare tire
but then he did the same thing and blew up the spare tire! haha! He
ended up fixing it on the third tire though. So that was so nice of him
and he wouldn't let us pay him. What a nice guy! Some people are too
sweet to us.
Just this Saturday one of my investigators from my first area got baptized!!! YAY!!!! It was probably
the most spiritual baptism I have ever been too. The bishop and the ward
mission leader also said the same thing. She was in my other area,
but of course I still got to go since I'm still here. It was awesome to
see somebody that I actually taught all the lessons to finally be
baptized! It was awesome. We have kind of had a rough week this last
week so it was really rewarding to see all our hard work pay off. I realize
that sometimes we are supposed to plant seeds so that people will be
ready later, but the spirit just touched me and I knew that this was why
I was here. That all the hard times are worth it if we help bring
someone like her, who is so converted to the gospel, come unto Christ
and be baptized. What an amazing experience that was!
We visited the old woman who is insane last night. She
literally is so crazy! She understood what we were saying last night and
she responded, but she has some twisted views on who God is. We tried
to teach her that God loves us and that we want to live with Him again,
but she believes God will whip her and send her to hell. That was sad.
So we are trying to help her. She also just wants to die because she is
old and tired of living. But she is pretty hilarious and does say some
funny things even if she is crazy. Sis W said, "Will you let us
help you?" and she shook her head and looked down and said, "No." Then
she perked up and said, "Wait, help me die!? YES!" What a little smart
alack! She was laughing cause she thought she was so funny. But in all
reality she really does want to die so that is kind of sad. But we are
gonna keep working with her and hopefully she will come to understand
that she is a daughter of God and that He loves her and wants her to
live with Him again. She definitely is not all there though.
We also have a new investigator. We taught him the Plan of
Salvation last night, and he was really receptive. The only downer is
that he is SO busy. But he loves to learn so hopefully this isn't just a
"history" lesson for him. We'll see!
Lastly, we saw another of our investigators this week. He said he will give up everything
except THC (weed) and that he will stop smoking it, but he won't stop
consuming it. He believes it helps his connection with God. He is quite funny
but he definitely wants to be a better person, so we are gonna try to
help him to the best of our abilities!
Well that's all I have for this week! It was a little slow stats
wise with Christmas and people being gone, but it was still a good week!
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! Thanks for all the letters and
pictures! I love them and hopefully I will get caught up with writing
letters soon. I've just been so busy :)
Anyway even though it didn't feel like the holidays, I was really
able to focus on Christ and all he has done for me/us. We are so blessed
and now I just want to share this knowledge with others. I'm so
grateful for my Savior and for our loving Heavenly Father who loves us
so much, that He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
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| The Christmas stocking I made! |
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| Our Christmas Tree |
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| Christmas PJ's!!!!! |
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| My Christmas loot |
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