This week was really good! Because today was kind of crazy
I'm running low on emailing time so I will just share a few of the highlights.
We had interviews with our mission president on Thursday and
it was great! I love the time that I get to spend talking one on one with my
mission president and his wife. They are always so full of insight and answers
to prayers that I say. After our interviews we got to have a "Christmas
Experience" as Sister Loveland called it. We all brought cheapo gifts and
did a left right game. It was super fun to celebrate Christmas with the
Loveland's and all the other missionaries who are close by.
On Friday we got a text early in the morning and it was from
the church's referral center. A lady named Sarah had contacted them and
requested a Bible and a Book of Mormon which is really exciting. We went and
met with her and she told us that she had been in an accident with a semi truck
and it was a miracle that she survived and was able to function after. She said
that her relationship with Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father are the only things
that get her through. It was neat because we got to talk with her about how the
Book of Mormon will improve her relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ. She said we could come back in a week and read the Book of Mormon with
her! It was really cool!
On Saturday we got to help with the Primary Store. The
Primary took a bunch of donations in November and December and then let the
primary children come shop for their families and sold everything for a
quarter. The missionaries were asked to come wrap the presents they bought so
we did and it was SO FUN to watch the kids carefully pick out presents for
their families and then pick out which wrapping paper would be best. I loved
it. After that some members took us to lunch and then we had a lesson with
Craig and Carol! We talked to Craig about his baptism and how important baptism
actually is and how Satan tried to distract us. It was a super good lesson! At
the end of it he said that unless he wakes up dead or gets hit by a bus he will
be getting baptized on the 30th! We were pretty happy about that. :)
The last thing I want to share is about Sunday. For
some reason I woke up pretty homesick on Sunday. I think it was just me missing
going to church with my family during Christmas time. But I was a little teary.
Well after a beautiful sacrament meeting a member came up to us and handed us a
loaf of bread that he made for us that week. Just because he thought the
sisters might like it. After that we were in Gospel Principles and someone
poked their head in and waved for us to come out. When we did there was a
little gang of six primary children holding hand drawn pictures and a plate of
treats. They all told us Merry Christmas and gave us hugs and told us they
appreciated us. Another member gave us a Thank you card for a small service we
did a few weeks earlier and expressed how much she loved us. I felt overwhelmed
because I was so grateful for the opportunity I had to see that even though I
missed my family, I had people looking out for me and helping me continue on. I
was so grateful for this tender mercy to see that even though we sometimes feel
lonely, we have people around us supporting us.
For my spiritual thought today I wanted to share the words
to a song that was sung in Sacrament Meeting. I am a Christmas Fanatic and I
thought I had heard all the Christmas songs, but I'd never heard this one and
it struck me a little differently. I hope that you will read the words and let
them sink into your heart. You could even look up the song and listen to it.
It's beautiful. I love y'all and I hope y'all have a very Merry Christmas and
that you remember that Jesus Christ loves you. Heavenly Father loves you and
Sister Lloyd loves you! Merry Christmas!
"They journeyed far, a weary pair;
They
sought for shelter from the cold night air.
Some
place where she could lay her head,
Where she
could give her Babe a quiet bed.
Was there
no room? No corner there?
In all
the town a spot someone could spare?
Was there
no soul come to their air?
A stable
was where the family stayed.
Do you
have room for the Savior,
And do
you seek Him anew?
Have you
a place for the One
Who lived
and died for you?
Are you
as humble as a shepherd boy,
Or as
wise as men of old?
Would you
have come that night?
Would you
have sought the light?
Do you
have room?
A star
arose, a wondrous light;
A sign
from God this was the Holy night.
And yet
so few would go to see
The Babe
who came to rescue you and me.
This
Child Divine is now a King.
The gift
of life to all the world He brings.
And all
mankind He saves from doom,
But on
that night for Him, there was no room.
Will you
come tonight?
Will you
seek the Light?
Do you
have room?"
~~Sister Madisen Lloyd
Pictures :
1. A member who we were heart attacking had a turkey so I
had to take a picture
2. Heart attacking is our favorite way to appreciate members
3. Us driving. This is what happens when Sister Fife has my
camera and I say "I need to take more pictures"
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